Board of Directors, Board Chair
Alonzo Fulgham is the Executive Vice President-Defense/Homeland at VIATEQ Corporation, a federal government contractor providing IT solutions, airport security, program management, and business operations. He has brought more than 25 years of effective global operational leadership and organizational change management experience to the CRDF Global Board of Directors, which he joined in 2023 and proceeded to lead as Chair in 2026.
In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Mr. Fulgham as Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In this role, Mr. Fulgham managed a diverse global enterprise of over $25 billion annually in more than 88 countries, with a professional staff of more than 7,000 worldwide. From 2006-2009, as the first Chief Operating Officer (COO) ever appointed to that agency, Mr. Fulgham had broad authority for policy, strategic planning and implementation.
Previously, Mr. Fulgham served as USAID Mission Director to Afghanistan, where he implemented cutting edge stabilization and development programs in support of the largest bilateral aid program in the world. He also served as the Director for South Asian Affairs at USAID, overseeing programs with a combined development and humanitarian assistance budget of over $1 billion.
Following his tenure at USAID, Mr. Fulgham held the roles of Senior Vice President for Strategy and Sustainable International Development – CH2M HILL; President of Galileo Energy Partners, LLC; Director at Palladium International; and founder of his own consulting firm, TJM International.
Alongside his full-time career in government and private industry, Mr. Fulgham has channeled his time and expertise into advising a host of organizations dedicated to international relations. In addition to his role on the CRDF Global Board, he currently serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy for Diplomacy, where he formerly served as Vice Chair. He has previously served on the boards of Palladium International, Meridian International, the International Advisory Council of the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology, and for PAE, a Lockheed Martin Company.
Mr. Fulgham holds a Bachelor of Arts in business and economics from Fisk University and a Master of Arts from the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.
