About Us
In February 2025, four senior women leaders came together to establish an emergency initiative to support the USAID community — Aid Transition Alliance (AidTA). The project focuses on promoting mental health and wellness and providing career transition support for international development professionals, preserving critical development knowledge, and strengthening communication and coordination across the sector. With the backing and fiscal sponsorship of Forward Global, Aid Transition Alliance officially launched in April 2025.
Susan Reichle is a retired Senior Foreign Service Officer at USAID and former President & CEO of the International Youth Foundation. She led IYF’s global strategy focused on youth agency, economic opportunity, and systems change, and spent over 25 years shaping development policy and leadership at USAID, including as Counselor to the Agency. She continues to serve on several boards and global development networks.
Erin E. McKee is a retired U.S. Ambassador and former Assistant Administrator at USAID, where she led operations across 17 countries in Europe and Eurasia. Over a 30-year career, she held senior roles in diplomacy, development, and crisis response, including leading the Indo-Pacific strategy later adopted by the White House. She continues to advise on global policy and serves on several boards.
Alicia Dinerstein is a seasoned international development professional who spent over 26 years with USAID, serving in technical and leadership roles in nine missions across three continents, as well as at HQ. She focused on streamlining agency systems and strengthening leadership capacity. After retiring from the Senior Foreign Service in 2021, she spent two years as a counselor at the U.S. Department of State, helping staff transition to retirement or new careers.
Jeanne Briggs is a retiring Foreign Service Officer who served with USAID for 24 years. She spent 15 years in hardship posts in Africa and Asia, mostly recently in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Throughout her career she has been a staff care champion and advocate for mental health and wellness issues in USAID’s programming and in supporting its workforce. She also served as the Senior Advisor for Professional Development in the Bureau for Democracy, Rights and Governance, helping to strengthen leadership and learning across the Agency.