Ourania Dionysiou

Ourania Dionysiou is the VP of International Development at the International Rescue Committee. Ourania has previously worked as an advisor on partner relations and head of partnerships for UNICEF in the Gulf Area. In this role, they were responsible for driving UNICEF's partnerships team and multi-million-dollar relationship-building program with public and private sector stakeholders in support of UNICEF's global work and programming. Dionysiou has also worked as an international outreach consultant for the United Nations OCHA and an international strategy consultant for the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

Ourania Dionysiou has a Master of Arts in International Relations and Economics from The Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Ourania also has a Master of Arts from The Bologna Center in International Relations and Economics from The Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In addition, they have a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting from Ionian Panepistimion. Ourania also has a certification from LinkedIn in New Manager Fundamentals.

They are on a team with Su’ad Jarbawi - Regional VP, Middle East, Jessica Fullerton - Acting VP, Business Operations & Analytics, and Bob Kitchen - VP, Emergencies & Humanitarian Action. Their manager is David Miliband, President & CEO.