Skoll Foundation Welcomes Alice Rhee as Chief Communications & Partnerships Officer

Rhee, a veteran journalist, storyteller, and award-winning television producer, brings commitment to social impact storytelling.

The Skoll Foundation is delighted to announce that Alice Rhee has joined the Foundation as the Chief Communications & Partnerships Officer. 

During her career, Ms. Rhee has served as a philanthropy executive, digital-video strategist, and two-time Emmy award-winning television producer. Alice joins the Foundation from the American Journalism Project (AJP) where she was the Head of Strategic Partnerships & Place-Based Philanthropy.

Ms. Rhee will lead and integrate the “connect” and “champion” parts of the Foundation’s mission and work, including the communications, community and convenings, and network and partnerships functions.

“Alice has devoted her career to public service and civic engagement. We are thrilled that she will bring her expertise in journalism, philanthropy, partnerships, and social impact storytelling to this new role,” said Don Gips, CEO of the Skoll Foundation. “Her energy, leadership, and knowledge of the media ecosystem will help us and our community of social innovators seize new opportunities to catalyze social change through storytelling, convenings, and partnerships.”

“It is a tremendous honor to join the Skoll Foundation to support its long-standing work deploying resources, networks, and platforms to advance its global mission,” said Ms. Rhee. “The Foundation’s deep storytelling ethos comes from its founder, Jeff Skoll, and runs through all of his organizations in the Jeff Skoll Group. Working alongside social innovators and this talented team, I am energized by the opportunity to amplify these compelling stories and catalyze action around the world’s most pressing problems.”

While at the American Journalism Project, a venture philanthropy dedicated to local nonprofit news, Alice forged relationships and partnerships to accelerate the philanthropic sector’s response to the local news crisis. Prior to her role at AJP, she served as the Director of Media for a private family philanthropy, where she built social impact storytelling initiatives.  

 Preceding her work in philanthropy, Alice spent two decades in national news and was repeatedly recognized for producing contextualized stories with sensitivity and humanity. Alice held various editorial and production roles at NBC News headquarters in New York City covering breaking news and domestic and international news. She was also Senior Producer of Digital Video at The Washington Post before transitioning to philanthropy and nonprofit storytelling.  

 Alice received national News & Documentary Emmy Awards for her coverage of the crash of Singapore Airlines and the Middle East conflict. She is also the recipient of several national and regional awards, including a National Headliners Award and the New York Newswomen’s Award for her reporting in the days following 9/11. The Smithsonian Institution recognized her contributions as a professional journalist during its Korean-American Centennial Commemoration.  

 Currently, Alice serves on the board of TheGuardian.org and acts as an independent trustee of the Nathan Cummings Foundation. She is co-chair of the Information, Media, and Technology pillar at the Partnership for American Democracy and an advisory circle member of JustFund and Hello Neighbor. She also serves on the board of a new nonprofit content accelerator for BIPOC creators, artists, and entrepreneurs being launched by Hollywood producer Dan Lin, founder of Rideback.  

Alice is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and McGill University in Montreal, Canada.