Join Vanguard Charitable and UNICEF for an exclusive conversation, as we look at the secondary impacts of COVID-19 on children across the globe and in our own backyard.
We are excited to bring you a live webcast on April 28, 2021, at 12:00 pm ET. Children of all ages across the globe are dealing with big changes to their lives and daily routines, including, food insecurity, lack of access to education, social isolation, and household trauma. This webcast will dive deep into the educational and mental health ramifications on children and how their lives have been changed this past year.
Hear from experts who will discuss topics such as:
- The lifelong impacts of COVID-19 on children
- Education inequalities among nations; preexisiting and new as a result of COVID-19
- The continued impact on mental heath from prolonged social isolation, fear, and stress.
- How organizations and people are responding to build back stronger
To join this exclusive event, please contact your representative to register.
Featured Speakers:
V. Renée Cutting
UNICEF USA, Chief Philanthropy Officer
V. Renée Cutting serves as Chief Philanthropy Officer for UNICEF USA where she is responsible for creating and implementing a cohesive, collaborative, and unified fundraising program, supporting the world’s most vulnerable children. Renée comes to UNICEF USA from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) where she held the position of Chief Development Officer. There, she led the transformation of LDF’s national philanthropic program, by launching its first comprehensive campaign, and helping to raise LDF’s brand through high profile partnerships and celebrity events.
Renée has over 20 years of experience formulating successful development strategies, and securing principal gifts from individuals, corporations and foundations. Prior to LDF, Renée held leadership roles as Chief Development Officer of Horizons National, Director of Development at Mount Sinai, Director of Development of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention, and Director of Major Gifts at The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Prior to embarking on a career in development, Renée was an English Instructor at Phillips Exeter and a Harvard University Administrative Fellow at the Division of Public Health Practice. A native of Barbados, Renée holds a Master’s degree in Education from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and American Literature from New York University.
Robert Jenkins
UNICEF, Chief of Education
Robert Jenkins, Chief, Education and Associate Director, Programme Division, UNICEF Headquarters, joined UNICEF in 1995. He brings over 20 years of experience in international development and humanitarian programming in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Jenkins served as the UNICEF Representative, Jordan, from 2014-2019, and Deputy Director, Division of Policy and Strategy in UNICEF Headquarters from 2009-2014.
From 1995-2009, Robert Jenkins served with UNICEF in programme and management positions in Uganda (1995-1997), Bangladesh (1997-2000), Myanmar (2000-2003), India (2003-2006) and Mozambique (2006-2009).
Mr. Jenkins earned a Doctor of Education Degree from the University of Bath and a Master’s Degree from the London School of Economics in the United Kingdom.
Jennifer Paradis Behle
Chappell Culpeper Family Foundation, Chief Executive
Jennifer Paradis Behle is a New York Regional Board Member of UNICEF USA and leader of its Greater Philadelphia Committee. She serves as the Chief Executive of the Chappell Culpeper Foundation, a mid-sized private philanthropic foundation creating pathways for sustainable upward mobility for young people in Greater Philadelphia and Puerto Rico. She recently launched a mental health tech venture, Hau Therapeutics, developing an artificial intelligence to address the gap adolescents and youth face in accessing clinically effective mental health care. Previous roles include Director of Marketing and Director of Strategy for Gap International, a business performance consulting firm, and senior management roles with several healthcare organizations. She holds a BA in English from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Jennifer also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Haverford School and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation Board where she is chairing the capital campaign to build a new CHOP hospital . She lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband, Tim Behle, and their five children.
Mobilizing a Global Vaccine with UNICEF
Vanguard Charitable President, Jane Greenfield, talks with UNICEF’s experts in the field about the unprecedented mission to distribute COVID-19 vaccines around the world.
UNICEF will discuss the steps taken to prepare for the vaccine rollout and how a global community is rising up to meet this incredible challenge.
Hear from experts who will discuss topics such as:
- Mapping the cold chain supply
- Training healthcare workers in 92 countries
- Distributing the vaccine around the world
- Dispelling vaccine hesitancy
- More on vaccine distribution
We are so excited to bring you a live webcast on January 26, 2021, at 12:00 pm ET. Our webcast will focus on UNICEF’s mission to help end the pandemic. As the organization that immunizes nearly 50% of the world's children each year, UNICEF has the expertise to procure and equitably distribute more than 2 billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021.
To access this exclusive event, please contact your representative. Contact us.
Jane Greenfield |
Michael Nyenhuis UNICEF USA, President and CEO
Before becoming CEO of UNICEF USA in March 2020, Michael served as CEO of Americares since 2014. He also served as CEO of the global nonprofit MAP International for 13 years. A former journalist with a passion for global health, he previously served on USAID’s Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid and chaired the board of the Integral Alliance, a global network of faith-based NGOs. He also currently serves on the board of InterAction, the largest coalition of U.S.-based relief and development organizations working internationally, and the leadership council at Concordia, an organization and forum that promotes cross-sector partnerships for social impact. A Minnesota native, Michael holds a Masters in Business Administration from Emory University and Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and Communications from University of Wisconsin Green Bay. |
UNICEF, COVAX Partnerships
Liz joined UNICEF in 2016 from the private sector and works on high value strategic partnerships with the Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division. She is currently leading the development and implementation of the UNICEF Private Sector resource mobilization strategy for the COVAX / ACT A response in 2021. |
UNICEF, Supply Division
David joined UNICEF in 2002, in the Latin America and Caribbean region. He has worked with UNICEF’s country offices across all seven regions, building up the organization’s private sector fundraising and partnerships in program countries. From 2012-2020 he provided strategic leadership to regional and country offices worldwide to maximize revenue from all private sector fundraising and to advance broader engagement with business. Starting mid-2020, David works with UNICEF’s Supply Division leading on private sector partnerships, strategy and country support, to advance equitable access to products and services in lower- and middle-income countries to improve the wellbeing of children. |
UNICEF, Rwanda Representative
Ms. Julianna Lindsey serves as UNICEF’s Country Representative to Rwanda, having previously been Representative to Botswana and to SADC. Ms. Lindsey, a national of the United States of America, has worked with UNICEF since 1998, including as Chief of Advocacy, Communications, Monitoring, and Analysis based in Ghana (2008-2012) and as Deputy Representative in South Africa (2005-2008). She has also worked for UNICEF in the Emergency Operations Division of Headquarters (2003-2005); in Khartoum, Sudan (1998-1999); and as part of Operation Lifeline Sudan based from Lokichokkio and Nairobi, Kenya (1999-2003). |
