Meet the team - North America

Administration and Fund Management Officer

Arshia Chander is a multilingual and has Masters Degrees in French language and Business Administration from India and USA respectively. She currently manages the Administration and Funds for the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) North America Office in Washington, DC. She also serves as the Human Resources (HR) liaison officer. Prior to joining UNEP, she worked…

Director, North America Office

Barbara Hendrie is the Regional Director for the UN Environment Programme's North America Office. She has over two decades experience in sustainable development and humanitarian affairs, working for both the United Kingdom and United States governments. She was a senior official in the United Kingdom's Department for International Development from 1999 to 2015,…

Finance and Budget Assistant

Churchill has over 7 years of experience in finance, budget, accounting, administrative services , grants and project management. He has worked with both UNON Financial Reporting Unit and UNEP Global Environmental Facility Coordination Unit as a Finance and Budget Assistant. He has assimilated extensive knowledge of and insights into various financial processes…

Programme Assistant

Clayton Adams is currently a Programme Assistant at the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) North America Office, where he has worked in varying capacities since 2001. Among his current duties, he handles outreach to the executive branches of the national governments in the region, civil society organizations and the private sector, as well as provides general…

Deputy Regional Director

Ms. Fatou Ndoye is the Deputy Director of United Nations Environment Programme’s North America Regional Office where her work focuses on government liaison and engagement with the U.S. and Canadian governments and stakeholders and promoting UNEP’s work in the region. Ms. Ndoye has previously served at UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi prior to joining the Regional…

Programme Officer

Hilary French is a Programme Officer at the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) North America Office, where her work focuses on promoting North American engagement with UNEP’s work on climate change, sustainable energy, air quality, sustainable consumption and production, and the green economy.  Hilary has previously served as a special advisor to UNEP on a broad…

Communications Intern

Isabelle Leconche is a communications intern for the UN Environment Programme’s North America office. Isabelle will hold a Bachelor of Arts & Science degree in Environment with a minor in English literature from McGill University in Montréal. Her coursework has concentrated on conservation, biodiversity, and ecosystems. Additionally, she has worked on a…

Consultant

Jane Eisenhardt is a Communications Consultant for the UN Environment Programme's North America Office. Previously, Jane worked as an Ecosystems Management Consultant, overseeing North America's ecosystems portfolio including the Mississippi River Plastic Pollution Initiative and the North America Marine Protected Areas Network (NAMPAN). Prior to working for…

Information Officer

Laura Fuller heads communications for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in North America. She is responsible for conveying UNEP’s core scientific and environmental development messages, as well as global advocacy campaigns, to all stakeholders, partners and media in Canada and the United States. She leads the effort to raise awareness on priority and emerging…

Executive Assistant

Maureen Ng’ang’a is the Executive Assistant to the Regional Director of the UN Environment Programme North America Office. She has recently been with the United Nations Human Settlement Programme as a Programme Management Assistant in the donor relations unit and has vast experience in donor fundraising, public information, donor intelligence, website and…