Suzanne Nossel

Suzanne Nossel is Chief Executive Officer of PEN America, a leading human rights and free expression organization, and serves on the Meta Oversight Board. Her prior career spanned government service and leadership roles in the corporate and nonprofit sectors, including as Chief Operating Officer of Human Rights Watch and Executive Director of Amnesty International USA. During the first term of the Obama administration, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations. She is the author of Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All (2020) and is a featured columnist for Foreign Policy magazine.