International Executive Service Corps

IESC: Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (formerly known as International Executive Service Corps)
Type Global Development Implementers
Founded 1964
Headquarters Washington, DC
Leadership President and CEO - David Hartingh
Chair - Wing Keith
Field Supporting Private Enterprise in Developing Countries
Areas served Worldwide
Scope Undertaken 25,000 short-term projects and 200 long-term programs in 137 countries.
Website iesc.org

Improving Economies for Stronger Communities (formerly known as International Executive Service Corps) is an international economic development not-for-profit organization with headquarters in Washington, D.C. IESC was founded in 1964 by David Rockefeller, States M. Mead III, Frank Pace, Sol Linowitz, and other American business leaders. IESC has worked in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and Eurasia, Asia and the Near East, and Latin America and the Caribbean.[1] Geekcorps is a division of IESC.[2]

IESC's stated mission is to improve living standards by strengthening private enterprise. Since its founding, IESC claims to have helped businesses create or save over 1.5 million jobs,[3] with projects serviced by a combination of staff, consultants and volunteers.[4]

  1. ^ "Company Overview of International Executive Service Corps". Bloomberg Business Week. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Older Execs Join Techie Youths". Associated Press. 16 June 2001. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  3. ^ "What We Do". IESC website. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ^ Conconi, Chuck. "Ambassador Tom Miller Discusses IESC on Focus Washington". Interview footage. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 8 August 2013.