Leadership

Kate S. Carr
President and Chief Executive Officer, Safe Kids Worldwide

Kate Carr serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of SafeKids Worldwide, a global network of organizations dedicated to preventing unintentional childhood injury, the leading cause of death and disability to children ages 1 to 14. Twenty member countries and more than 600 coalitions and chapters across the U.S. bring together health and safety experts, educators, corporations, foundations, governments and volunteers to educate and protect families.

Prior to joining Safe Kids Worldwide in October 2011, she served as Managing Director of Malaria No More and played a lead role in resource mobilization and expansion of programmatic activities in Africa. Kate’s experience in leading worldwide organizations includes the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation where, as President and CEO, she expanded the Foundation’s work beyond the United States and promoted global education, awareness and compassion about children with HIV/AIDs.  She also established the Glaser Pediatric Research Network to support clinical research beyond HIV/AIDs in children. Kate also served as President and CEO at Accelerate Brain Cancer (ABC2) and focused efforts on collaborative support for translational research in brain cancer.

Kate’s political experience includes serving as Special Assistant to the President, Office of Public Liaison at the White House and working on multiple local, state and national campaigns.

Moira Lail, Chief Programs Officer, International 

As the Chief Programs Officer International,  Moira is responsible for the organization and expansion of the 23-country Safe Kids Worldwide network.  She coordinates multi-country initiatives and is the liaison to global partners such as the World Health Organization. 

Moira is also responsible for the development and implementation of global pedestrian safety initiatives. She has been the pedestrian safety expert for the organization since joining Safe Kids Worldwide and has worked in the field of pedestrian safety for the past 10 years.  Moira has appeared on international and national television and radio stations, as well as numerous local television and radio stations across the country.  She also serves as the global corporate liaison to program sponsor, FedEx and develops relationships and sponsorship opportunities with the FedEx around the world. 

Prior to joining Safe Kids in 2005, Moira worked for a multinational Fortune 100 company as an operations manager for six years and taught in inner-city schools in the United States for two years.  Moira holds a B.A. from Villanova University, a M.Ed. from the University of Virginia, and a MBA from Johns Hopkins University.