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Ben Jealous

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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • MS, Comparative Social Research, University of Oxford, 1997-1998
  • BA, Political Science, Columbia University, 1990-1996

Professional Experience

  • MS, Comparative Social Research, University of Oxford, 1997-1998
  • BA, Political Science, Columbia University, 1990-1996
  • Partner, Kapor Capital, 2013-present
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2008-2013
  • President, Rosenberg Foundation, 2005-2009
  • Director, United States Domestic Human Rights Program, Amnesty International, 2002-2005
  • Executive Director, National Newspaper Publishers' Association, 1992-2002
  • Managing Editor, Jackson Advocate, 1993-1995

Political Experience

  • MS, Comparative Social Research, University of Oxford, 1997-1998
  • BA, Political Science, Columbia University, 1990-1996
  • Partner, Kapor Capital, 2013-present
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2008-2013
  • President, Rosenberg Foundation, 2005-2009
  • Director, United States Domestic Human Rights Program, Amnesty International, 2002-2005
  • Executive Director, National Newspaper Publishers' Association, 1992-2002
  • Managing Editor, Jackson Advocate, 1993-1995
  • Candidate, Governor of Maryland, 2018

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • MS, Comparative Social Research, University of Oxford, 1997-1998
  • BA, Political Science, Columbia University, 1990-1996
  • Partner, Kapor Capital, 2013-present
  • President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2008-2013
  • President, Rosenberg Foundation, 2005-2009
  • Director, United States Domestic Human Rights Program, Amnesty International, 2002-2005
  • Executive Director, National Newspaper Publishers' Association, 1992-2002
  • Managing Editor, Jackson Advocate, 1993-1995
  • Candidate, Governor of Maryland, 2018
  • Mentor, FastForward
  • Trustee, Morehouse College

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Marylander of the Year, 2013, The Baltimore Sun

Speeches
Events

2018

Nov. 6
Election Night Watch Party!

Tue 7:00 PM – 12:00 AM EST

Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center Baltimore, MD