Louis N. Bickford

Louis Bickford has been working in the field of international human rights for over 20 years. From 2012-2017, Bickford managed the global human rights program at the Ford Foundation. Prior to that, at the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), he was a founding staff member (2001) and a member of the Senior Management team (through 2010). He later worked at RFK Human Rights as the COO and as the director of the European Office. He has consulted with various national and international institutions including the United Nations and philanthropic foundations in every world region. He has a PhD from McGill University and an MA from the New School, both in Political Science. Since 2017, he has founded two social enterprises and launched the Alternative Resourcing for Change and Solidarity (ARCS) Roundtable to bring together NGO leaders and philanthropic partners around innovative resourcing models for human rights organizations.