SASHA CHANOFF
RSRI Co-Founder | Host Organization CEO
Founder and CEO, RefugePoint
Sasha Chanoff is a co-founder of the Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative and the founder and executive director of RefugePoint, the host agency of the RSRI.
He is the co-author of From Crisis to Calling: Finding Your Moral Center in the Toughest Decisions, a leadership book about moral decision points that shape our lives. He is a White House Champion of Change, and a recipient of the Schwab Foundation / World Economic Forum Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Harvard Center for Public Leadership Gleitsman International Activist Award, the Charles Bronfman Humanitarian Prize, and is a Goodwill Ambassador for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity.
Sasha has received social entrepreneur fellowships from the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Ashoka, and Echoing Green. He is a board member of the Network of Engaged International Donors (NEID) Global, and was a founder and an advisor to The Good Lie Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Warner Bros. film The Good Lie about the resettlement of the South Sudanese Lost Boys and Girls.
Sasha has a MA in Humanitarian Assistance from the Tufts Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Friedman School of Nutrition, Science and Policy, and a BA from Wesleyan University.
