Alex CountsAlex Counts is the author of several books, including Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind: Leadership Lessons from Three Decades of Social Entrepreneurship (Revised Edition) (Rivertowns Books, 2021), an independent consultant to nonprofit orgnizations (including the India Philanthropy Alliance), was an affiliated faculty of the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy from 2017 to 2021, and is a senior adviser and ambassador at large for a)plan coaching. He also wrote When in Doubt, Ask for More: And 213 Other Life and Career Lessons for the Mission-Driven Leader (Rivertowns Books, 2020), which prompted Ashoka founder Bill Drayton to say, "Alex Counts has been critical to creating and building the global microcredit movement from its start. He knows how to lead. And how to write! When in Doubt, Ask for More will help you be a more powerful leader-and have fun doing so." In 1997 he established Grameen Foundation with the support of Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus and became its President and CEO. He did so after having worked in microfinance and poverty reduction for 10 years, mostly spent living in rural Bangladesh. He ran the organization for its first 18 years, and remains a friend and volunteer of Grameen Foundation. He served as the President and CEO of American India Foundation in 2016-2017. Read More Read Less