From Club Kid to CEO and World Hunger Activist

Good Life Project

This week, our in-depth conversation features Cathy Burke, speaker, author, and global change maker has served as CEO of The Hunger Project Australia for nearly two decades, and has traveled extensively across the villages of Africa and South Asia in her work of ending hunger.

Cathy has been profoundly changed by what she has experienced. The women and men she has met have given her the most enduring lessons in life and leadership, resilience and the power of the human will.

She is the author of the book, Unlikely Leaders: Lessons in leadership from the village classroomThese stories are captivating and moving, providing a roadmap for personal and social change.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

  • How Cathy awakened to both the truth of world hunger and her role in helping to end it
  • What her first trip to Ethiopia taught her that she (and her group) never saw coming
  • How harnessing the power of women to lead is the ultimate catalyst
  • How her work has forever changed her

Mentioned in This Episode:

  • The Hunger Project

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