Nancy A. Aossey is President & CEO of International Medical Corps, an international non-governmental organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through medical relief, health care training, and development programs that build self-reliance. Aossey joined International Medical Corps to head up its efforts in 1986, shortly after its founding in 1984. She went on to establish the organization as a leader in medical crisis response and recovery. Under Aossey’s stewardship, International Medical Corps has delivered life-saving assistance to tens of millions of the world’s most vulnerable people. She helped establish International Medical Corps’ early humanitarian activities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Honduras, Nicaragua, Angola, Somalia, Mozambique, Cambodia, Bosnia, Thailand, Rwanda, and Kosovo. She has transformed International Medical Corps into one of the largest humanitarian organizations, providing more than $150 million in disaster response and recovery programs annually. Today, International Medical Corps’ 3,500 staff and thousands of volunteers continue to work in the world's most challenging places, including low-income, fragile, and post-conflict states like Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Iraq, Northern Uganda, Chechnya, and Ethiopia, among others. Since 1984, International Medical Corps has delivered more than $1 billion of assistance and health services to tens of millions of people in over 50 countries.

For three consecutive years, Aossey served as Chairman of the Board of InterAction, the United States' largest coalition of more than 165 private and voluntary organizations working in international development, refugee assistance, and disaster relief. She has also served on InterAction's Board of Directors and Executive Committee. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah’s Jordan River Foundation/USA, the Advisory Board of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy and the Board of Directors of the Pacific Council on International Policy. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Los Angeles Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization/World Presidents’ Organization, and a member of the Chief Executives Organization.

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