Larry Cox

Larry Cox was appointed the Executive Director of Amnesty International USA in January 2006. Prior to joining AI-USA, Cox During spent more than ten years at the Ford Foundation where he was Senior Program Officer in the Human Rights Unit, which has the largest budget of the foundation's six programs. Prior to that, he was the executive director of the Rainforest Foundation.

Career

• 2006 - : Amnesty International-USA, Executive Director
• 2006: Ford Foundation: Senior Program Officer in the Human Rights Unit
• Rainforest Foundation
• 1985 to 1990: Deputy Secretary General at Amnesty International's London headquarters
• 1976 to 1984: AI-USA establishing the organization's Program to Abolish the Death Penalty before becoming its first communications director and first deputy director.

Affiliations

• Amnesty International
• Ford Foundation
• Rainforest Foundation
• International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG)

External Resources

• AI-USA Press Release, Amnesty International USA Appoints Renowned Human Rights Advocate Larry Cox as Executive Director: Cox to Further Organization's Work on Post-9/11 Human Rights, 25 Jan 2006.