Alice Albright

Alice Albright MIA ’85 brings over 30 years of international experience in the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, working across international development, global health, education, and innovative finance. Her career, which has taken her to more than 60 countries and involved engaging leaders at all levels, from heads of state to local partners, has focused on building institutions, pioneering new approaches to development finance, and advancing equitable growth and opportunity around the world. 

Albright is the former CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, where she led a strategic refresh and helped secure the passage of bipartisan legislation expanding the agency’s country eligibility, adding 33 countries to its potential footprint. She also previously served as the CEO of the Global Partnership for Education, guiding the organization’s evolution into a major multilateral funder and expanding its financing toolkit. As part of this effort, she launched the Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX), the GPE Multiplier, and a $500 million COVID-19 emergency window to sustain learning during school closures.

Earlier in her career, Albright helped establish the field of innovative development finance, beginning at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI), where she co-designed and launched the International Finance Facility for Immunization (IFFIm) and the Advance Market Commitment (AMC), mechanisms that transformed global vaccine access and mobilized more than $10 billion. She continued advancing new financing approaches at the Export-Import Bank of the United States, helping launch its first direct lending program for small businesses.

Currently, as founder and principal of Acadia Advisory, Albright advises philanthropic and development organizations as they navigate a shifting global landscape, supporting institutions as they consider how development models and financing approaches may need to evolve in the years ahead.

Albright has served on two G7 Gender Equality Advisory Councils, appointed first by the president of France for the 2019 G7 and then by the prime minister of the UK for the 2021 G7. She currently serves on the Board of the National Democratic Institute, is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and sits on the Food Security Leadership Council. She remains actively engaged in advising and speaking globally on the future of development finance, institutional transformation, and global cooperation.