Leadership
The Open Society 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. Our Management and Policy Committees coordinate closely to represent the needs and concerns of the network, from organization and oversight to strategy and impact. 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
Deputy ChairAlexander Soros is the deputy chair of the Open Society Global Board and a member of the Open Society-U.S. Advisory Board.
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 EuropeEurope and EurasiaBerlin -
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 OfficeInformation ProgramLondon -
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 -
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 -
Binaifer Nowrojee
Vice President, Organizational TransformationTransformation ProgramWashington D.C. -
Thomas Perriello
Executive DirectorOpen Society-U.S.Washington D.C. -
Kavita Nandini Ramdas
DirectorWomen’s Rights ProgramNew York -
Roque Raymundo
Acting Regional DirectorAsia Pacific Regional OfficeNew York -
Anthony Richter
Director, Special InitiativesCommunicationsNew York -
Daniela Schwarzer
Executive Director for Europe and EurasiaEurope and EurasiaBerlin -
Gail Scovell
General CounselOffice of the General CounselNew York -
Laura Silber
Vice President, Advocacy and CommunicationsAdvocacy and CommunicationsNew 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 AnalysisForesight and Analysis UnitBarcelona -
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