Jeff Mettille

Jeff Mettille joined the Council in 2026 and serves as the chief of staff. He previously served as director of government relations at InterAction, where he led Congressional and administration advocacy on foreign assistance. He spent over a decade at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) as senior policy advisor in the education office, directing US engagement with the Global Partnership for Education and representing the United States in G7/G20 and the UN. He was also previously a policy advisor in the Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning and a Congressional liaison officer in the Bureau for Legislative Affairs. 

Before USAID, he worked in the US Senate and at Georgetown University. He holds a master's degree from the London School of Economics and a BA from the University of Northern Iowa.