Leadership
The board of directors of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) announced June 14, 2010 that it has appointed social scientist Sarah Degnan Kambou president of the organization. Degnan Kambou served for two years as ICRW’s chief operating officer (COO) under former president Geeta Rao Gupta, and then as interim president and COO after Rao Gupta stepped down in April 2010.
Degnan Kambou joined ICRW in 2002. As COO, she led the organization’s research and programs, finance and human resources departments as well as ICRW’s Asia Regional Office in New Delhi, India. Before that, she was vice president of health and development, overseeing research in HIV and AIDS, reproductive health and nutrition as well as in gender, violence and women’s rights.
In 2010, Degnan Kambou was appointed by United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to represent ICRW on the U.S. National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Degnan Kambou holds a doctorate in international health policy and a master’s in public health from Boston University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in French from the University of Connecticut.
Degnan Kambou is ICRW’s fourth president in its 35-year history. At its New Delhi office, Ravi Verma is the director and other important people include Prasenjit Banerjee and Priya Nanda.
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