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Board & Leadership

Freedom House is led by President Michael J. Abramowitz. The daily work of the organization is conducted by its approximately 150 staff members in Washington, New York, and field offices around the world.

The organization's non-partisan Board of Trustees is comprised of prominent business and labor leaders, former diplomats and senior government officials, scholars, and journalists. They all share a steadfast commitment to the mission of Freedom House and to the belief that the promotion of democracy and human rights is essential for international peace.

Board of Trustees

* Denotes members of the Executive Board

Michael Chertoff*, Chair

Goli Ameri*, Vice Chair

Peter Bass*, Vice Chair

Robert Keane*, Treasurer

Monde Muyangwa*, Secretary

Carol C. Adelman*

David E. Birenbaum

Sewell Chan

Jørgen Ejbøl*

Martin Etchevers

Francis Fukuyama

Jonathan Ginns

Dionisio Gutierrez

Rachel Kleinfeld

Jim Kolbe*

Faith Morningstar

Sushma Palmer

Vivek Paul

Maurice A. Perkins

Andrew Prozes*

Ian Simmons

Thomas Staudt*

Robert H. Tuttle

Anne Wedner*

Norman Willox*

 

Emeritus Board Members

Bette Bao Lord
Dennis C. Blair
Paula Dobriansky
D. Jeffrey Hirschberg
Anthony Lake

Diana Negroponte
William H. Taft, IV
Wendell Willkie, II

Executive Staff

Michael J. Abramowitz, President

Annie Wilcox Boyajian, Director of Advocacy

Brian Hill, Vice President, Development

Mark Moyer, Chief Financial Officer

Sarah Repucci, Vice President, Research and Analysis

Jennifer Stapleton, Director of Communications

 

Leadership Staff

Laura Adams, Senior Director, Program Strategy, Development and Learning

Urooj Arshad, Senior Program Manager, Dignity for All

Marc Behrendt, Director, Europe and Eurasia programs

Gerardo Berthin, Director, Latin America and the Carribean programs

Ana Cosma, Digital Communications Manager

Danya Greenfield, Senior Program Manager for Lifeline

Vytis Jurkonis, Project Director, Vilnius office

Jin Kim, Director of Finance

Sheryl Mendez, Senior Program Manager, Emergency Assistance Programs 

Mindy Michels, Director of Emergency Assistance Programs

Sofya Orlosky, Senior Program Manager, Eurasia programs

Colby Pacheco, Senior Program Manager, Africa programs

Nate Schenkkan,  Director for Special Research

Adrian Shahbaz, Research Director, Technology and Democracy

Jon Temin, Director, Africa programs

David Timberman, Director, Asia programs

Matthew Schaaf, Project Director (Ukraine)

Mai Truong, Research Director, Management and Strategy

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