Lauren Landis

Biography

Ms. Landis began her career in relief and development in 1985 working for OCHA in Geneva. She then took on assignments in Washington and in Africa working as a Disaster Operations Specialist and as an Emergency Operations Coordinator for the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance within USAID. In 1993, Ms. Landis turned her efforts to the NGO sector and held several positions, including serving as the Director of Humanitarian Response and then the Director of the Food Security Unit at Save the Children.

Ms. Landis returned to the U.S. Government in 2002 as Director of USAID’s Office of Food for Peace. In 2006, she transitioned to the U.S. Department of State, where she served as the Senior Representative on Sudan. In 2009, Ms. Landis joined the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) as Chief of Staff, and in 2011 she became Director of the WFP Geneva Office. From 2013-2016, Ms. Landis served as the WFP Country Representative and Director in Chad. In mid-2016, she returned to Rome, Italy to take up her current role as WFP’s Director of Nutrition.