Trickle Up
Caroline Werner is a skilled professional with extensive experience in program operations and legal practice, currently serving as Program Operations Advisor at Trickle Up since September 2018 and Program Manager at NYC Mammas Give Back since November 2016. Previously, Caroline worked as an Associate at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP and McGuireWoods, focusing on the energy and utilities industry, with a legal career that began after obtaining a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2010. Caroline's earlier experiences include roles as a Summer Associate at McGuireWoods, a Judicial Intern at the Eastern District of Virginia, and an International Research Fellow at Chesapeake Capital Corporation, following a B.A. in Foreign Affairs and History from the University of Virginia.
Trickle Up
Trickle Up partners with women living in extreme poverty to drive social and economic inclusion and promote sustainable livelihoods. We drive large-scale change by partnering with governments, global institutions, and local organizations. Trickle Up was founded in 1979 at a time when "trickle down” economics was the conventional wisdom. We watched the poor getting poorer while the rich benefited from this approach. Trickle Up founders Glen and Mildred Robbins Leet knew from their experience that nothing empowers an individual to achieve their dreams more than the trust and encouragement of another human being. They put into practice what their experience had taught them: investing in individuals at the grassroots level is the most powerful antidote to extreme poverty. Over 38 years later, Trickle Up continues to be a critical vehicle for the social and financial empowerment of women living in extreme poverty. Trickle Up focuses on the toughest challenges in global poverty alleviation: to reach the poorest, most vulnerable, isolated people and create trajectories towards financial independence. We have lifted over one million people worldwide - particularly women, people with disabilities, refugees, and indigenous people - out of extreme poverty and into a better quality of life. We invest in people. We bolster communities. We champion power over poverty.