Leadership
The Open Society Foundations leadership team works alongside our staff, partners, and grantees to help promote the values of justice, democracy, and human rights in over 120 countries throughout the world. View our Global Board.
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George Soros
Founder / ChairGeorge Soros launched his philanthropic work in South Africa in 1979. Since then he has given over $32 billion to fund the Open Society Foundations, which work in over 120 countries around the world.
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Alexander Soros
Global Board MemberAlexander Soros is the deputy chair of the Open Society Global Board and a member of the Open Society-U.S. Advisory Board.
Management Committee
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Mark Malloch-Brown
President
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Leonard Benardo
Executive Vice President, Programs
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Binaifer Nowrojee
Vice President, Organizational Transformation
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Laura Silber
Vice President, Advocacy and Communications
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Johanna Chao Kreilick
Executive Officer
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Gail Scovell
General Counsel
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Samantha Stokes-Baydur
Chief Human Resources Officer
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Greg Taylor
Global Director of Operations
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Nicole Wilett
Chief of Staff
Senior Leadership
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Pedro Abramovay
Program & Regional DirectorLatin America ProgramRio de Janeiro -
Issandr Amrani
Regional DirectorMiddle East and North Africa ProgramAmman -
Maija Arbolino
Chief Financial OfficerFinanceNew York -
Leonard Benardo
Executive Vice President, ProgramsExecutive OfficeNew York -
Goran Buldioski
Director, Berlin Office / Director, Open Society Initiative for EuropeOpen Society Initiative for EuropeBerlin -
Rashida Bumbray
DirectorCulture and ArtNew York -
Jonathan Cohen
Program DirectorPublic Health ProgramNew York -
Camilla Croso
DirectorHigher Education Support ProgramLondon -
Darius Cuplinskas
Director of the London Office and Information ProgramInformation ProgramLondon -
Michael Davidson
Acting Co-Director of Global Human ResourcesHuman ResourcesNew York -
Samantha Gilbert
Special HR Advisor to the PresidentHuman ResourcesNew York -
James A. Goldston
Executive DirectorOpen Society Justice InitiativeNew York -
Heather Grabbe
DirectorOpen Society European Policy InstituteBrussels -
Thomas Hilbink
DirectorGrant Making Support GroupNew York -
Sean Hinton
Co-Director, Economic Justice Program / CEO, Soros Economic Development FundEconomic Justice ProgramLondon -
Laleh Ispahani
Managing DirectorOpen Society-U.S.New York -
Alethia Jones
DirectorOpen Society Fellowship ProgramNew York -
Zeljko Jovanovic
DirectorRoma Initiatives OfficeBerlin -
Johanna Chao Kreilick
Executive OfficerStrategy UnitNew York -
Marilyn Law
Chief Information OfficerInformation TechnologyNew York -
Martha Loerke
DirectorScholarship ProgramsNew York -
Kasia Malinowska
DirectorGlobal Drug Policy ProgramNew York -
Mark Malloch-Brown
PresidentExecutive OfficeLondon -
Gregory Maniatis
DirectorInternational Migration InitiativeNew York -
Tatyana Margolin
Regional DirectorEurasia ProgramNew York -
Emily Martinez
DirectorHuman Rights InitiativeWashington D.C. -
Julie McCarthy
Co-DirectorEconomic Justice ProgramNew York -
Julie Muyenje
Acting Co-Director of Global Human ResourcesHuman ResourcesLondon -
Binaifer Nowrojee
Vice President, Organizational TransformationWashington D.C. -
Thomas Perriello
Executive DirectorOpen Society-U.S.New York -
Kavita Nandini Ramdas
DirectorWomen’s Rights ProgramNew York -
Roque Raymundo
Acting Regional DirectorAsia Pacific Regional OfficeNew York -
Anthony Richter
Director, Special InitiativesCommunicationsNew York -
Gail Scovell
General CounselOffice of the General CounselNew York -
Laura Silber
Vice President, Advocacy and CommunicationsExecutive OfficeNew York -
Samantha Stokes-Baydur
Chief Human Resources OfficerHuman ResourcesLondon -
Greg Taylor
Global Director of OperationsGlobal OperationsNew York -
Matt Timblin
DirectorGlobal SecurityLondon -
Susan Valentine
Acting DirectorProgram on Independent JournalismLondon -
Jordi Vaquer
Director, Foresight and AnalysisBarcelona -
Barry Varcoe
Global Director of Real Estate and FacilitiesGlobal Real Estate and FacilitiesLondon -
L. Muthoni Wanyeki
Regional DirectorAfrica Regional OfficeLondon -
Nicole Wilett
Chief of StaffExecutive OfficeNew York