Encore Episode: How the Fire at Notre Dame Blazes a Path to Reshaping Risk Management (E100)

Chief Risk Officer

Alice McNutt Miller is the former first Chief Risk Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, where she was responsible for developing, implementing, and managing a comprehensive process for identifying, monitoring and managing risks to DFC. Prior to joining DFC, Alice was the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s first Chief Risk Officer. As CRO, she was responsible for guiding and overseeing the agency’s approach to assessing and managing risk, including developing and implementing its Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program. She also oversaw MCC’s internal controls assessments and audit compliance activities. Prior to joining MCC, Alice was the Chief Financial Officer for Financing for Development Corp. (F4D), a U.S. 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that promotes innovations in financing as a means of increasing efficiency in development investments, and was the Director of Risk and Finance for F4D’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Pledge Guarantee for Health, LLC.

Alice was also Chief Risk Officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Development Credit Authority (DCA), where she was responsible for credit policy and risk assessment of DCA transactions. Previously, she was a Senior Financial Officer in the World Bank’s Office of Multilateral Trusteeship and Innovative Finance, and held multiple positions (including Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Asset Management) at the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Alice also worked as a Program Examiner for the Office of Management and Budget, and was an international economist for the U.S. Department of Commerce. She has an MA in International Economics and International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a BA in Political Science from Gonzaga University.