'''Catherine Bertini''' adalah profesor [[administrasi publik]] dan [[hubungan internasional]] pada [[Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs]] di [[Syracuse University]]. Ia juga mantan Direktur Eksekutif WFP pada tahun 1992 sampai 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography |publisher=[[Syracuse University]] |url=http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/cbertini/ |accessdate=2009-07-31 |archive-date=2009-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091110072833/http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/cbertini/ |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Selain itu, ia juga memiliki jabatan di [[Chicago Council on Global Affairs]]’ Global Agricultural Development Initiative and Chair of the Council’s Girls in Rural Economies Initiative.<ref>{{cite web |title = Biography |publisher = [[The Chicago Council on Global Affairs]] |url = http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/files/About_Us/Fellows_Experts/Catherine_Bertini.aspx |accessdate = 2011-08-08 |archive-date = 2011-03-03 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110303164443/http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/files/About_Us/Fellows_Experts/Catherine_Bertini.aspx |dead-url = yes }}</ref> Pada tahun 2003 ia merupakan penerima [[Penghargaan Pangan Dunia]].