Michelle L. Cormier

Ms. Cormier has over 20 years of international development and humanitarian response experience in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Currently Senior Director of Resource Mobilization at ChildFund International, she drives global efforts to forge innovative partnerships and diversify funding streams to scale impact, ensuring every child grows up healthy, educated, skilled, and safe. A Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Ms. Cormier has collaborated with various development actors during her career including a wide range of local stakeholders in several countries, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the United Nations, international development contractors and non-profit organizations, and the private sector. A thought leader, trainer, and faculty member, Ms. Cormier leverages broad technical expertise in institutional performance improvement; post-conflict, locally-led development; workforce development and education system reform; climate resilience; as well as disaster preparedness and emergency response to ameliorate vulnerable communities’ capacity to withstand and build back better from recurrent complex crises.