Biography

In a diverse, global leadership career, Alonzo L. Fulgham has been an International Development Policy, Planning, and Operations Executive successful at leading United States government development policy & humanitarian assistance and advising the Secretary of State, National Security Council, Congress and Office of Management and Budget on leading organizational change for effective results. Mr. Fulgham brings broad strategic planning, management and execution capacity to VIATEQ, with more than 25 years of effective global operational leadership and organizational change management experience.

President Barack Obama appointed Mr. Fulgham as Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2009. In this role, Mr. Fulgham managed a diverse global enterprise of over $20 billion annually in more than 88 countries, with a professional staff of more than 7,000 worldwide. From 2006-2009, as the first Chief Operating Officer (COO) ever appointed to that agency, Mr. Fulgham had broad authority for policy, strategic planning and implementation.

From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Fulgham served as USAID Mission Director to Afghanistan, where he implemented cutting edge stabilization and development programs with a budget of $2.4 billion. From 2003 to 2005, he served as the Director for South Asian Affairs at USAID, overseeing programs with a combined development and humanitarian assistance budget of over $1 billion.

Mr. Fulgham is a member of the Board of Directors of Palladium International, Meridian International, and Shared Interest. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Advisory Council of Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for International Relations and Politics, the German Marshall Fund’s Transatlantic Aid Effectiveness Experts Group, the American Academy of Diplomacy, the O’Neill Institute’s Value for Money in Global HIV Programs Working Group.