Dr. Samantha Nutt is a co-founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada. She is a medical doctor with more than thirteen years of experience working in war zones. Since the beginning of her career, Dr. Nutt has focussed on providing assistance to war-affected women and children. While working at War Child Canada, the United Nations and several other non-governmental organizations, Dr. Nutt has travelled to some of the world’s most violent flashpoints including Iraq, Afghanistan, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Burundi, northern Uganda, Ethiopia and the Thai-Burmese border.

In addition to her position at War Child Canada, Dr. Nutt is also on staff at Women's College Hospital in Toronto and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Family and Community Medicine.