Carla Koppell

Carla Koppell is a Distinguished Fellow with the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, where she leads a national effort to transform international affairs education to ensure that issues of diversity, equity and inclusion are central to studies. She recently served as a vice president with the United States Institute for Peace and prior to that chief strategy officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as well as inaugural USAID senior coordinator for gender equality and women’s empowerment. Previously, Ms. Koppell directed the Institute for Inclusive Security, served as deputy assistant secretary for international affairs with the U.S. Department for Housing and Urban Development, and worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.