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Cindy Lou McCain (née Hensley; born May 20, 1954) is an American diplomat, businesswoman, and humanitarian who is the executive director of the World Food Programme. McCain previously served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture from 2021 to 2023.
May 16, 2024 · Cindy McCain (born May 20, 1954, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.) is an American businesswoman and humanitarian and the wife of U.S. senator and two-time Republican presidential candidate John McCain. In 2021 she became U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.
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Arizona businesswoman and philanthropist Cindy McCain was active in her husband, John McCain's 2000 bid for the Republican presidential nomination. After he lost, she was chosen as the Chairwoman of the Arizona delegation to the Republican National Convention. She founded the American Voluntary Medical Team (AVMT) in 1988. She serves on the Board o...
Cindy Lou Hensley McCain was born May 20, 1954, in Phoenix, Arizona. As an only child, McCain was raised in Arizona. She earned a B.A. in education and a M.A. in special education from the University of Southern California. She taught at Agua Fria High School in Avondale, Arizona.
She met John McCainin 1979 while she was on vacation with her parents in Hawaii. He was still married, but separated, from his first wife. John and Cindy McCain were married May 17, 1980 in Phoenix. John McCain was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982 and to the U.S. Senate in 1986. Cindy McCain was active in her husband's 2000 bid ...
Cindy McCain founded the American Voluntary Medical Team (AVMT) in 1988, leading several medical missions to developing and war-torn nations during the Team's seven-year existence. She made news in 1994 when she admitted to a painkiller addiction and said she had stolen drugs from AVMT. She was not charged with a crime, but agreed to repay the AVMT...
She actively campaigned for her husband during his successful bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. He picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. They eventually lost to Democrat Barack Obama and his running-mate, Joe Biden. The McCains have four children: Meghan (b. 1984), John IV (known as Jack, b. 1986), James (known ...
Cindy McCain is the wife of the late U.S. Senator John McCain and the Chairman Emeritus of the McCain Institute for International Leadership. She was sworn in as Permanent Representative of the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome in November 2021.
Apr 5, 2023 · Biography - Executive Director Cindy H. McCain. World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, Cindy Hensley McCain, took office on 5 April 2023, and brings to the role extensive expertise and a deep commitment to ending hunger and malnutrition. Prior to joining WFP, she served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United States ...
Apr 27, 2021 · McCain writes that she went from an insecure college graduate to a life filled with seven children (including three from her husband's first marriage) and a newfound confidence. "I am in my...
Aug 13, 2008 · As the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, Cindy McCain has a high public profile and she's often at her husband's side. But she is also heiress to the Hensley and Co....
