The Giving What We Can team
Our founders
Toby Ord
Co-Founder of GWWC
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
Co-Founder of GWWC
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.
Meet our staff
Luke Freeman
Executive Director
Luke Freeman manages Giving What We Can. He is also an active volunteer with various social impact focused projects.
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.
Alex Savard
Design Director
Alex is a Brooklyn-based designer of digital things helping redesign Giving What We Can.
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.
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
Researcher
Michael is a researcher at Giving What We Can, with an academic background in philosophy and law.
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
Software engineer
Lorenzo supports the product development and maintenance of technical infrastructure at Giving What We Can.
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
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.
And our volunteers
Geetanjali Basarkod
Geetanjali is a research fellow at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education.
Surbhi Bharadwaj
Surbhi is a member of Giving What We Can and works as a management consultant in New York City.
Jo Duyvestyn
Jo volunteers with the Giving What We Can events team, and various other projects.
Greg Gianopoulos
Greg is a graduate student in School Psychology and created the Charity Elections program in 2018.
Heather Heckman
Heather volunteers with the member interviews and content teams at Giving What We Can.
Join our team
Want to be part of our team? Visit our Careers page to see our current job openings and apply today.
Or become a volunteer
If you are interested in volunteering for Giving What We Can, we welcome you to apply to volunteer.