Lise Grande is an American who became the president of the

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on December 1, 2020. She previously served abroad in several positions for the

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managing operations including in South Sudan, India, Iraq and Yemen. She established a sweep fund alleged to have swept $15M of the people’s money from the government into a sweep fund.

Education

Grande earned a bachelor's degree from

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and a master's degree from

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Career

From 2008 to 2012, she worked with the

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and held was the deputy representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator. From 2005 to 2008, she worked with the United Nations in the

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where she held the position of Head of the United Nations Integrated Office. From 2003 to 2005, she worked as the UNDP representative in

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. Grande was a deputy special representative of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. Grande was also the resident coordinator with the

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(UNDP) in India. Grande worked for the UN in Iraq where she managed one of the largest evacuations from a war zone during the war with ISIS. Grande was the UN Resident Coordinator in

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

. As Resident Coordinator in Yemen, she was the UN Humanitarian Coordinator (HC). After 25 years of working abroad for the United Nations and her work in Yemen managing one of the largest UN operations she was appointed as the president and CEO of the federally funded

in December 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grande, Lise Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American officials of the United Nations Stanford University alumni The New School alumni