Jerrie Ueberle is the founder and president of Global Interactions, Inc., a Phoenix, Arizona, based non-profit organization focused on increasing worldwide communication and understanding among U.S. professionals and their international counterparts. Global Interactions was granted Special Consultative Status with the United Nations in 2021. In 2009, she founded the World Academy for the Future of Women, a bold and daring leadership program focused on developing young women for leadership roles that address and achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). The program, housed on Sias University campus, and has expanded to Nepal and Bangladesh. It has grown from a one-year Academy for 100 women each year, to a second year Advanced Academy and a third and fourth year Academy in Action. In addition, a Men’s Academy for the Future of Women was begun to promote collaborative work that prepares men to understand and act on issues related to advancing and promoting women in society and the workplace. There are more than 1400 World Academy alumni.

Ms. Ueberle’s goal is to have women achieve gender equality, social justice, and human dignity worldwide.