Refugee Journeys from Harm to Home

Oct 11, 2018

Madeleine Fackler

For the last 2 1/2 years Madeleine has served as the Chief Information Officer at the International Rescue Committee -- one of the largest NGO's focused exclusively on the current refugee problem globally. Madeleine moved into the role after having spent 30 years working in high tech companies (Hewlett Packard, 3Com and an Internet start-up) and most recently as the CIO for Johnson & Johnson's Consumer Product Group. She's holds a Bachelors Degree in Math & Economics from Smith College and a Masters in Computer Engineering from Stanford University. At the IRC she is responsible for providing all of the systems and needed technical infrastructure globally for the staff of 11,000 employees. The IRC works in 40 countries and manages 25 resettlement centers here in the US (including 4 in Northern California). Last year their work supported over 28 million refugees.

In her role Madeleine has learned first hand about the plight of refugees across the globe and has had a chance to visit the IRC's programs and local offices in the Middle East and Africa. She'll share pictures she's taken of the IRC's programs supporting Syrian & Somalian refugees and has recently returned from visiting several of our urban programs in Nairobi.