Stephen Groff

Groff was raised in Warren, Vermont, and graduated from Harwood Union High School He has a BS from Yale University,{{cite web|url=http://whiffalumni.com/whiffs/person.php?personID=410|title=Media Library - Yale Whiffenpoofs Alumni Association, Inc.|website=whiffalumni.com|accessdate=24 July 2017}} an MPA from the Kennedy School at Harvard University, and a PhD from the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Erasmus University.{{Cite web|url=https://pure.eur.nl/en/persons/stephen-p-groff|title=Stephen P. Groff|website=Erasmus University Rotterdam}} He earned the Pearson–FT Non-Executive Director SRF BTEC Level 7 diploma and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.{{cite web|url=http://feia.forum-americas.org/profile/stephen-groff|title=Stephen Groff - International Economic Forum of the Americas|website=feia.forum-americas.org|accessdate=24 July 2017}}{{cite web |title=Stephen P. Groff |url=https://www.oecd.org/dac/aft/Stephen%20P.%20Groff.pdf |publisher=oecd.org |access-date=22 March 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster|title=Council on Foreign Relations|website=Council on Foreign Relations}}

In February 2019, Groff became the inaugural Governor of the National Development Fund (NDF). With a capital of $130 billion, NDF was established to enhance economic diversification as well as to promote sustainable development financing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. NDF oversees different Saudi development funds and banks, supervises their performance and efficiency, and ensures that each entity contributes effectively to Saudi Vision 2030. Under his leadership, NDF spearheaded the development of a number of new funds, including the National Infrastructure Fund{{cite web |title=National Infrastructure Fund |url=https://nif.gov.sa |access-date=22 March 2023}} through a partnership with BlackRock.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-launches-national-infrastructure-fund-with-blackrock-2021-10-25/|title=Saudi Arabia launches national infrastructure fund with BlackRock|newspaper=Reuters |date=October 25, 2021|via=www.reuters.com}}

Groff was appointed as Vice President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in September 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.adb.org/news/adb-appoints-stephen-p-groff-vice-president|title=ADB Appoints Stephen P Groff as Vice-President|first=Asian Development|last=Bank|date=5 September 2011|publisher=|accessdate=24 July 2017}} Previously, he served as Deputy Director for Development Cooperation at the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and as Deputy Vice-President for Operations at the Washington-based Millennium Challenge Corporation.{{cite web|url=https://www.mcc.gov/news-and-events/release/release-021506-newmgtaddition|title=MCC CEO Danilovich Announces New Addition to Management Team - Millennium Challenge Corporation|publisher=|accessdate=24 July 2017}} He has also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Refugee Program and as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer.

Groff serves on a number of advisory boards, including the Millennium Challenge Corporation,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcc.gov/about/org-unit/advisory-council|title=Council: MCC Advisory Council|website=Millennium Challenge Corporation}} the International Finance Forum,{{Cite web|url=http://iff.org.cn/php/list.php?tid=586&TotalResult=33&PageNo=3|title=Board of Directors_IFF|website=iff.org.cn}} CCICED,{{cite web | url=http://en.cciced.net/ABOUTUS/Membership/Membership/PreviousCouncilMembers/202206/t20220607_131158.html | title=CCICED Membership Phase VI (2017--2021) }} World Learning,{{cite web|url=http://www.worldlearninginc.org/global-advisory-council/|title=World Learning, Inc.|publisher=|accessdate=24 July 2017}} Bretton Woods Committee, Marine Stewardship Council,{{cite web|url=http://www.cciced.net/cciceden/ABOUTUS/Membership/Membership/201612/t20161206_92669.html|title=About Us--Membership|website=www.cciced.net|accessdate=24 July 2017}} Institute for Sustainable Communities{{Cite web|url=https://sustain.org/blomstrann-groff/|title = ISC Welcomes Two Board Members|date = 30 October 2018}} and the Global Footprint Network.{{cite web|url=http://www.footprintnetwork.org/about-us/people/|title=Our People - Global Footprint Network|publisher=|accessdate=24 July 2017}}

Groff also writes regularly on a variety of climate change and development-related issues, including The Hill,{{Cite web|title=The Hill - Stephen P. Groff|url=https://thehill.com/?s=Stephen+P.+Groff&submit=Search}} Project Syndicate,{{cite web|url=https://www.project-syndicate.org/|title=Project Syndicate - the Smartest Op-Ed Articles from the World's Thought Leaders|website=www.project-syndicate.org|accessdate=24 July 2017}} The Wall Street Journal,{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/groff-aseans-infrastructure-crisis-1406566174|title=Asean's Infrastructure Crisis|first=Stephen P.|last=Groff|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=28 July 2014|publisher=|accessdate=24 July 2017|via=www.wsj.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/overcoming-southeast-asias-barriers-to-trade-1435678236|title=Overcoming Southeast Asia's Barriers to Trade|first=Stephen|last=Groff|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=30 June 2015|publisher=|accessdate=24 July 2017|via=www.wsj.com}} The Guardian{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/jul/15/addis-ababa-ffd3-financing-for-development-private-sector-asia|title=How private sources of development finance could be key to Asia's future|first=Stephen|last=Groff|date=15 July 2015|publisher=|accessdate=24 July 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}} and The Huffington Post.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/stephen-p-groff|title=Stephen P Groff - HuffPost|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=24 July 2017}}

