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Michelle Sie Whitten is the President & CEO of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation (GLOBAL). She co-founded the organization in 2009, after giving birth to her daughter Sophia, who happens to have Down syndrome. GLOBAL is the largest non-profit in the U.S. working to save lives and dramatically improve health outcomes for people with Down syndrome through RESEARCH, MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION & ADVOCACY. Michelle sits on many boards including arc Thrift Stores, the Crnic Institute, Denver Mayor?s International Council, and Constellation Philanthropy. She has received several national awards for her Down syndrome work over the past decade as well as many national awards from the Cable TV industry for her work in that sector prior to starting GLOBAL. Michelle is a graduate of Tufts University, Peking University and Harvard University. She is married to Tom, a British curator of Chinese contemporary art and they have two children, Sophia and Patrick.