Nancy Birdsall is President of the Center for Global Development. Prior to launching the Center, Ms. Birdsall served for three years as Senior Associate and Director of the Economic Reform Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. From 1993 to 1998, she was Executive Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), and before joining the IADB, Ms. Birdsall spent 14 years in research, policy, and management positions at the World Bank Group.