Isobel Coleman

Isobel Coleman currently serves as the Deputy Administrator at USAID, a position held since 2021. Prior experience includes leading the USUN Agency Review Team during the Biden-Harris Transition Team and volunteering in policy roles for the Biden for President campaign. Coleman has also held significant leadership positions as Chief Operating Officer at GiveDirectly and Ambassador at the U.S. Department of State. Additional roles encompass serving as a Senior Fellow at The Council on Foreign Relations and Co-Founder and CEO of NursingHands, Inc. Coleman has a robust educational background with a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies from Princeton University, and both a Master of Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations from the University of Oxford.