Luis Diaz-Albertini joined The Rockefeller Foundation in 2016. As a member of the Strategy and Strategic Planning team, he supported the Foundation’s teams in developing new programmatic initiatives.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Mr. Diaz-Albertini worked with a number of international human rights and development organizations, including American Jewish World Service (AJWS), Transparency International, and Hispanics in Philanthropy. Most recently, Mr. Diaz-Albertini served as a Program Officer at AJWS, where he managed the organization’s sexual health and rights grantmaking program in Latin America and the Caribbean. While at AJWS he shaped and implemented strategies to advance the rights of indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants, LGBT people, human rights defenders, and women.
Mr. Diaz-Albertini received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and Africana Studies from Vassar College, and a Master’s in Public Administration in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy from New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.