Last Updated: 23 Apr, 2024 | Views: 395
Age: 70
Profession: Business Women
Other Profession(s): Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Diplomat
Famous For: Executive Director of the World Food Programme
Higher Education: University of Southern California (BA, MA)
Net Worth: $500 Million Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
Cindy McCain is an American diplomat, businesswoman, and humanitarian who is the executive director of the World Food Programme. Cindy McCain was born in 20th May 1954 in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. McCain previously served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture from 2021 to 2023. She is the widow of U.S. Senator John McCain from Arizona, who was the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.
Cindy McCain Career:
Cindy McCain American Voluntary Medical Team:
• In 1988, inspired by a vacation that she took four years earlier to substandard medical facilities on Truk Lagoon, Cindy McCain founded the American Voluntary Medical Team.
• In 1993, Cindy McCain and the AVMT were honored with an award from Food for the Hungry.
Cindy McCain Work As Presidential Campaigns
• In 2000, Cindy McCain became chair of the now $300 million-a-year Hensley & Co. following her father's death. It is one of the largest Anheuser-Busch beer distributors in the United States.
• Cindy McCain became actively involved with Operation Smile in 2001, taking parts in its medical missions to Morocco, Vietnam and India.
Cindy McCain Work As United States Ambassador
• Cindy McCain was seen by the Biden administration as a likely, or even a "must do", for an ambassadorship nomination.
• Cindy McCain responded to the notion of any potential nomination by saying, "In whatever way he sees fit, I would be proud and honoured to serve.
Cindy McCain Executive Director of the World Food
• Cindy McCain was appointed on March 2, 2023 as the new Executive Director of the U.N. World Food Programme by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
• McCain succeeded David Beasley, who had served six years as executive director when his term ended on April 4, 2023.
Cindy McCain Support for LGBT Rights
• Cindy McCain expressed support for LGBT rights by appearing alongside her daughter Meghan at an April 2009 convention of the Log Cabin Republicans.
• Cindy McCain spoke about her migraines publicly for the first time and decided to speak at the International Headache Congress about raising awareness for others with the condition.
Cindy McCain Awards
• 2019: Arizona Women's Hall of Fame
• 2020: Heritage Award
Cindy McCain Unknown Facts:
• Joined the family's #ActsofCivility campaign: Cindy McCain also joined the family's #ActsofCivility campaign, with the aim of encouraging people to interact with those they disagree with.
• Work in humanitarian activities: Cindy McCain had a long record of work in other humanitarian activities, this was her first involvement with the issues surrounding food policy.
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