Joan E. Spero

Joan E. Spero
13th Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs
In office
April 1, 1993 – February 24, 1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byRobert Zoellick
Succeeded byStuart E. Eizenstat
Personal details
Born (1944-10-02) October 2, 1944 (age 80)
Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
Columbia University
OccupationAcademic, corporate executive

Joan Edelman Spero (born October 2, 1944 in Davenport, Iowa) is a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she researches and writes about international philanthropy and its role in the global system. From 2009 to 2010, Ms. Spero was a visiting scholar at the Foundation Center, where she conducted research on the role of American private foundations in U.S. foreign policy and in the global system.