Alyson Wise

Alyson Wise is an Associate Director at the Rockefeller Foundation. In this role, she is responsible for collaborating with the organization’s leadership, programmatic staff, and grantees to develop a robust vision for the Foundation’s Inclusive Economies goal. Through discrete projects and strategic integration with the Foundation’s existing initiatives, Alyson is working to animate the organization’s vision and achieve economic inclusion for poor and vulnerable populations across the globe. Alyson brings over a decade of experience working in the philanthropic and nonprofit sector to advance economic opportunities for people in the U.S. and abroad. She began her career in the nonprofit sector at Vital Voices Global Partnership, with a focus on gender and development. She’s gained experience at corporate and private philanthropies, including the Nike Foundation, the Andrus Family Fund, and the Poses Family Foundation.