Sue Lautze

Sue Lautze, PhD, serves as a Senior Advisor in the Emergency and Rehabilitation Division at FAO/HQ. She served as the UN’s Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan (2014-2106) and also was FAO’s Representative for South Sudan (2012 – 2014). Her nearly three decades of work have focused principally on the effect of shocks on livelihood systems. A co-founder of the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, she holds academic degrees in agriculture economics, public affairs and international development from UC Davis, Princeton and Oxford, respectively. She has worked in both humanitarian and development functions in Africa, Europe and Asia.