Alison Rausch is vice president for development at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In this role she leads the design and execution of the Endowment’s fundraising strategy working closely with the president, senior scholars, trustees and major supporters.
 
Alison was formerly associate vice president at the University of Oxford in North America where she developed partnerships with some of the world’s leading change-makers, philanthropists, and corporations. Prior to her work in philanthropy, Alison oversaw publishing and business development at Oxford University Press as senior commissioning editor for the sciences. She received her doctorate in geosciences from the University of Oxford.