Michelle Carter
Managing Deputy Regional Director of Southern Africa
- CARE International
Professional Information
Michelle
Carter
Managing Deputy Regional Director of Southern Africa
CARE International
International Affairs
Education, Honors & Awards
Georgetown University
MSFS, International Development, Georgetown University (1996)
1996
Personal Information
United States
Atlanta
ICAP; NAPW
Traveling; Reading; Dancing; Scuba Diving; Spending time with Family
16-20 Years
Michelle Carter is the Managing Deputy Regional Director of Southern Africa CARE International. CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. They place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of their community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of disease, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources.They also deliver emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and help people rebuild their lives. Michelle is one of CARE's top valued employees, received a few rewards for quality programming over the years from donors and from CARE. She obtained her MSFS from Georgetown University in International Development. She has more than 18 years in international development and humanitarian field experience, with a focus on program development and management/leadership. Michelle manages four country directors and five country office staff and works closely with regional, technical and managerial teams within CARE International. She has an overall financial stewardship, program quality and operations leadership for Southern Africa (Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and indirect lines to Zambia, Zimbabwe). She continues overall management of CARE South Africa and handover of CARE Lesotho to Care for the Basotho.
International Development; Humanitarian; Capacity Building; Staff Development