caption predecessor successor birth_place nationality image_size birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
official sheeran shiner , august 2005 photograph of department of state under secretary josette alan larson reuben jeffery iii united states american 150px 1954 under and agricultural affairs secretary of state for economic , business , august 23 , 2005 whitney shiner -lrb- divorced -rrb- josette sheeran shiner dept state.jpg josette sheeran
 april 4 , 2007 josette sheeran
josette sheeran

josette sheeran -lrb- born 1954 -rrb- has been president and ceo of the asia society since may 2013 .
previously sheeran was vice chairman of the world economic forum .
sheeran assumed that position on the conclusion of her term at the world food programme .
she was the eleventh executive director of the united nations world food programme -lrb- wfp -rrb- , appointed by united nations secretary-general kofi annan and food and agriculture organization director-general jacques diouf in november 2006 .
prior to this post , she served as the united states under secretary for economic , business , and agricultural affairs in the state department .
on may 21 , 2013 , sheeran was named president and ceo of asia society , a global non-profit dedicated to strengthening relations between and among the united states and countries of asia .
