Amnesty International
Women’s March Partner
Founded: 1961
Founder: Peter Benenson
Website: www.amnesty.org
Location:
5 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001
212-807-8400
Agenda:
- Aims a disproportionate share of its criticism for human rights violations at the United States and Israel compared to communist or socialist countries.
- Opposed American invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq
- Accuses the U.S. and Israel of war crimes
Funding:
AI has received funding from dozens of foundations, including Agape Foundation, the Bank of America Foundation, the Columbia Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the JEHT Foundation, the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Minneapolis Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust, the Vanguard Public Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
2008 – 2016 federal grants: N/A
Key people:
Executive Team:
- MARGARET HUANG: Executive Director
- ERIC FERRERO: Deputy Executive Director, Public Affairs
- JAMBI GOOD: Deputy Executive Director, Campaigns and Membership
- MICHAEL GREENBERG: Chief Financial Officer
- DANNY MCGREGOR: Chief Development Officer
- MICHAEL O’REILLY: Chief Strategy and Governance Officer
- ANN BURROUGHS: Board Chair
- REZA FAKHARI: Vice-Chair, Governance Committee Chair
- ANIKET SHAH: Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair
- GOVIND ACHARYA: General Secretary
- TERRY KAY ROCKEFELLER: Planning and Priorities Committee Chair
- BECKY FARRAR: Membership Committee Chair
- PRATAP CHATTERJEE: Member at Large
- MATT KENNIS: Deputy Treasurer
- DONNIE BIERER: Deputy Secretary
- RANA ABDELHAMID
- ALI ARAB
- JAN KNIPPERS BLACK
- ANGIE HOUGAS
- ELIZABETH JENNINGS
- JANET LORD
- ADRIANA SANFORD
- DAVID STAMPS
