Ertharin Cousin

Ertharin Cousin is a Supervisory Board Member at Bayer. Prior to joining Bayer, Cousin served as the Executive Director of the World Food Programme from April 2012 to April 2017. From January 2007 to December 2008, they were Senior Advisor at Obama for America. Ambassador Cousin was the United States Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the six UN Rome based multilateral agencies from August 2009 to April 2012. Ertharin also served as President of The Polk Street Group from June 2006 to August 2009 and Chief Operating Officer at America's Second Harvest from January 2004 to June 2006.

Ertharin Cousin has a BA in Criminal Justice and Political Science from the University of Illinois Chicago. Ertharin also has a Doctor of Law (JD) in International from the University of Georgia School of Law. Lastly, they have a H.S. in science and math from Lane Tech H.S.