Emily Sherinian-
I’m a multi-tasker, as most women are! My key roles at the moment are wife, a mother, and a full-time public health professional, among others. When I’m not at work, I can usually be found with my three young children (sports, school, playgroup, preschool, music lessons and so on), trying to keep my house clean, volunteering at church, or finding a moment to catch up with my husband. I love to read, cook, run and get together with friends. There’s never a dull moment at our home, especially since my husband and I both work in international development, and find ourselves on planes regularly. Our family has lived abroad for the majority of the last decade, and that has been an enriching, exciting, and unique experience for us as we’ve come to understand and love so many other countries and cultures. Improving the lives of the world’s less fortunate population is a personal and professional mission for both of us, and we’re trying to help our children understand that people all around the world are in so many ways similar to us, and have basically the same needs and wants as we do. In between all the “required” activities of life (which sometimes feel overwhelming!), we try to squeeze in some fun things that we love to do together: pancakes on Saturday mornings, a trip to our favorite museum, a ride on the subway, picnics in the backyard, a day at the beach, or a scoop of ice cream.
Aaron Sherinian
Aaron Sherinian serves as the Vice President of Communications and Public Relations. He leads the Foundation’s public relations efforts, media relationships, strategic outreach, and online presence.
Before joining the UN Foundation, Aaron Sherinian served as Managing Director of Public Affairs for the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. government development assistance agency administering poverty reduction grants totaling over $7 billion in 40 partner countries. In this capacity, he oversaw the agency’s strategic communications portfolio, media relationships, and public relations agenda.
His professional background includes a decade of service as a Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State. Before returning to Washington, he was Press Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador, where he was responsible for Embassy relations with media outlets and acted as the Ambassador’s communications advisor.
His diplomatic experience includes a tour as Deputy Political and Economic Chief at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia, where he managed programmatic coordination and outreach for the U.S. government’s annual assistance budget of $90 million.
He served in the Political and Consular Sections of the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica and in the Office of Policy Planning under two Assistant Secretaries of State for the Western Hemisphere. His experience also includes service at U.S. Missions in Colombia and the Holy See (Vatican).
Mr. Sherinian is a native of Pasadena, California. He holds degrees from the Johns Hopkins University (School of Advanced International Studies – SAIS) and Brigham Young University. In addition to Spanish, he speaks Italian, Armenian, and French. He and his wife have three children.