Alycia Kellman

Counsel, Grassroots Business Fund

Alycia is the General Counsel for the Grassroots Business Fund (GBF), a nonprofit that invests in social enterprises in the developing world. As General Counsel, Alycia provides legal support for the entire scope of GBF activities. She helps to structure investment transactions and drafts all grant, investment, consulting, and cooperation agreements to implement GBF deals. Alycia also serves as GBF’s compliance officer.

Prior to GBF, Alycia was the U.S. Director for the Institute for Democracy in Africa (IDASA), a South African nonprofit that runs democracy and governance programs in over twenty countries on the African continent. Alycia also consulted for FINCA International on microfinance regulatory issues in Amman, Jordan and worked as an international project finance attorney at Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP.

Alycia holds a law degree from Georgetown University, a master’s degree in human rights and democratization from the University of Witwatersrand, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale University.