Afsaneh Beschloss

Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss is the founder of The Rock Creek Group LLC, established in 2002, where the title held is Chief Executive Officer.
Current jobs include Chairman at PBS Foundation since 2020, Director at World Resources Institute, Center for Global Development, Institute for Advanced Study, and 1837 Emerging Market Equity Fund Ltd. Independent Director at The Carlyle Group Inc. starting in 2024.
Member-Governors Board at The American National Red Cross.
Trustee at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. since 2018, and at The National Geographic Society, Inc. since 2019.
Trustee at Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation since 2022, and The Bretton Woods Committee.
Member-Investment Committee at United Nations (New York) and Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners LLC.
Former jobs include Vice Chairman at Public Broadcasting Service, Director at TIN LLC from 2002 to 2008, Director at AMB Property Corp.
from 2005 to 2007, Managing Director & Partner at The Carlyle Group Inc. from 2001 to 2003, Trustee at Sesame Workshop and The Urban Institute, Member at Forum Mondial de L'Economie, and Treasurer & Chief Investment Officer at The World Bank from 1998 to 2001.
Education includes graduate studies at the University of Oxford and undergraduate studies at the University of Kent.