The Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues is the ambassador-at-large who heads the Office of Global Women's Issues in the United States Department of State. This ambassador-at-large also has the rank of Assistant Secretary.
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Catherine M. Russell
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Catherine Mary Russell is an American attorney and political adviser who is the current Executive Director of UNICEF. Russell previously served as Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, and Chief of Staff to then-Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden.
Russell sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden as the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 17, 2014.
Russell delivers remarks at the 2021 International Women of Courage Awards virtual ceremony from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on March 8, 2021.