Chief Climate Officer and Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAIDUnited States Agency for International Development
Gillian Caldwell is the Chief Climate Officer and Deputy Assistant Administrator for the US Agency for International Development (USAID). In this role she is responsible for leading and coordinating the climate and environment work across the Agency. Gillian is an attorney and film maker and has been working to protect human rights and the environment throughout her career. Prior to joining USAID, she served as the CEO of Global Witness, a 2014 Skoll Award Winner which has a focus on tackling climate change and deploys investigations into corruption and natural resource extraction to drive systems change worldwide. From 2007-2010, she launched and led 1Sky, a highly collaborative cross-sector campaign with over 600 allied organizations to pass legislation in the US to address the climate crisis. In 2005, she won the Skoll Award for her leadership of WITNESS which empowers human rights and environmental defenders to integrate video and storytelling into their advocacy work.
Clean EnergyEducationEnvironmental SustainabilityHealthHuman RightsInternational JusticePeacePeace and Human RightsResponsible Supply ChainsStandardsSustainable MarketsWomen's and Girls' Education
Central America, Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa
