Open Society Foundations 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. George Soros Founder / Chair George 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. Alexander Soros Deputy Chair Alexander Soros is the deputy chair of the Open Society Global Board and a member of the Open Society-U.S. Advisory Board. SENIOR LEADERSHIP Senior Leadership Group Management Committee Policy Committee Pedro Abramovay Program & Regional Director Latin America Program Rio de Janeiro Issandr Amrani Regional Director Middle East and North Africa Program Amman Maija Arbolino Chief Financial Officer Finance New York Anton Artemyev Acting Regional Director Eurasia Program Berlin Leonard Benardo Executive Vice President Executive Office New York Goran Buldioski Director, Berlin Office / Director, Open Society Initiative for Europe Europe and Eurasia Berlin Rashida Bumbray Director Culture and Art New York Kizito Byenkya Acting Co-Global Director Advocacy Washington D.C. Neil Campbell Acting Co-Global Director Advocacy Brussels Camilla Croso Director Higher Education Support Program London Darius Cuplinskas Director of the London Office Information Program London Mary Fitzgerald Director, Expression London James A. Goldston Executive Director Open Society Justice Initiative New York Heather Grabbe Director Open Society European Policy Institute Brussels Thomas Hilbink Director Grant Making Support Group New York Sean Hinton Director, Economic Justice Program / CEO, Soros Economic Development Fund Economic Justice Program London Laleh Ispahani Co-Director Open Society-U.S. New York Alethia Jones Director Open Society Fellowship Program New York Zeljko Jovanovic Director Roma Initiatives Office Berlin Marilyn Law Chief Information Officer Information Technology New York Zsuzsanna Lippai Acting Director, Women's Rights Program / Director of Program Development, Human Rights Initiative Women's Rights Program / Human Rights Initiative Washington D.C. Kasia Malinowska Director Global Drug Policy Program New York Mark Malloch-Brown President Executive Office London Gregory Maniatis Director, Office of the Vice President, Global Programs New York Emily Martinez Director, Initiatives Washington D.C. Sharmila Mhatre Acting Director Public Health Program New York Binaifer Nowrojee Vice President, Organizational Transformation Transformation Program Washington D.C. Ayisha Osori Director, Executive Vice President’s Office Executive Office London Thomas Perriello Executive Director Open Society-U.S. Washington D.C. Roque Raymundo Acting Regional Director Asia Pacific Regional Office New York Anthony Richter Director, Special Initiatives New York Daniela Schwarzer Executive Director for Europe and Eurasia Europe and Eurasia Berlin Gail Scovell General Counsel Office of the General Counsel New York Salil Shetty Vice President, Global Programs Global Programs London Laura Silber Vice President, Advocacy and Communications Advocacy and Communications New York Samantha Stokes-Baydur Chief Human Resources Officer Human Resources London Greg Taylor Global Director of Operations Global Operations New York Matt Timblin Director Global Security London Susan Valentine Acting Deputy Director Program on Independent Journalism London Jordi Vaquer Director, Foresight and Analysis Foresight and Analysis Unit Barcelona Barry Varcoe Global Director of Real Estate and Facilities Global Real Estate and Facilities London L. 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