Patrick Gaspard

Patrick Gaspard (born 1967) is the president of the Open Society Foundations. Ambassador Gaspard has overseen the Open Society Foundations’ advocacy work in Washington and Brussels, as well as provides strategic direction and oversight to the organization’s programmatic agenda. He became the president of OSF upon the departure of Chris Stone, which was announced in September 2017.He previously served as United States Ambassador to South Africa. He is a noted Democratic Party political leader and campaign strategist.