2021 | Rt. Hon. David W. Miliband
Rt. Hon. David W. Miliband (SM ’90, Political Science) has served as President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) since 2013. From 2007 to 2010, Miliband served as the youngest U.K. Foreign Secretary in three decades, driving advancements in human rights and representing the United Kingdom throughout the world.
His accomplishments have earned him the reputation as, in the words of President Bill Clinton, “one of the ablest, most creative public servants of our time.” In 2016 Miliband was named one of the World’s Greatest Leaders by Fortune Magazine, and in 2018 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. As head of the IRC, Miliband oversees the organization’s relief and development operations in over 40 countries. He is the author of Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time (Simon & Schuster, 2017).
