About

Amit Paley is currently the Executive Director at The Movement Against Malnutrition.

 

Earlier in his career, Amit Paley worked in the corporate strategy office of The Washington Post Company and as a journalist at The Washington Post. He served as foreign correspondent based in Iraq, where his work was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, a financial investigative journalist, the national education reporter, and several other beats. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, where he was president of The Harvard Crimson. Amit Paley earned an MBA at Columbia Business School, serving as Honor Board Chair and receiving the prestigious Knight-Bagehot Fellowship.

 

In addition to his working supporting high-performing organizations, Amit Paley is a sought-after speaker on innovation, entrepreneurship, high performance in the social sector, mental health, young people, and LGBTQ issues. His writing and impact have been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, CNN, Fortune, and various other media outlets. Amit Paley has served on the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Steering Committee, the Executive Committee of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and the Board of the Center for Public Integrity. As Chair of the Graduate Council of The Harvard Crimson, Paley has overseen the organization’s financial aid program for over a decade. Amit Paley also taught as an adjunct professor at City University of New York and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and GLG Social Impact Fellow. Amit has been included in the 40 Under 40 lists for Fortune and Crain’s, OUT Magazine’s OUT100, NBC’s #Pride 50, and the Logo 30.