Weikel, Terra

Terra Weikel has a background in education, media production and community outreach: she taught at a rural high school in South Africa, worked as an editor and producer for video productions and live television, and ran a 2-year educational campaign for the award-winning film Lost Boys of Sudan, that raised awareness about the Darfur crisis and refugees in the US, as well as $1 million for refugee agencies. For the past 9 years Terra Weikel has been involved in UNICEF’s innovative work, first in New York as an original member of the Innovation Unit that was founded there, then in Uganda where she led one of UNICEF’s first Innovation Labs. She is now based in San Francisco and helps to manage a portfolio of tech partnerships to support the work of UNICEF’s country offices.