Since joining the UN Foundation in 2015, Elizabeth Cousens has helped strategize how best to support the ' efforts around the globe.
Until now, that has meant mobilizing a team of 300 people and stakeholders across dozens of countries to move the needle on the most consequential issues of our time, from the climate crisis to conflict resolution.But like most of us, Cousens has a new, single focus—the .Since the pandemic broke out (and Cousens stepped into her new role as the UN Foundation's president and CEO at the start of 2020), Cousens has leapt into action, helping to raise almost $200 million for the UN Foundation's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, which benefits the World Health Organization.