About Seth Green
Seth Green is the Founder of Americans for Informed Democracy, a non-partisan organization that works with young leaders on over 1,000 university campuses to raise global awareness and engage local communities in international campaigns. Green is an expert on U.S. relations with the Muslim world, international development, and youth social change movements.
During his time with Americans for Informed Democracy from 2002 through 2007, Green built a network that includes more than 23,000 members, created partnerships with leading think tanks, NGOs, businesses and foundations, and raised over one million dollars for the organization's programming. Prior to founding AID, Green worked at The American Prospect, The Brookings Institution, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and Lazard Freres.
Green has been a featured speaker on international affairs and youth activism at the U.S. House, U.S. Senate, World Bank, United Nations, Associated Press, and other leading institutions. He served as a table facilitator at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2005 and 2006 and as a guest at the White House Summit on Malaria in 2006. For his leadership on global affairs, he received Search for Common Ground's award for International Understanding.
Green is a frequent contributor to the media, having served as a guest on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, the Montel Williams Show, CNN, and MSNBC, and written op-eds for the Christian Science Monitor and Miami Herald. Green is a core contributor to the Partnership for a Secure America's Across the Aisle blog. In addition, his work with AID has been featured by hundreds of publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, Chronicle of Higher Education, and Marie Claire.
A Marshall scholar, Green graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and earned masters degrees in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and in Women's Studies from Oxford University. He recently completed a JD degree at Yale Law School, where he was named an Olin Fellow by the Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy.
Green currently serves on the Board of Directors of Citizens for Global Solutions and Thinking Beyond Borders, the Network Advisory Team of Connect US, and the Advisory Board of America’s Impact. Most recently, he was nominated to serve on the Board of 20/20 Vision. He previously served on a Grant Review Panel for the Tides Foundation, on the selection committee for the Asia Society and Goldman Sachs Foundation Youth Prize, and on the National Youth Council of the March of Dimes.
Posts by Seth Green:
- McClellan let our country down, 28 May 2008
- Why is McCain Giving Voice to Hamas?, 14 May 2008
- Nonsense on Oil Security, 01 May 2008
- The Sad Irony of the Boycott Debate, 18 Apr 2008
- Bailing Out a Big Gamble, 18 Mar 2008
- Securing Our Economy, 01 Feb 2008
- Money Matters and American Security, 22 Jan 2008
- Obama and Huckabee Win Puts End to Rove Era of Politics, 04 Jan 2008
- Are Sovereign Funds Threatening Our Sovereignty?, 24 Dec 2007
- What the other candidates should learn from the Obama/Huckabee Surge, 11 Dec 2007