Maryann Broxton

Maryann Broxton is the Main Representative to the United Nations for the International Movement ATD
Fourth World (March 2023 to present). Her current role includes representing ATD’s international priorities at the United Nations and ensuring the voices and experiential knowledge of people experiencing poverty are heard where policy is being discussed and made.

As the US coordinator for theMultidimensional Aspects of Poverty (MAP) participatory research project (2016-2020), she developed and facilitated trainings on equitable participation for the Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Center for Law and Social Policy, and the Aspen Institute, along with social worker students at the New School in New York, Harvard, Columbia, and Fordham University.

An international speaker on multidimensional poverty, her personal area of advocacy is food justice. MaryAnn holds a B.A. from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.