Patricia McCall

Patricia McCall is Winrock International’s chief strategy and growth officer. She leads Winrock’s programs and communications teams, and oversees impact investment, private sector engagement, development outreach and relationships with philanthropic donors. McCall has more than 20 years of international experience in philanthropy advising, investment management, economic development, regulatory reform and education. She has developed private-public partnerships, led policy institutes and designed investments and initiatives to maximize return and impact in the U.S., Middle East and United Kingdom.

McCall has a background in philanthropy, impact investing and global development. She worked for the International Finance Corporation in Cairo, guided philanthropic programming for several family-led foundations in the Middle East, and led the Center for Economic Growth at the INSEAD campus in Abu Dhabi, Europe’s leading graduate school of business. She also spent five years in investment management as a portfolio debt and equity analyst at a leading emerging markets fund management company. McCall holds a master’s degree in international affairs with a concentration in economic and political development from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia. She is a non-executive board member of i(x) Net Zero plc, an investment company focused on environmental impact; a board member of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights UK; and is on the advisory board of Box Media. She also served on the board of World Child Cancer US.