Nancy E. Wilson
Chief Executive Officer
Nancy E. Wilson is the CEO of the Relief International alliance organizations, where she oversees more than 7,300 staff carrying out humanitarian and development work in 16 countries.
Since Nancy assumed this role in 2014, she has overseen the growth of Relief International from a $40M to $140M organization and instituted its innovative corporate alliance structure. This scale-up accompanied the new strategic direction she set alongside the Board of Directors, positioning the organization as a leading actor in fragile settings focused on advancing health, economic opportunity, education, and water, sanitation and hygiene. Nancy also championed the development of The RI Way, the organization’s approach to development that integrates local participation, working across sectors, partnerships, and building core civic skills – the keys to advancing dignity in vulnerable communities.
Prior to joining Relief International, Nancy completed ten years in the leadership of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Under her direction, the college became a national model for university civic engagement and building citizen participation skills among students of all schools, degrees, and fields of study.
Nancy and her family spent more than 15 years living in Africa, where she managed the livelihoods, micro-finance, and gender grant portfolios in East Africa for the Ford Foundation and led capacity-building projects in Namibia as Chief of Party for World Education. She also led the customer relationship management practice in Sub-Saharan Africa for PriceWaterhouseCoopers as a Partner of the firm based in Johannesburg.
Nancy is the Treasurer of InterAction, where she has served on the Board since 2015, and she is a former Trustee of GoodWeave International, where she was Chair from 2011 to 2014. She received her B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Stanford University and her M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Eric Fullilove
Chief Financial Officer
Eric Fullilove joined Relief International in 2018 as Chief Financial Officer. Eric is an MIT graduate, a Certified
Ann Koontz
Senior Vice President, Technical Assistance
Ann Koontz has three decades of experience working with NGO’s and the private sector both in the United States
Andy Pugh
Senior Vice President for International Programs
Andy Pugh joined Relief International as Senior Vice President for International Programs in April 2017. Andy brings
Jamie Hall
Senior Vice President of Strategy and Risk. Representative, RI in UK and Europe
Jamie Hall joined Relief International in 2005 to lead the European head office of the RI network, established as a
Jamie Jones
Vice President, Program Development
Jamie Jones leads Relief International’s Program Development Department, working with global and country-based
Elia Makar
Vice President, Human Resources
Elia Makar joined Relief International in 2010. With more than 18 years of human resource experience, Elia has spent
Courtney Lobel
Senior Director, Development and Communications
Courtney joins Relief International after 4+ years as Director of Private Sector Initiatives at the International
Josie Coxon
Deputy Director, Development and Communications
Josie joined Relief International in 2019 as Deputy Director for Development and Communications based in the United
Lanre Amao
Director, Global Assurance
Lanre joined Relief International in August 2018 as Director of Global Assurance. He brings to RI, nearly two decades
Allan Freedman
Regional Director, Africa
Allan joined Relief International as Regional Director for Africa in April 2018. He is responsible for overseeing all
Pascal Arthaud
Regional Director, Asia
Pascal joined Relief International as Country Director for Afghanistan in 2010 and was then appointed as Regional
Johan Lefebvre Chevallier
Regional Director, Middle East
Johan joined Relief International in March 2019 as the new Regional Director for the Middle East. He joins RI with
Azadeh Hassani
Global Humanitarian Director
Azadeh Hassani is Relief International’s Global Humanitarian Director based in France. She is responsible for all
Matthew Cruse
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Director
Matthew is Relief International’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (ME&L) Technical Director, joining RI in
Mike O'Brien
Health Technical Director
Mike joined Relief International in May 2016 to oversee the organization’s global health and nutrition portfolio. A
Veronique Ringot
Global Education Technical Director
Veronique joined Relief International in July 2019 to oversee the organization’s education portfolio. With a strong
Lara Kalwinski
General Counsel
Lara Kalwinski joined Relief International in October 2019 as General Counsel. She brings more than a decade of
Jill Lauren Hass
Water and Sanitation (WASH) Technical Director
Jill Lauren Hass, P.Eng., M.Eng., LEED AP® joined Relief International in March 2019 as Water & Sanitation