A dedicated team that’s passionate about effective giving

Core team

  • Luke Freeman

    Luke Freeman

    Executive Director

    Luke Freeman manages Giving What We Can. He is also an active volunteer with various social impact focused projects.

  • Alex Savard

    Alex Savard

    Country Manager USA, Design Director

    Alex is responsible for US operations, fundraising, and all things design for Giving What We Can.

  • Sarah Baka

    Sarah Baka

    Software Engineer

    Sarah is a product lead and full-stack software engineer at Giving What We Can, supporting product development and maintaining the technical infrastructure.

  • Michael Townsend

    Michael Townsend

    Researcher

    Michael is a researcher at Giving What We Can, with an academic background in philosophy and law.

  • Sjir Hoeijmakers

    Sjir Hoeijmakers

    Director of Research

    Sjir leads the research team at Giving What We Can. He has a background in impact evaluation and mathematical economics.

  • Lorenzo Buonanno

    Lorenzo Buonanno

    Software engineer

    Lorenzo supports the product development and maintenance of technical infrastructure at Giving What We Can.

  • Lucas Moore

    Lucas Moore

    Effective Giving Global Coordinator and Incubator

    Lucas supports the global effective giving community and helps with the development of new effective giving initiatives.

  • Arvin Lagaso

    Arvin Lagaso

    Executive and Professional Assistant

    Arvin assists Effective Ventures Operations and its constituents to achieve their goals. At Giving What We Can he is responsible for answering donor and member queries.

  • Alana Horowitz Friedman

    Alana Horowitz Friedman

    Alana is a Research Communicator at Giving What We Can. She is passionate about increasing the reach of core effective giving concepts.

  • Fabio Kuhn

    Fabio Kuhn

    Software Engineer

    Fabio is a technical lead and full-stack software engineer at Giving What We Can, supporting product development and maintaining the technical infrastructure.

  • Max Klijnstra

    Max Klijnstra

    Chief Growth Officer

    Max is the Chief Growth Officer at Giving What We Can, where he leads the cross-team effort of growing Giving What We Can's impact and its community of🔸10% Pledgers.

  • Grace Adams

    Grace Adams

    Head of Marketing

    Grace Adams works on marketing for Giving What We Can. She has worked across marketing and product roles both in consulting and industry.

  • James Rayton

    James Rayton

    Head of Community and Partnerships

    James is the Head of Community and Partnerships at Giving What We Can; helping to support and grow our network of givers. His background is in international development in East Africa.

Trustees and board of directors

  • Zuber Nosimohomed

    Zuber Nosimohomed

    Chair & Secretary of GWWC UKK and Board of Director GWWC US

  • Seth Holoweiko

    Seth Holoweiko

    Director of GWWC USA

  • Habiba Banu

    Habiba Banu

    Trustee of GWWC UK

  • Jonathan Courtney

    Jonathan Courtney

    Treasurer of GWWC Canada

  • Matti Wilks

    UK Trustee

  • Andrew Sutton

    UK Trustee, Treasurer

  • Nick Fitz

    US Trustee, Treasurer

  • David Kozak

    Canada Trustee

  • Peter Cockhill

    UK Trustee

  • Chris Goward

    Canada Trustee

  • Jeff Kaufmann

    US Trustee, Secretary

  • Daniel Frank

    Canada Trustee, Secretary

Founders

  • Toby Ord

    Toby Ord

    Co-Founder

    Toby co-founded Giving What We Can and the wider effective altruism movement. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. His current research is on the long-term future of humanity, and the risks which threaten to drastically limit our potential.

  • William MacAskill

    William MacAskill

    Co-Founder

    Philosopher Will MacAskill is a co-founder of the effective altruism movement, Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours, and the Centre for Effective Altruism, and the author of Doing Good Better, Moral Uncertainty, and What We Owe the Future. He is an Associate Professor in Philosophy and Research Fellow at the Global Priorities Institute, University of Oxford.

Our entities

Giving What We Can is an international, multi-entity organisation. You can view details for each of our entities below.

GWWC USA Inc

Giving What We Can USA Inc. (GWWC USA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a funding partner of Giving What We Can in the USA.

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GWWC UK

Giving What We Can UK (GWWC UK), a charity registered in England and Wales, is a funding partner of Giving What We Can in the UK.

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GWWC Canada

Giving What We Can Canada (GWWC Canada), a Canadian nonprofit, is an entity in Canada that is currently not operational but may function as a funding partner of Giving What We Can in the future.

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