Welcome to The Minority Leaders, a podcast highlighting the journeys of women of color changemakers in politics and policymaking. We occasionally feature women in business and the nonprofit community who have made significant contributions to global or domestic policy debates. I’m your host, Algene Sajery: a foreign policy and national security expert, Capitol Hill veteran, former political campaign operative, and previously Vice President of External Affairs and Head of Global Gender Equity Initiatives in the federal government. I am currently Founder & CEO of Catalyst Flobal Strategies, a a strategic advisory firm providing bespoke public affairs, government relations, business development, commercial diplomacy, and DEIA services. Catalyst partners with nonprofits, businesses, foundations, and impact investors to advance, fund, and scale policies and initiatives that improve the lives and livelihoods of people in the developing world.