Amit Paley
Amit Paley is the Executive Director of the Movement Against Malnutrition, which is a mission under the International Rescue Committee (IRC). He also serves as the Entrepreneur In Residence at the IRC. Amit is an accomplished business executive, social entrepreneur, advocate, and journalist. As former CEO of the Trevor Project, he dramatically expanded the number of LGBTQ young people served, launched a global expansion, and developed innovative technology tools leveraging AI and machine learning that were recognized as one of TIME magazine’s top 100 inventions of the year. The organization also transformed its TrevorSpace platform into the largest safe-space social networking site for LGBTQ youth, created a leading-edge research department, and operated the largest grassroots campaign in the world to end conversion therapy. Prior to his work at The Trevor Project, Amit was 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 as well as a leader of its LGBTQ group, where he oversaw McKinsey’s efforts on inclusion for transgender and nonbinary people.