Alex Counts

Founder, Grameen Foundation and Independent Consultant to Nonprofit Organizations
United States

Alex Counts is a nonprofit leader, educator, consultant, and author.  He established the Grameen Foundation in 1997 with the assistance of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus and built it into a global organization over 18 years as its CEO. He is the author of Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind: Leadership Lessons from Three Decades of Social Entrepreneurship (Rivertowns Books, 2021), a semi-autobiographical work focused on lessons in nonprofit leadership and self-care, Small Loans, Big Dreams, and 2 other books.  He has been published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Washington Post, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, and elsewhere, and is an active blogger.  He serves as the Executive Director of the India Philanthropy Alliance. He lives with his wife Emily and cat Meena in Hyattsville, Maryland, and serves in a volunteer capacity as a court-appointed special advocate for foster children in his county.