Lisa Carty

Lisa Carty served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council from March 2022 to January 2025. Ambassador Carty began her career as a volunteer in a refugee camp in Southeast Asia and has since served as both a U.S. diplomat and a senior United Nations official. She spent 25 years as a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Department of State, including overseas assignments in Asia, the Middle East, and Russia. Her United Nations career has included work with the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, as well as positions with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. She has developed particular expertise in humanitarian crises, global health, food insecurity, and the rights of women and girls. Earlier in her career, Ambassador Carty helped lead the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Program and served as a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. She holds a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University and attended the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.