Caryl M. Stern
Caryl M. Stern is President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. She joined the organization in 2006 as Chief Operating Officer and served as Acting President for a short time before assuming her current position in May 2007. Previously, Ms. Stern served as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Associate National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
Ms. Stern is a member of the Boards of the United Nations International School, WE ARE FAMILY Foundation and the Martin Luther King Memorial Project Foundation. She is the co-author of Hate Hurts: How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice (Scholastic, 2000) and Future Perfect: A Model for Professional Development (NACA, 1987).
In December 2000, Ms. Stern was named "One of 25 Moms We Love" by Working Mother Magazine and was honored with the 2009 "Empowering Woman Award" from the Greater Federation of Women's Clubs and the "Woman of Influence" award by the Jewish Women's Foundation. She was named "Outstanding Alumna" by her alma mater SUNY-Oneonta and has a Master’s degree from Western Illinois University. She has also completed the course work towards a Ph.D. in higher education at Loyola University in Chicago.
Ms. Stern is married and has three sons and a granddaughter.
Related links
- Believe in Zero: A Video Message from Caryl M. Stern
- Making a Child's Life Better in Every Corner: a New York Times interview with Caryl M. Stern
- Hadassah Magazine profile of Caryl M. Stern
August 2010
