2026 Ramsey Lecture

“Health as a Human Right: The Carter Center’s Long Road to Creating Change”

presented by

Paige Alexander

Chief Executive Officer, The Carter Center

WHEN:

Friday, November 13, 2026
11:00 am – 12:00 pm

A reception will immediately follow the lecture.

WHERE:

Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries
Auditorium (room 271)
300 S. Hull Street
Athens, GA
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This event is free and open to the public. Registration is requested.

Paige Alexander serves as chief executive officer of The Carter Center, a nonprofit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter to advance peace and health worldwide. Under her leadership, Alexander has strengthened the Center’s core peace and health programs and led the organization in new directions, including adding programs to address: the global mental health crisis; political polarization in the US; and the impact of climate change on global peace and public health. Previously, Alexander had a distinguished global development career spanning more than two decades across the government and nonprofit sectors. She held Senate-confirmed senior leadership positions at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), covering missions and development programs in more than 25 countries, and served as Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia and for the Middle East and North Africa. She also held leadership roles at IREX and the European Cooperative for Rural Development.

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