In 2018, Groff was identified by Richtopia as one of the top 100 leaders from multilateral organizations.{{cite web|url=https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/multilateral-organisation-influencers-top-100|title=The 100 Most Influential People From Multilateral Organisations (TOP LIST)|date=23 December 2017|publisher=|accessdate=12 February 2018}}

Groff is married, and has two children. His family has lived in Vermont for generations, and their roots there can be traced back to the 18th century. His Great-grandfather was the photographer Edmund Homer Royce of St. Albans.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/11/09/archives/the-old-covered-bridges-or-vermont-the-covered-bridge-by-herbert.html|title=The Old Covered Bridges or Vermont; THE COVERED BRIDGE. By Herbert Wheaton Congdon. With photographs by Edmund Homer Royce. 150 pp. Brattle- boro, Vermont: Stephen Daye Press. $3.50.|work=The New York Times |date=November 9, 1941|via=NYTimes.com}} His 3rd Great-grandfather was Vermont Congressman and Chief Justice Homer Elihu Royce and his 4th Great-uncle was Vermont Governor and Chief Justice Stephen Royce. Also, his 5th Great-grandfather was Major Steven Royce, who was a delegate to the convention that signed the 1774 Dorset Accords which led to an independent Vermont Republic and future statehood. Groff speaks Tagalog and French and is a sailor and triathlete.

