Kathy (Bushkin) Calvin is the chief executive officer of the United Nations Foundation. The U.N. Foundation was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner's historic $1 billion gift to support U.N. causes and activities. The U.N. Foundation advocates for the U.N. and connects people, ideas, and resources to help the United Nations solve global problems.  As a public charity with many other partners, the U.N. Foundation's work is focused on decreasing child mortality, empowering women and girls, creating a clean energy future, protecting diverse cultures and environments, using mobile technology for development, and improving U.S.-U.N. relations.

Prior to joining the U.N. Foundation, Kathy served as president of the AOL Time Warner Foundation, guided AOL Time Warner's other philanthropic activities and was the chief architect of the company's corporate responsibility initiatives. She joined America Online in 1997 as senior vice president and chief communications officer.

Immediately prior to joining AOL, she was a senior managing director at Hill and Knowlton, a global public relations company, where she led the U.S. Media Relations practice. For 12 years before that, she was the director of Editorial Administration for U.S. News & World Report. From 1976 through 1984, Kathy served as Senator Gary Hart's press secretary in his Senate office and 1984 presidential campaign.

Throughout her career, Kathy Calvin has taken an active role in a range of philanthropic activities, including the boards of the International Women's Media Foundation, City Year, Internews, Share Our Strength, and the United Nations Association of the United States of America. In 1999 she and Art Bushkin founded the Stargazer Foundation to provide free online tools for nonprofits.

Kathy is a graduate of Purdue University and the recipient of numerous awards for leadership and philanthropy.

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