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Musimbi Kanyoro
President & CEO, Global Fund for Women
Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro is President and CEO of Global Fund for Women. She is globally recognized for her leadership of organizations and initiatives that advance women’s and girls’ human rights, and philanthropy for communities. Musimbi is passionate about using philanthropy and technology to drive social change.
Before joining Global Fund for Women as CEO, Musimbi was Director for Population and Reproductive Health at David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
Musimbi was appointed general secretary (CEO) of the World YWCA in 1998, the first non-white woman to hold the role after 150 years of existence. In 2015, Forbes magazine named her one of 10 women “”power brands”” and in 2016, she was named to the Forty Women to Watch Over 40 list for making an impact in philanthropy and gender equality.
Musimbi serves on the UN Women Civil Society Advisory Board; the World Bank Gender Advisory Board; the Boards of CARE, Landesa, and Sheryl Sandberg’s OptionB.Org; Aspen Leaders Council; the Global Citizen and CHIME FOR CHANGE Girls’ and Women’s Committee; and the Reference Group of FP 2020.
