About Us
Becoming Alight
We are and always have been about amazing global citizens taking action to change our world. Forty years ago, Chicago businessman Neal Ball recruited a volunteer relief team who deployed to the Thai-Cambodian border. Even in the face of terrible tragedy, that first team was characterized by their incredible energy and belief that anything was possible.
In 2019, we took the next big step on a journey to unleash and put into action that same abundant belief. American Refugee Committee became Alight. We’re the same organization with the same people doing the same critical work – providing health care and clean water, shelter, protection, and economic opportunity to more than 3.5 million people in 19 countries each year. But in solidarity with the people we serve who are too often defined by a single dark moment in their lives, we’ve dropped the label ‘refugee.’
Alight sees and helps every person make meaningful change in the world – from displaced and marginalized communities in Africa, Asia and the Americas to…anyone, anywhere.
Our Purpose
Alight exists to inspire and unleash the abundance in every person.
We’re becoming an organization that sees possibility instead of scarcity, that provides services truly worthy of human beings instead of just ‘good enough.’ From the people we serve to the people who serve alongside us, our purpose is to unlock limitless potential, together. That’s when abundance happens.
What We Do
We build a meaningful life for and with the displaced. When we find people displaced from their homes, countries, or lives, our instinct may be to focus only on their basic needs. And that is essential. But it’s also not a life. A life is filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. And that’s what we aim to build.
We are an open family of organizations that works closely with refugees, trafficked persons, and economic migrants, to co-design solutions that help them build full and fulfilling lives – lives that are Alight.
ALIGHT Leadership
Our Senior Management Team provides leadership and support to more than 2,000 staff around the world.
Daniel Wordsworth
President and CEO
Mark White
Chief Financial Officer
Sarah Hartman
Chief Operations Officer
Mark Mortenson
Chair
Neal Ball
Founder & Honorary Chair
Holly Robbins
Secretary
Maureen Reed
Treasurer
Paul Bennett
Ben Boyum
Ward Brehm
Dabbs Cavin
Nikki Cicerani
Susan Ellis
Todd Harding
Vanessa Holden
Imad Libbus
Greg Page
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Richard Voelbel
Mary Whitney
Abraham Leno
Dem. Republic of Congo
Adan Adar
Somalia
Heidi Diedrich
Sudan
Tariq Cheema
Pakistan
Bernad Ochieng
Rwanda
Randhir Singh
Uganda
Fifi Sabang
Thailand & Myanmar
Annual Reports
ALIGHT’s Annual Report outlines the organization’s activities throughout the preceding year. Our annual report is intended to give refugees, donors, partners, stakeholders and other interested people information about ALIGHT’s worldwide activities and financial performance. Download our 2018 Annual Report here.
Past Annual Reports
View or download our Annual Reports from recent years.
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2012-13 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005
Privacy Policy
We take trust very seriously. When you share your personal information with ALIGHT, we hold it dear and don’t share or sell it. It’s just that simple. Read our full privacy policy.