Alice P. Albright

Alice P. Albright
CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 16, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded bySean Cairncross
Personal details
Born
Alice Patterson Albright

1961 (age 62–63)
Parent(s)Madeleine Albright
Joseph Albright
EducationWilliams College (BA)
Columbia University (MIA)

Alice Patterson Albright[1] (born 1961)[2] is an American government official who has served as the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation since 2022.[3][4]

Early life and education

Albright is a daughter of former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.[5][6] Her grandfather, Josef Korbel, was Czechoslovakia's ambassador to Yugoslavia, chairman of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan, and a political scientist at the University of Denver, where he founded the Josef Korbel School of International Studies. Her father, Joseph Albright, was a journalist and grandson of newspaper magnate Joseph Medill Patterson, who founded New York Daily News. She is a descendent of Joseph Medill, who owned the Chicago Tribune and had been elected mayor of Chicago and is the namesake of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

She received her MIA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and her BA from Williams College.[7][8]

Career

Albright held a variety of positions in Citicorp, Bankers Trust Company, JP Morgan, and the Carlyle Group prior to entering the nonprofit sector.[7]

From 2001 to 2009, she served as the chief financial and investment officer for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, where she worked on enhancing immunization services in the poorest countries.[9]

From 2009 to 2013, Albright served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.[10]

In 2013, Albright joined the Global Partnership for Education as CEO.[11][12][13]

MCC nomination

On August 6, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Albright to be CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.[7][14] Hearings were held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on her nomination on December 14, 2021. The committee favorably reported the nomination to the Senate floor on January 12, 2022. Her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate via voice vote on February 7, 2022.[3]

On 23 May 2024, Albright was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by President Biden in honor of President William Ruto at the White House.[15]

References

  1. ^ Tapp, Tom (March 23, 2022). "Madeleine Albright Dies: First Female U.S. Secretary Of State Was 84". Deadline. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state". Yahoo! Sports. March 24, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Senate Confirms Alice Albright as Next MCC CEO". Millennium Challenge Corporation. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  4. ^ "Alice Albright". Millennium Challenge Corporation. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "Madeleine Albright Remembered As "Loving Mother, Grandmother" After Her Death At 84". Romper. 23 March 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  6. ^ "Madeleine and Alice Albright Trade Tips for Working Mothers". The Aspen Institute. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "President Biden Announces 10 Key Nominations". The White House. August 6, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  8. ^ "Alumni Go to Washington". Columbia Magazine. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  9. ^ "Alice Albright, Class of 1983". Alumni Awards. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  10. ^ "Four Key Executives Named to Help Lead Export-Import Bank of the United States". EXIM Bank. July 8, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  11. ^ "Alice Albright". Wellesley College. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  12. ^ "Statement by outgoing Chief Executive Officer of GPE, Alice P. Albright". Global Partnership for Education. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  13. ^ "Global Partnership for Education reappoints Alice Albright as Chief Executive Officer". Global Partnership for Education. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  14. ^ "White House Nominates Alice Albright as Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation". Millennium Challenge Corporation. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  15. ^ Minho Kim (23 May 2024), The Full Guest List for Biden’s State Dinner With Kenya New York Times.