Alice Rhee is the Chief Global Partnerships and Communications Officer at the Skoll Foundation.
A philanthropy executive, world-class storyteller, and two-time Emmy Award-winning television producer, Ms. Rhee was previously the Head of Strategic Partnerships & Place-Based Philanthropy at the American Journalism Project (AJP).
Prior to her role at AJP, Alice served as the Director of Media for a private family philanthropy where she built social impact storytelling initiatives and co-founded a nonprofit news organization focused on economic inequality in San Antonio, Texas.
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.
She also serves on the board of a new nonprofit content accelerator for BIPOC creators, artists, and entrepreneurs being launched by Dan Lin, founder of Rideback.
Alice is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
