**Update:
Friday, August 16, 2024
Alight is pleased to announce Jocelyn Wyatt as our newly appointed CEO. Having served as the CEO of IDEO.org for the past 10 years, Wyatt will officially take the helm on December 15, 2021, where she will lead more than 3,500 Alight team members globally.
Wyatt's vast experience in strategic development on a global scale is intrinsically human-centered and is symbiotic with the work that Alight does in more than 20 countries to create dignified spaces and human-worthy services for more than 3.5M refugees and displaced people each year.
The CEO search process was steeped in listening and collaborating with team members and supporters from around the world who contributed their input and insight to build the framework of our search. After several months of careful consideration and conversations with dozens of highly qualified candidates, Wyatt emerged as the most well-rounded and best-suited leader for the organization.
"We are exceptionally pleased to welcome such an accomplished creative strategist and highly esteemed member of the international NGO community," says Maureen Reed, Chair, Alight Board of Directors. "An empathetic and experienced global leader, Jocelyn deeply understands Alight and its mission to build a meaningful life for and with displaced people and to unleash abundance in every person with whom we work. We are honored to have her join our efforts as the lead to our organization."
Wyatt comes to Alight from her current position as Co-founder and CEO of IDEO.org, a global design studio partnering with NGOs to design products and services that create a more just and inclusive world. During her time there, she spearheaded collaborations with DFID (The UK's Department for International Development), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, PSI (formerly Population Services International), and many other organizations with broad global reach, including Alight. Over the last decade, Wyatt helped to shape some of our most impactful and groundbreaking initiatives, such as the I Am A Star campaign, Asili, Kuja Kuja, The Color Movement, In Our Hands, and Becoming Alight.
"With 82 million refugees and displaced people worldwide, the opportunity to co-create new solutions with communities is more critical today than ever before" states incoming CEO Wyatt. "Alight strives to rethink the status quo, and help transform the narrative of the world's displaced by including diverse and varied voices within the organization.
