Cheri Lovell

Cheri Lovell, a strategic marketing consultant, has spent much of her career serving the not-for-profit community. As executive vice president of the US Committee for the United Nations Population Fund in New York, Lovell worked to increase the UN agency's visibility and funding in the US and oversaw management of the Gates Foundation-funded African Youth Alliance, an innovative partnership among the UN and two US global health organizations to improve adolescent reproductive health. A former investment professional, Lovell includes among her clients the investment division of the United Church of Christ, a denominationally-based loan fund, and an historic ecumenical offering that raises $18 million annually for disaster relief and international development. A near-native of North Carolina, Lovell graduated from the School of Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earned a Master of Divinity and a certificate in women's studies from Emory University in 1998.