Cousin served from 2009 to 2012 under President Barack Obama as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture....
Foreign ambassador, food service executive, and public affairs director Ertharin Cousin was born in 1957, in Chicago, Illinois.
Ertharin Cousin
| American social activist Country: USA |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Political Career in Illinois and Washington, D.C.
- Service in International Development and Agriculture
- Leadership in America's Second Harvest
- U.N.
Ambassador and World Food Programme Executive Director
Early Life and Education
Ertharin Cousin was born into a modest family in a Chicago suburb. Her mother, Anne, worked in social services, and her father engaged in charitable work.
In 1979, she earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois and went on to receive her J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1982. She also studied international law under former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
Political Career in Illinois and Washington, D.C.
Cousin worked in Illinois politics before moving to Washington, D.C.
In 1994, she joined President Clinton's administration and received the Meritorious Service Award for her work. She served as Senior Counse