• Integrating media studies concepts into theories of the policy process: Enhancing the role of news media as a climate service in the wake of recurring extreme weather events. Journal of Environmental Media – March 1, 2023.{{Cite journal|url=https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jem_00088_1|title=Integrating media studies concepts into theories of the policy process: Enhancing the role of media as a climate service in the wake of recurring extreme weather events|first=Stephen P.|last=Groff|date=December 1, 2022|journal=Journal of Environmental Media|volume=3|issue=2|pages=233–254|via=intellectdiscover.com|doi=10.1386/jem_00088_1|s2cid=257475886 |url-access=subscription}}
• The turbulent waters of climate action: Public trust, public attention, and climate policy intractability in developed countries. Erasmus University, Rotterdam – February 2, 2023.{{Cite thesis|url=https://pure.eur.nl/en/publications/the-turbulent-waters-of-climate-action-public-trust-public-attent|title=The turbulent waters of climate action: Public trust, public attention, and climate policy intractability in developed countries|first=Stephen|last=Groff|date=February 2, 2023|type=Doctoral Thesis |via=Erasmus University Rotterdam}}
• Organizing the Asian Development Bank: Radical Transformation or Degenerative Irrelevance? The Elgar Companion to the Asian Development Bank – September 21, 2022.{{Cite journal|url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4214601|title=Organizing the Asian Development Bank: Radical Transformation or Degenerative Irrelevance?|first=Stephen P.|last=Groff|date=May 16, 2022|doi=10.2139/ssrn.4214601 |ssrn=4214601 |s2cid=252445355 |via=papers.ssrn.com}}
• The Contemporary Social Contract and Conditions of Climate Policy Intractability. Global Perspectives – October 17, 2022.{{Cite journal|url=https://online.ucpress.edu/gp/article/3/1/38730/194134/The-Contemporary-Social-Contract-and-Conditions-of|title=The Contemporary Social Contract and Conditions of Climate Policy Intractability|first=Stephen P.|last=Groff|date=February 3, 2022|journal=Global Perspectives|volume=3|issue=1|via=online.ucpress.edu|doi=10.1525/gp.2022.38730|s2cid=252979916 |doi-access=free}}
• A contemporary social contract : An exploration of enabling factors influencing climate policy intractability in developed nations. Global Policy – August 5, 2022.{{Cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-5899.13118|title=A contemporary social contract : An exploration of enabling factors influencing climate policy intractability in developed nations|first=Stephen P.|last=Groff|date=November 22, 2022|journal=Global Policy|volume=13|issue=5|pages=721–735|doi=10.1111/1758-5899.13118|s2cid=251416741 }}
• International Climate Cooperation and the Watershed of Policy Streams. The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis – January 10, 2022.{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2021.2013104|title=International Climate Cooperation and the Watershed of Policy Streams|first=Stephen P.|last=Groff|date=January 2, 2023|journal=Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice|volume=25|issue=1|pages=1–18|via=Taylor and Francis+NEJM|doi=10.1080/13876988.2021.2013104|s2cid=245873453 |url-access=subscription}}]
• Magnifying Focusing Events: Global Smoke Plumes and International Construal Connections in Newspaper Coverage of 2020 Wildfire Events. Frontiers in Communication – August 13, 2021.{{Cite journal|title=Magnifying Focusing Events: Global Smoke Plumes and International Construal Connections in Newspaper Coverage of 2020 Wildfire Events|first=Stephen P.|last=Groff|date=March 22, 2021|journal=Frontiers in Communication|volume=6|doi=10.3389/fcomm.2021.713591 |doi-access=free }}
• China’s City Clusters: Pioneering Future Mega-Urban Governance. American Affairs - May 21, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/chinas-city-clusters-pioneering-future-mega-urban-governance/|title = China's City Clusters: Pioneering Future Mega-Urban Governance|date = 20 May 2019}}
• To Resist the Robots, Invest in People. Project Syndicate - January 2, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/asia-automation-robotization-by-stephen-groff-2018-01|title = To Resist the Robots, Invest in People | by Stephen Groff|date = 3 January 2018}}
• A buffer against protectionism. Boao Review - April 3, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.adb.org/news/op-ed/buffer-against-protectionism|title=A buffer against protectionism|first=Groff, Stephen|last=P.|date=3 April 2017|publisher=|accessdate=12 February 2018}}
• Climate Change Challenges for Vermont. VT Digger - March 19, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://vtdigger.org/2017/03/19/stephen-groff-climate-change-challenges-vermont/|title=Stephen Groff: Climate change challenges for Vermont - VTDigger|date=19 March 2017|publisher=|accessdate=12 February 2018}}
• An Infrastructure Crisis? Huffington Post - March 3, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/an-infrastructure-crisis_us_58b8ccbee4b02b8b584dfa0f|title=An Infrastructure Crisis?|first=Stephen P.|last=Groff|website=HuffPost|date=3 March 2017|publisher=|accessdate=12 February 2018}}
• The Next Migrant Wave. Project Syndicate - December 29, 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/climate-change-migration-refugees-by-stephen-groff-2016-12?barrier=accessreg|title = The Next Migrant Wave | by Stephen Groff|date = 29 December 2016}}
• How Will ASEAN Members Cope with Their Climate Change Challenge? Knowledge Wharton - March 10, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/will-asean-nations-cope-climate-change-challenge/|title=How Will ASEAN Members Cope with Their Climate Change Challenge? - Knowledge@Wharton|publisher=|accessdate=12 February 2018}}
• Putting out Indonesia’s Fires. Project Syndicate - December 4, 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/indonesia-forest-fires-climate-change-by-stephen-groff-2015-12?barrier=accessreg|title = Putting out Indonesia's Fires | by Stephen Groff|date = 3 December 2015}}
• Overcoming Southeast Asia’s Barriers to Trade. The Wall Street Journal - June 30, 2015.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/overcoming-southeast-asias-barriers-to-trade-1435678236|title=Overcoming Southeast Asia's Barriers to Trade|first=Stephen|last=Groff|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=30 June 2015|publisher=|accessdate=12 February 2018|via=www.wsj.com}}
• Shifting the Gear toward Green Growth. People's Daily - October 17, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.adb.org/news/op-ed/shifting-gear-toward-green-growth|title=Shifting the Gear toward Green Growth|first=Groff, Stephen|last=P.|date=17 October 2013|publisher=|accessdate=12 February 2018}}
• Asean's Infrastructure Crisis. The Wall Street Journal - July 28, 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/groff-aseans-infrastructure-crisis-1406566174|title=Asean's Infrastructure Crisis|first=Stephen P.|last=Groff|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=28 July 2014|publisher=|accessdate=12 February 2018|via=www.wsj.com}}
• This Time We Must All Be Filipino. The Philippine Daily Inquirer - November 30, 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://opinion.inquirer.net/66393/this-time-we-must-all-be-filipino|title = This time we must all be Filipino|date = 29 November 2013}}
• Will this be the 'Asian century'? The Guardian - April 18, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/apr/18/asia-century-globalisation-success-governance|title=Will this be the 'Asian century'? - Stephen P Groff|first=Stephen P.|last=Groff|date=18 April 2012|website=the Guardian|accessdate=12 February 2018}}
• The Peace Corps: Is Fifty Years Enough? The Huffington Post - August 28, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-p-groff/the-peace-corps-is-fifty-_b_938848.html|title=The Peace Corps: Is Fifty Years Enough?|first=Stephen P.|last=Groff|website=HuffPost|date=28 August 2011|publisher=|accessdate=12 February 2018}}
• Getting Value for Money: Effective Aid, Effective Development. Global Asia – June 10, 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalasia.org/v6no2/feature/getting-value-for-money-effective-aid-effective-development_stephen-p-groff|title=Getting Value for Money: Effective Aid, Effective Development|website=Global Asia}}
• Fund the fight against global poverty. The Christian Science Monitor - October 3, 2008.{{cite journal|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2008/1003/p09s02-coop.html|title=Fund the fight against global poverty|date=3 October 2008|accessdate=12 February 2018|journal=Christian Science Monitor}}

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