Board of Directors

• Lois Juliber serves as the Chair. She is retired vice chair and chief operating officer of Colgate-Palmolive Company, a director of Goldman Sachs and DuPont, and a member of the Boards of Trustees of Wellesley College, Girls Inc., and Women’s World Banking.



• Phillip L. Clay is the chancellor and professor of city planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His specialization is housing, community and economic development. He is also the former chair of MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning and currently chairs the Board of the Community Builders, the nation's largest developer of nonprofit housing.



• David L. Johnston is the president of the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He is chair of the board of the Neuroscience Network of Centers of Excellence, which links researchers at 15 Canadian universities, and also chair of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He is past president of the Board of Overseers for Harvard University.



• Elizabeth L. Littlefield is a director of the World Bank and the chief executive of CGAP, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, a global donor consortium for microfinance. She is also a former managing director of J.P. Morgan.



• Paul Ostergard is the retired head of the Citigroup Foundation, where he oversaw the Foundation's global program in microfinance. He has also served as the head of the GE Foundation, the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy and Junior Achievement International.



• Marguerite S. Robinson is a former professor of anthropology, author, independent consultant, and frequent speaker on microfinance and other development issues. She has authored The Microfinance Revolution, Volumes 1 and 2; two additional volumes are in progress. Robinson is an Institute Fellow Emeritus of the Harvard Institute for International Development.



• Mary Robinson is the president of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. She is the former president of Ireland and served as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. She is vice president of the Club of Madrid, chair of the Board of the International Institute for Environment & Development, chair of the Board of the Global Fund for Human Rights, a founding member and chair of the Council of Women World Leaders, the honorary president of Oxfam International, a member of the Board of the Vaccine Fund, and chair of the Irish Chamber Orchestra.



• Nigel Wright is managing director of Onex Corporation, one of Canada’s largest companies with global operations in service, manufacturing and technology industries. Wright is on the Board of Directors at Res-Care, Inc.; Indigo Books & Music, Inc.; and Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.