Caitlin Zaino
Research Assistant, Global Trade GovernanceCaitlin Zaino holds a Masters degree in Social Science from the University of Chicago and a Bachelors degree with Special Honors in Philosophy and Political Science from Hunter College, New York City. Caitlin’s Masters thesis was on the international trafficking of organs as it relates to globalised processes, the (re)definition of nation states and citizenship. Caitlin then served as a Junior Ethics Fellow at the WHO in Geneva. Following her fellowship, Caitlin joined the Geneva-based NGO, Green Cross International, where she conducted communications on behalf of the organisation’s Chair of the Board, former President Mikhail Gorbachev and was the Editorial Associate for Green Cross’ flagship magazine. Caitlin followed her time at the Green Cross with a three month stay in Nicaragua, where she learned Spanish while working alongside local NGOs. She returned to Geneva to join the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) as Production Editor and Assistant Editor. A native New Yorker, Caitlin currently lives in Mexico City where she continues to work as a researcher and editor on several trade and development-related projects.

