Alicia Santa Garcia is a Grants and Contracts Manager. She oversees the administration of a portfolio of U.S. Government and other funder awards.

Prior to joining WRI, Alicia worked as a Senior Grants Specialist for the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance at USAID under Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE), an institutional contractor. She also brings over 15 years of experience in managing U.S. Government grants and cooperative agreements for World Vision, Partners of the Americas, The Palladium Group, and other international development organizations in the areas of compliance, operations, finance, contracts and grants administration.

Alicia holds a B.S. in Business Administration and a M.A. in Foreign Languages.

She is a native Spanish speaker and lives in Alexandria, VA.