Leadership Council
Our Leadership Council members inspire us with their dedication and advocacy. Sharing a commitment to protect human rights, each leverages their individual talents to advance the mission of RFK Human Rights.
The ’68 Collective
As part of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Leadership Council, The ‘68 Collective brings together emerging changemakers for unforgettable events—think intimate speaker series, film screenings, and high-energy parties—all with purpose.
Vice Chair
Visionaries
Artists
Founders
Bill Clinton
42nd President, United States of America
Thomas P. DiNapoli
Comptroller, State of New York
Kirsten Gillibrand
Senator, State of New York
Caroline Kennedy
Ambassador to Australia
Kerry Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Denise L. Nappier
Gina Raimondo
Secretary of Commerce, United States of America
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Amartya Sen
Nobel Laureate in Economics
Anne Simpson
CalPERS
Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu
Ash Williams
Florida State Board of Administration
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
Oscar Sánchez Arias
Costa Rica
Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo
East Timor
Ouided Bouchamaoui
Tunisia
Shirin Ebadi
Iran
Mohamed El Baradei
International Atomic Energy Agency
Leymah Gbowee
Liberia
Tawakkol Karman
Yemen
Jose Ramos-Horta
East Timor
Kailash Satyarthi
India
David Trimble
Northern Ireland
Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Guatemala
Lech Walesa
Poland
Muhammad Yunus
Bangladesh
Ripple of Hope Laureates
Harry Belafonte
Tony Bennett
Joseph Biden
46th President, United States of America
Bono
Bruce Broussard
Humana
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Former Secretary of State, United States of America
George Clooney
Tim Cook
Apple
Clive Davis
Robert De Niro
Dr. Anthony Fauci
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
Dolores Huerta
Wyclef Jean
Colin Kaepernick
Niclas Kjellström-Matseke
17 Asset Management
Dennis Mathisen
K2 Capital
Scott Minerd
Guggenheim Partners
Phil Murphy
Governor, State of New Jersey
Barack Obama
44th President, United States of America
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House, United States of America
Dan Schulman
PayPal
Howard Schultz
Starbucks
Robert F. Smith
Vista Equity Partners
Dan Springer
DocuSign
Taylor Swift
Hamdi Ulukaya
Chobani
Champions
Anne Finucane
Global Strategy and Investment Officer, Bank of America
Rose Stuckey Kirk
Orin Kramer
Vincent Mai
Marc and Diane Spilker
David Zaslav
Discovery Inc.
Groundbreakers
Wendy and Jim Abrams
Roger C. Altman
Evercore
John Boyer
Maximus Foundation
Edward and Charity Dong
International Leadership Foundation
Richard Dong and Eric Dong
The Heidegger Family
Impact13 Foundation
Dr. Allan and Gabia Konce
Sheri Layton
Liz and Eric Lefkofsky
Howard L. Nations
The Nations Law Firm
Dan Olofsson
Marco Tronchetti Provera
Pirelli
Howard Rubin
Rubin Systems Inc./Rubin Worldwide
Lee and Valerie Shapiro
James and Monica Shay
Sean and Heather Ward
Susan N. Wilson
Activists
Joe Armstrong
Afsaneh Beschloss
RockCreek
Daniele Bodini
American Continental Properties Group
Mark DeVincentis
Crescent Capital Group
Ben Erwin
Charity Network
Joseph S. Fichera
Saber Partners
Laurence Fink
BlackRock
Alan Fleischmann and Dafna Tapiero
Jonah Goodhart
Albert Gore III
45th Vice President, United States of America
Andrew and Shannon Hayden
The Nations Law Firm
Rafi Jafri
Ginger Lew
Raymond J. McGuire
Citigroup
Francesco Aletti Montano
Lynne and Greg O’Brien
Federico Rolando
David M. Rubenstein
The Carlyle Group
Karen Russell
Lily Safra
The Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation
Dr. Craig Samitt
Karen D. Seitz
Fusion Partners
Jean Shafiroff
Dewey Shay
Elizabeth Smith
Richard and Alexis Sternhell
The Warrior Queen Project
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Adolfo Vannucci
Vishal Verma and Family
David Weinraub
Brown & Weinraub
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