Gillian Caldwell serves as a Deputy Assistant Administrator at USAID overseeing several climate and environmentally oriented centers. She also serves as USAID's Chief Climate Officer, responsible for helping guide and oversee USAID’s climate and environment work across the agency. Gillian is a filmmaker and an attorney and has been working to protect human rights and the environment throughout her career. Prior to joining the Agency, she served as the CEO of Skoll Award Winner Global Witness 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. Gillian is a 2005 Skoll Award winner for her leadership of WITNESS, founded my musician Peter Gabriel.
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
