Jamie Fly

Jamie Fly is chief executive officer (CEO) of Freedom House.

Previously, Fly was senior counselor at Palantir Technologies from 2023 to 2025, where he supported efforts to defend Ukrainian democracy from Moscow’s illegal, full-scale military invasion, and served as president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) from 2019 to 2020 and 2021 to 2023. 

Fly also held various roles at the German Marshall Fund of the United States including senior fellow, advisor to the president, co-director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, and director of the Future of Geopolitics and Asia programs. He served as counselor for foreign and national security affairs to Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) from 2013 to 2017, and as foreign policy advisor during Senator Rubio’s presidential campaign. Prior to joining Senator Rubio’s staff, he was the executive director of the Foreign Policy Initiative. Fly additionally served in the George W. Bush administration at the National Security Council and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

In 2024, for his work at RFE/RL, Fly was awarded the Czech Foreign Ministry’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to Diplomacy for outstanding contributions to the advocacy of human rights around the world. For his work in the Department of Defense, he was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service. Fly also served as a Senate-confirmed appointee on the International Broadcasting Advisory Board from 2024 to 2025 and was a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute.

Fly received an MA in German and European studies from Georgetown University and a BA in international studies and political science from American University.