Photo credit: Doctors Without Boarders
You’re immediately aware of Avril Benoît’s positive social influence just by looking at her job title; she’s the former executive director of Doctors Without Borders USA. In that role, she’s constantly out front when it comes to bringing much-needed medical care to places that are too remote or too ravaged by disasters to get it any other way. Her work has saved countless lives over the past year alone in places like Gaza, Haiti, and the Sudan.
Benoît is also very vocal about protecting humanitarian workers, keeping a host of world governments aware that they need to do better in this regard.
You might think someone like this is difficult to engage, but you’d be wrong. Just in the last year, Benoît has spoken at a long list of global events, managed live online discussions with Doctors Without Borders staff, and even done an AMA on Reddit. She’s exactly the kind of person who belongs among the Worthy 100—smart and fearless with an endless well of compassion.
