Board Member – GCRI USA

Location: Washington D.C. (Hybrid participation supported)
Term: 2 Years (Renewable)
Time Commitment: Quarterly board meetings, annual strategy retreat, and strategic committee engagement as required

About GCRI USA

The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) is a sovereign-grade, nonprofit, and multilateral institution dedicated to building the next-generation global infrastructure for risk governance, innovation diplomacy, and capital resilience. GCRI USA serves as the United States national node within a globally federated network spanning North America, Europe, Asia, and the Global South—ensuring that the U.S. remains at the forefront of foresight, risk intelligence, and systemic resilience.

With Special Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC and active engagement with the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN), and Santiago Network, GCRI USA operates at the intersection of U.S. federal priorities, multilateral governance mandates, and innovation-led resilience strategies. It engages with federal agencies, sovereign institutions, capital markets, and technology coalitions to address risks across macroeconomic stability, geopolitical shifts, climate adaptation, cyber-physical threats, public health security, and digital governance.

Position Overview

GCRI USA invites applications and nominations for Board Directors who actively shape national, multilateral, or global agendas in finance, policy, infrastructure, innovation, and systemic risk management. The Board is tasked with ensuring strategic positioning, governance excellence, and capital enablement as GCRI USA delivers its national mission and strengthens its role in GCRI’s global architecture.

We seek distinguished leaders who hold or have recently held senior executive or governance roles in federal government institutions, central banks, sovereign funds, international organizations, top-tier investment firms, or leading innovation hubs. Board Members will help ensure GCRI USA is institutionally credible, politically relevant, and financially empowered to serve as the nation’s premier platform for anticipatory governance and strategic foresight.

Strategic Mandate for the Board

• Position GCRI USA as a trusted U.S. institutional hub for nonpartisan, sovereign-grade risk governance infrastructure.
• Guide GCRI’s capital mobilization strategy, catalyzing partnerships with federal funding mechanisms, strategic investors, philanthropic capital, and international financial institutions.
• Support the launch and scaling of national working groups, institutional demonstrators, and multilateral programming, ensuring operational excellence and alignment with U.S. priorities.
• Advise on U.S. engagement strategies in financial regulation, infrastructure modernization, national security resilience, climate adaptation, and technology governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide fiduciary, strategic, and governance oversight for GCRI USA as a federally registered nonprofit with global reach.
• Approve long-range strategies, budget frameworks, risk policies, and programmatic priorities.
• Represent GCRI USA in national and multilateral forums, advocating with key stakeholders including federal agencies, multilateral banks, sovereign funds, and global regulatory platforms.
• Collaborate with leadership on capital deployment pathways, blended finance instruments, and public-private partnerships.
• Serve on board committees covering audit, innovation, foresight diplomacy, global partnerships, and investment oversight.
• Uphold GCRI’s principles of institutional neutrality, multilateral ethics, and transparent governance.

Eligibility Criteria

• Senior leadership experience in sovereign finance, federal policymaking, multilateral institutions, regulatory authorities, global corporations, or large-scale investment entities.
• Demonstrated expertise in capital mobilization, risk governance, innovation strategy, or economic diplomacy.
• Strong understanding of systemic risks such as climate, macroeconomic volatility, public health security, cyber resilience, or digital infrastructure stability.
• Commitment to building public-purpose institutions and achieving system-level, long-term impact.
• High professional integrity, discretion, diplomatic capability, and cross-sector fluency.

Preferred Experience

• Board or executive roles in central banks, sovereign wealth funds, G7/G20 policy forums, international financial institutions, or global research consortia.
• Experience in ESG capital structuring, blended finance vehicles, infrastructure investment, or resilience-linked instruments.
• Familiarity with national security policy, treaty frameworks, regulatory innovation, and multilateral governance.
• Expertise at the intersection of technology policy, geopolitical stability, and economic security.

Why Join the Board of GCRI USA?

Board service with GCRI USA offers a rare opportunity to shape the United States’ sovereign-grade platform for systemic risk governance and global resilience. Members directly influence policy, investment, and innovation strategies that position the U.S. as a global leader in foresight diplomacy and resilience financing.

GCRI operates as a neutral, nonprofit, multilateral institution with capabilities in real-time risk intelligence, clause-based governance, global benchmarking (GRIx), and sovereign-grade digital infrastructure. With its global headquarters in Geneva and operational nodes across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Global South, GCRI USA ensures that American leadership remains central to the emerging multilateral framework for resilience, investment, and innovation governance.

Board service is a high-trust, high-impact commitment, ideal for leaders who view systemic risk as a call to design the future.