Seth Green

Seth Green is the President and Founder of Americans for Informed Democracy (AID).

"In his role as AID’s chief executive for the last four years, Green has built a network that includes more than 15,000 members, created partnerships with leading think tanks and NGOs, and recruited funding from more than a dozen foundations. Green has been a featured speaker on international affairs and youth activism at the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, World Bank, United Nations, Associated Press, and other leading institutions.

"Green is a frequent contributor to the media, having served as a guest on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, the Montel Williams Show, CNN, and MSNBC, and written op-eds for the Christian Science Monitor and Miami Herald. Green is also a core contributor to the Partnership for a Secure America's Across the Aisle blog. In addition, his work with AID has been featured by hundreds of publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, Chronicle of Higher Education, and Marie Claire.

"Prior to AID, Green worked at the Brookings Institution, Taxpayers for Common Sense, The American Prospect, and Lazard Freres, and he helped to lead several successful NGO chapters and activist movements.

"A Marshall scholar, Green graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and earned masters degrees in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and in Women's Studies from Oxford University. He is currently completing a JD degree at Yale Law School, where he was named an Olin Fellow by the Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy.

"Green currently serves on the Board of Directors of Citizens for Global Solutions, the Network Advisory Team of Connect US, and the Advisory Board of America's Impact. He previously served on a Grant Review Panel for the Tides Foundation and on the National Youth Council of the March of Dimes.“