Olara Otunnu is widely acclaimed for his leadership, vision, and extensive contribution in the fields of international peace and security; human rights and humanitarian issues; the role and reform of the United Nations; development issues; the future of Africa; development issues; and the protection of children exposed to war.
Olara is the former Under-Secretary General for The United Nations and special representative for children in armed conflict. In that capacity he led the international campaign to develop and mobilize international action on behalf of children exposed to war, serving as an advocate and moral voice for them, promoting measures for the protection in times of war and for their healing and social reintegration in the aftermath of conflict.
Olara served as President of the International Peace Academy, an international institution dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement of armed conflict between and within states.
He also served as Minister for foreign affairs of Uganda, as well as Uganda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
He is now President of LBL Foundation For Children--a New York-based independent international organization devoted to promoting protection, hope, healing and education for children in communities devastated by war. He serves on the boards of several prominent organizations, including the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Aspen Institute, and the jury for the Hilton Humanitarian Prize.
Benjamin Goldhirsh is the founder and chairman of GOOD, an editorially led, member-driven community of people, NGOs, and corporations committed to pushing our world forward. GOOD’s mission is to provide content that coalesces this community, experiences that deepen the relationships within this community and utilities that empower this community.
Active in both regional and international philanthropic endeavors, Goldhirsh is one of the directors of The Goldhirsh Foundation, which supports dynamic social programs, environmental initiatives, innovative medical research and leading cultural institutions.
Goldhirsh serves on the Board of Millennium Promise, an organization guided by the UN’s Millennium Development goals to end extreme global poverty by 2025, as well as the Los Angeles Board of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and the board of City Year Los Angeles.
A graduate of Brown University and Phillips Academy, Goldhirsh currently resides in Los Angeles.
Jamie attended New York University where he studied history as well as filmmaking. He is an Emmy-nominated director whose documentary films “Born Rich” and “The One Percent” have both premiered on the HBO network. In addition to making films, Jamie contributes to various publications, including vanityfair.com. He currently resides in Manhattan.
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Deputy City Attorney of Los Angeles, Director of Crime Prevention and Child Abuse Policy