Sherrie Westin is President of Global Impact & Philanthropy for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street. She leads the Workshop's efforts to serve vulnerable children through mass media and targeted initiatives in the United States and around the world. Westin led Sesame's efforts to win a historic $100M grant from the MacArthur Foundation to fund the largest early childhood intervention in the history of humanitarian response. With an additional $100M grant from The Lego Foundation this initiative has expanded to Bangladesh. She also oversees Sesame Street in Communities, Sesame's comprehensive initiative designed to give children the tools they need to overcome traumatic experiences. Westin serves on the board of directors of UNICEF USA, the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, and Communities in Schools. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the U.S. Afghan Women's Council, and the Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) Advisory Board. Westin was named a "Leading Global Thinker" by Foreign Policy Magazine and one of Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business".