Nancy Roman is the director of public policy, communications and private partnerships for the United Nations' World Food Programme. Roman oversees a global staff of more than 100, with responsibility for operations in more than 80 countries. Among her many roles, Roman chairs the food program's investment committee, which has more than $1 billion under management. She sits on the organization steering committee that oversees a $100 million initiative to work with small holder farmers. Before joining the food program, Roman was vice president of the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., where she established the council's congressional program. Roman came to Washington in 1988 as press secretary and foreign affairs advisor for Rep. Clay Shaw Jr., a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee. She holds a master of arts degree in international economics and American foreign policy from the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a bachelor's degree in journalism and French from Baylor University.

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Joining Forces in the Fight Against Global Poverty

Managing Disasters: Readiness, Then Response

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