goodwill ambassador
noun
: a person who travels to different places to promote friendship and goodwill
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In 2000, Cardinale was named a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the defense of women’s rights.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
Vera was also the leader and chairwoman of the Roberto Clemente Foundation, and served as a goodwill ambassador for Major League Baseball (MLB).
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
An active feminist, Cardinale was a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for the Defense of Women’s Rights from 2000, while in 2011, she was named by The Los Angeles Times Magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful women in the history of cinema.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
McCartney served as Cracker Barrel’s goodwill ambassador, traveling through the towns and inviting people to join him at stores.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 26 Aug. 2025
As the next Princess Kay of the Milky Way, Thorson will serve as the official goodwill ambassador for nearly 1,800 Minnesota dairy farm families.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
In 2013, Michael Kors, the company, launched Watch Hunger Stop, a philanthropic campaign supporting the United Nations World Food Programme, and Kors serves as a WFP goodwill ambassador.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 June 2025
The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation was named for Don Diego, aka Tom Hernandez, who served as San Diego County Fair’s welcoming goodwill ambassador from 1947-1984.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
The former soccer star attended the WEF for the first time to receive the Crystal Award for philanthropy, for his work protecting vulnerable children as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador since 2005.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
Vera was also the leader and chairwoman of the Roberto Clemente Foundation, and served as a goodwill ambassador for Major League Baseball (MLB).
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
An active feminist, Cardinale was a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for the Defense of Women’s Rights from 2000, while in 2011, she was named by The Los Angeles Times Magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful women in the history of cinema.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
McCartney served as Cracker Barrel’s goodwill ambassador, traveling through the towns and inviting people to join him at stores.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 26 Aug. 2025
As the next Princess Kay of the Milky Way, Thorson will serve as the official goodwill ambassador for nearly 1,800 Minnesota dairy farm families.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
In 2013, Michael Kors, the company, launched Watch Hunger Stop, a philanthropic campaign supporting the United Nations World Food Programme, and Kors serves as a WFP goodwill ambassador.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 June 2025
The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation was named for Don Diego, aka Tom Hernandez, who served as San Diego County Fair’s welcoming goodwill ambassador from 1947-1984.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
The former soccer star attended the WEF for the first time to receive the Crystal Award for philanthropy, for his work protecting vulnerable children as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador since 2005.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2025
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