Carla Sutherland is currently Head of Programs at the Other Foundation, an African trust dedicated to advancing human rights in Southern Africa. Prior, she was an Associate Research Scholar at the Center for Law, Gender and Sexuality, Columbia University Law School. She has also worked as a program officer at the Arcus Foundation (New York) and the Ford Foundation (Nairobi). She began her professional career as a policy researcher at the University of Cape Town for the then Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Mamphela Ramphele. Carla holds a PhD in Social Policy from the London School of Economics.