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Algene Sajery Elected to Global Health Council’s Board of Directors

Washington, D.C., February 10, 2023 – Global Health Council announced today the appointment of four new board members. Global Health Council is the leading member organization devoted to advancing global health priorities by uniting advocates, implementers, policy makers, and other stakeholders.

Catalyst Formally Relaunches: Join us!

We are back. DC’s premier public affairs firm dedicated to advancing global economic and social development formally relaunches with the return of CEO Algene Sajery. Check out our new pitch deck prepared by fellow African diaspora woman-led firm, Vivid Imagination Partners (VIP). In 2023, African diasporans are making their mark in Washington and Catalyst is leading the way. We and our partners are #Catalysts4Good. Click on the link to check out our new brochure and partner with us to advance your public affairs priorities.

Catalyst CEO Makes CSIS Power50 National Security Leadership List

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in partnership with the Diversity in National Security Network (DINSN), is pleased to announce the 2022 U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List.

Algene Sajery Featured in theGrio article on Black women trailblazers in National Security and Foreign Affairs

Algene Sajery Featured in theGrio article on Black women trailblazers in National Security and Foreign Affairs. Meet 10 trailblazing Black women working in national security and foreign affairs

Catalyst Client Equity Group Holdings Featured in DEVEX Article

Catalyst secured an interview for client, Dr. James Mwangi, Equity Group MD & CEO with prominent global development media platform DEVEX during the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. Dr. Mwangi stated, “The world is resetting, and we are more confident than ever that for the first time, the world will not solve its problems without Africa.” Read full article in the link.

Algene Sajery Elected to Leadership Council for Women in National Security (LCWINS) Board of Directors

Catalyst CEO Algene Sajery joins the LCWINS Board of Directors. LCWINS is a bipartisan nonprofit organization committed to advancing gender parity in national security and foreign policy decision-making. ‍

Biden Administration Colleagues Bid Algene Sajery Farewell

November 1, 2022: Colleagues from across the federal government paid tribute to Algene Sajery, who left the Biden Harris Administration in October to return to the private sector.

Algene Sajery Departs Biden-Harris Adminstration

Former Colleagues Laud Algene’s Successful Tenure as Vice President of External Affairs and Head of Global Gender Equity Initiatives at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Algene Sajery Honors Late Grandmother, Market Women on International Women’s Day

“On this International Women’s Day, I am inspired by women like my late grandmother, Laura Roberts. Like so many women in Africa, my grandmother was an entrepreneur out of both instinct and necessity.” Algene Sajery, March 8, 2021

Catalyst CEO Steps Aside to Join Biden-Harris Administration

“Excited to join the small but mighty team of #developmentfinance professionals at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation! My colleagues in the Office of External Affairs are truly the best of the best public affairs professionals in the US government.” -Algene Sajery

Catalyst CEO Featured on Council on Foreign Relations Podcast

Transition 2021: What Awaits Biden on Capitol Hill? Algene T. Sajery, founder and chief executive officer of Catalyst Global Strategies, and Christopher M. Tuttle, managing director at the Council, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss what challenges the incoming Biden administration will likely face in Congress.

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin Pays Tribute to Long Time Foreign Policy and National Security Advisor, Algene Sajery

Senator Ben Cardin paid tribute to his National Security Advisor and SFRC Policy Director Algene Sajery upon her departure from the U.S. Senate to start her own strategic advisory firm. Cardin said: “Algene’s successful legislative record is testament not only to her expertise on foreign policy and national security issues but also to her ...ability to work across the aisle, and incomparable political acumen.." U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (MD).

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