Nancy Roman
Nancy E. Roman is Director of Public Policy Communications and Private Partnerships of the UN World Food Programme. She supervises a global staff covering operations in 80 countries. In her capacity of Director of Public Policy Strategy, she helps craft the organization positioning on public policy issues ranging from climate change to biofuel. In addition, she supervises the Private Donor Relations Division and chairs the Investment Policy Committee.
Prior to joining the World Food Programme, her 18-year career in Washington, DC spanned Capitol Hill, journalism, private business and the non-profit sectors. She served as Vice President and Director of the Washington Program of the Council on Foreign Relations and established the Council's congressional program in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the Council, she was president of the G7 Group, a strategic consulting firm that advises Wall Street on how political, legislative, central banking, and regulatory developments will affect institutional investments. Roman holds an M.A. in International Economics and American Foreign Policy from the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. in Journalism and French from Baylor University.