Amit Paley is the CEO of the Malnutrition Advocacy Fund--the country's largest organization dedicated to advocating for a world where children no longer die of hunger--and a Special Advisor to the Eleanor Crook Foundation.

Previously, he was Executive Director of the Movement Against Malnutrition and the Entrepreneur in Residence at the International Rescue Committee, the global humanitarian organization that provides aid in 40 war-affected countries. The Movement Against Malnutrition screens and treats millions of children, designs and researches groundbreaking innovations, and advocates for urgent action to end this global crisis.

Amit was earlier the CEO of The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ young people. Under his leadership, The Trevor Project dramatically expanded the number of LGBTQ young people served, launched a global expansion, and developed innovative technology tools recognized as one of TIME magazine’s top 100 inventions. The organization also built the largest safe-space social networking site for LGBTQ youth, created a leading-edge research department, and operated the world's largest grassroots campaign to end conversion therapy.

Amit was also an Associate Partner at the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where his clients included Fortune 500 companies, governments, and non-profit organizations. Amit Paley served as a leader in the firm’s digital, health care, and non-profit practices. Earlier he worked at The Washington Post covering several high-profile beats, including as a foreign correspondent based in Iraq, where his work was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and a financial investigative journalist. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, where he was president of The Harvard Crimson, and earned an MBA at Columbia Business School.

Today Amit is a sought-after speaker who has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, and CNN. Amit 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 The Harvard Crimson, Paley oversaw its financial aid program and led a $15 million campaign, the largest in the history of collegiate journalism. Amit Paley was an adjunct professor at City University of New York, is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and has been included in 40 Under 40 lists for Fortune and Crain’s, OUT Magazine’s OUT100 and NBC’s #Pride 50.