Alana Tummino Email & Phone Number

Alana Tummino is Senior Director of International Social Impact Operations at Sesame Workshop, the global nonprofit behind Sesame Street on a mission to help children everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. In this role, she provides strategic management and operational support for the International Social Impact team, working across three core functions: (1) department strategy (2) process and operations, and (3) Country Office support.Previously, she served as Sesame Workshop's Senior Director for Strategic Partnerships & Development for Latin America, raising funds and spearheading partnership opportunities to grow the region's social impact and humanitarian programs.Alana brings over 15 years of experience working with a broad range of public- and private-sector leaders, NGO’s, foundations, and academics, throughout the Western Hemisphere on a range of business and policy issues. She has published policy and opinion pieces in numerous outlets, and has appeared as an expert on CNN, CNN en Español, NPR, BBC, and PBS, among others. Alana most recently served in various roles at AS/COA as Chief of Staff and Senior Director of Policy, and previously with a range of international development organizations on microfinance and women’s economic empowerment. She received an MA in Economic and Political Development from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and received her BA in Political Science and Spanish from the George Washington University. Among her awards, she was a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellow for Portuguese and Latin America from U.S. State and Education Departments, a Financial Women’s Association graduate scholar, and an American Association of University Women scholar.

Listed skills include International Development, International Relations, Spanish, Policy Analysis, and 8 others.

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  Senior Director, Operations, International Social Impact

  Sesame Workshop

  Jun 2023 - Present

  Provide strategic management and operational support for the International Social Impact team, working across three core functions: (1) department strategy (2) process and operations, and (3) Country Office support