Cynthia McCaffrey

Cynthia McCaffrey is Senior Vice President of Program and Strategic Partnerships for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. She joined the organization in 2008 as the Chief Program Officer and assumed her current position in 2009.

Previously, she was a Senior Advisor at UNICEF, coordinating the relationship between the children's agency and the governments of the United States and Ireland.

Before joining UNICEF in March 2001, Ms. McCaffrey was with the office of the U.S. Executive Director at the World Bank where she coordinated issues regarding Africa, debt relief, health, education and post-conflict.

In 1995, she was selected to be a White House Fellow, and at the conclusion of her fellowship she joined USAID's Global and Legislative and Public Affairs bureaus.  Later she worked for the USAID deputy administrator.

Ms. McCaffrey began her career in international development with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in New York. She has travelled and worked overseas extensively including extended posts in Latin America and Africa.

Ms. McCaffrey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin American Studies from Vanderbilt University and a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Texas.

July 2010