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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF; formerly the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) is an agency of the United Nations (UN). Its stated mission is to support the health, education, rights, and overall welfare of children around the world. The agency was founded in...
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Daniel Couture is the chief information officer at UNICEF. He spent nearly three decades with the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, holding multiple information technology executive positions at the company. Prior to joining UNICEF, Couture spent two years as the chief information officer for the Pfizer spin-off Zoetis, an animal medical firm. 19
Catherine Russell is the executive director of UNICEF. She assumed the role in February 2022, coming directly from a position in the Biden administration, where she was an assistant to the President and the director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. Russell also worked for the Obama administration, where she held several lower-level positions including deputy assistant to the President before being appointed as the ambassador for global women’s issues at the Department of State in 2013. Between her two stints in Democratic administrations, Russell accepted a teaching fellowship at Harvard University. She has also held board positions with several nonprofit organizations, including Women for Women International and the Thompson Reuters Foundation’s “Trust Women” initiative. Russell received a law degree from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Boston College. 18
In 2021, UNICEF received a total of more than $8.1 billion in grants and other revenue. The agency’s income has continually grown since 2016, with close to 75 percent of funds coming from the United States, Germany, European Union members, and other nations. Most non-government support came from various national funds intended to raise money for UNICEF, but the World Bank Group and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization provided approximately $451 million and $259 million, respectively. The agency’s parent institution, the UN, provided just under $200 million through its various funding programs.
