Natacha Weiss-Scott

An expert on refugee rights and development impact analysis with a special focus on gender issues, Natacha has been the Partner Liaison for World Connect since 2017. In the 1990s, she worked as a senior advocate for Refugees International in Africa, both in West Africa and the Great Lakes region, and served on their board from 2004 to 2021, including as Board Co-Chair. Natacha's three decades of experience include numerous missions throughout Africa and the Americas. Her work in Sierra Leone was credited in the New York Times, and she was interviewed by CNN, ABC and Fox News. In 2001, Natacha founded and was the President of American Friends of the Bambi Homes Colombia, a foundation for abandoned children in Colombia. In 2007, Natacha helped form Surgeons Overseas, an organization assisting surgical capacity in Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Ghana. She sits on Refugee International's emeritus board and the advisory board of Bata Children's Program. Natacha is Swiss and Canadian and resides in New York.