Entertainment to Politics to Business: 20 Global Power Women of Color to Watch in 2016

ITALY: Ertharin Cousin

Cousin is the leader of the world’s largest humanitarian organization, serving as 12th Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. She helms management of more than 13,400 staff serving more than 90 million beneficiaries in 80 countries across the world.

The role of this international body will be more important than ever in 2016 and beyond, as recent acts of terrorism, civil conflicts, and natural disasters in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and India have left families and children more vulnerable to poverty and starvation.