Jessi Ginther is a senior executive with over two decades of experience in financial management, operations, and organizational strategy across international nonprofits, development institutions, and public-sector entities. She currently serves as Senior Director of Finance & Program Operations at the Digital Impact Alliance, where she plays a key leadership role in shaping strategy, driving institutional growth, and ensuring both operational and fiscal integrity.
Previously, Jessi led the rapid global expansion of the Center for Civilians in Conflict, scaling the organization’s budget and staff while building systems across human resources, finance, safety and security, and program operations. She has also held senior roles at Amtrak, where she designed and implemented department-wide operational reforms, and at Management Systems International, where she managed multimillion-dollar international development portfolios.
With a global career grounded in international development and spanning Bolivia, Egypt, and El Salvador, Jessi brings a strategic, systems-oriented mindset to board service. She is known for her commitment to mission-driven growth, operational excellence, and values-based leadership.
Jessi holds an MBA in International Business from George Washington University, is fluent in Spanish, and lives in Northern Arlington, Virginia with her spouse and two teenage sons.
