Mr Chris Hegadorn

Chris Hegadorn has been the Executive Secretary of the UN’s Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in Rome since March 2019. In that time, he and his staff have led the organization of four major CFS plenary sessions, numerous public-facing events, and two successful multilateral negotiation processes leading to global policy guidance on ‘Food Systems and Nutrition’ and on ‘Innovative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition’. Chris is a retired U.S. diplomat whose career included 25 years as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State and earlier positions in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service.