Barbara Hendrie, North American regional director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The UNEP coordinates responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system and oversees the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Barbara was previously a senior government official at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department for International Development (DFID) in the British government. She was the inspiration of the Common Good Award at her alma mater, Bowdoin College, and was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) by Prince Charles in 2010.