Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović co-chairs the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board. The first woman president of Croatia, from 2015 to 2020, she has also served as foreign minister, again the first woman in the position. She was appointed Croatia’s ambassador to the United States, and was the first woman assistant secretary-general and member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Senior Leadership. She is a Women Political Leaders Global Ambassador for Immunization, a member of the High-Level Advisory Council for the High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations, and chair emerita of the Council of Women World Leaders.