Bathsheba (Sheba) Crocker is a Managing Director at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, where she leads the communications and international organizations teams. Previous to this role, Sheba served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, where she was the chief of mission of a multi-faceted embassy comprising close to 300 personnel, managed U.S. engagement and financial contributions to over 40 UN and other international organizations, and represented the U.S. government in intergovernmental processes and negotiations on issues including digital and AI, intellectual property, humanitarian affairs and human rights, global health, labor issues, climate change, conservation, development issues, and more.

Sheba has previously served in multiple senior roles, inside and outside the U.S. government, including as vice president for humanitarian affairs at CARE USA; as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, and other senior roles, at the U.S. Department of State; as a policy and advocacy officer at the Gates Foundation; as a senior advisor on peacebuilding and tsunami recovery at the United Nations; and as co-chair of a project on post-conflict reconstruction at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC. Sheba has held fellowships at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and the Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, and American University. Earlier in her career, Sheba served as an attorney-adviser in the Department of State and clerked for a U.S. federal court judge. She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a B.A. from Stanford University.

A native of Washington DC, Sheba and her family currently live in Geneva, Switzerland.