Ann Vaughan is the Associate Vice President, Resilient Futures for CARE. In this role she helps advance partnerships and programs that support CARE’s work to help 25 million people become more climate resilient and unlock climate finance for development that supports women, girls, boys and men.

She previously served as a Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security at USAID, helping to oversee Feed the Future, the US government’s global food security initiative. From 2021-2023, Ann helped create and lead the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE), a whole government initiative to help 500 million people become more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

Prior to joining USAID, Ann oversaw a global flood resilience alliance, led advocacy efforts at Mercy Corps where she advanced legislation on food security and global fragility, served as a field officer for USAID in Kandahar, Afghanistan and was a foreign aid Appropriations Associate for US Congresswoman Nita Lowey. She started her international development career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Quilali, Nicaragua.

She has her Master’s in International Development Studies with a focus on post-conflict reconstruction from George Washington University and Undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary.