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Ms.
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Nancy A. Aossey
President & CEO, International Medical Corps

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China & East Asia
Development & Human Rights
Santa Monica, CA
United States

Nancy A. Aossey is President & CEO of International Medical Corps, a preeminent first responder delivering medical relief and training programs in areas hardest-hit by war, natural disaster, disease and displacement. Aossey joined International Medical Corps as its startup CEO, shortly after its founding in 1984. She scaled the organization from a handful of employees to more than 7,000 staff and thousands of volunteers today working on the frontlines of crises including: wars in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, and Pakistan; ongoing conflicts in Somalia and South Sudan; the earthquakes in Nepal, Haiti and Japan; and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. She has transformed International Medical Corps into one of the largest humanitarian organizations delivering more than $2.2 billion in assistance, health services, and training to tens of millions of people in nearly 70 countries.

Aossey serves on Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah’s Jordan River Foundation/USA; the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and the Advisory Board of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Young Presidents’ Organization, and the Chief Executives Organization. She has testified numerous times before Congress, briefed the White House, and interviewed by major media on humanitarian issues. Her awards include the Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs; the YPO’s Global Humanitarian Award and its Legacy Award; and the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Leadership Excellence Award and Non-Profit CEO of the Year Award. In recognition of her humanitarian contributions, she was awarded the UCSF Medal, and accepted the UC Berkeley Public Health Organizational Hero Award. A resident of Santa Monica, California, Aossey was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and holds a BA, an MBA, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Northern Iowa.

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