Lining Up Our Leadership to Drive the Movement to Defeat Poverty

As we continue to address the most urgent global issues from extreme poverty to the climate crisis, we have made new changes to our staff. After serving as Chief Operating Officer for six years, Liza Henshaw has been elevated to the role of President; Caralene Robinson has assumed a permanent position as Chief Growth Officer; and Lee Rolontz’ global role will expand as she takes on the position of Global Head of Broadcast and Original Content.?

In her new role as our first President, Liza Henshaw will be responsible for leading the mission, vision, values, and strategy of the organization across four continents, along with overseeing expansion plans in key global markets, and leading revenue-generation programs, including corporate partnerships, foundations and individual giving. She joined Global Citizen in 2016 as our first Chief Operating Officer, where she has been instrumental to building a world-class executive leadership team, identifying areas of expansion and diversifying funding opportunities to achieve record growth.?

“I look forward to continuing to work with global citizens, corporate partners, world leaders and philanthropists to end extreme poverty,” said Henshaw. “More than ever we all need to come together to protect our planet, defeat poverty and demand equity.”

As Chief Growth Officer, Caralene Robinson oversees the creative, content, marketing and owned media team. She also serves as Executive Producer on complex projects. Robinson’s vast body of work as a marketer and content creator demonstrates her passion for shedding light on underserved and marginalized communities.?

"I'm excited to collaborate with Hugh, Liza and the entire team at Global Citizen,” said Robinson. “This is an important moment in history and the actions we take now are vital to protecting the planet for future generations. I’m also honored to be working with a first-class team of creatives to grow our audience of global activists and put the spotlight on the most urgent issues of our time — utilizing my experience in service of this critical mission to defeat poverty and protect the planet.”

In the newly created position of Global Head of Broadcast and Original Content, Lee Rolontz will be responsible for overseeing development, production and broadcast of live events, specials and serialized content across all platforms worldwide. She previously served as Global Citizen’s SVP of Event and Broadcast leading on the creation and production of all tentpole events. She brings over two decades of content creation and production to the new position.?

“Global Citizen produced incredibly successful campaign-driven global broadcasts during the pandemic; there is no end to what we can achieve now that the world is opening up once again. I am so excited to create new streams of content and amplify our broadcasts and reach across the globe to achieve our mission,” said Rolontz.?

“Every year, Global Citizen sets impossible goals to further our mission to end extreme poverty. We are only able to accomplish this work through the tireless effort of our leaders and our incredible teams,” said Hugh Evans, Founder and CEO of Global Citizen. “Liza is the perfect choice to preside over critical business functions as we expand Global Citizen’s international presence and set forth an ambitious policy agenda for 2022. We are also delighted that Caralene will bring her business acumen, creativity and passion for storytelling to Global Citizen.? And we are fortunate to have Lee overseeing broadcast and original content programming, further expanding our reach to new audiences around the world.”