Suzanne Nossel

Suzanne Nossel serves as the Chief Executive Officer of PEN America and is author of “Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All.” She also serves on the Meta Oversight Board. Her career has spanned government service and leadership roles in the corporate and nonprofit sectors, including as the Chief Operating Officer of Human Rights Watch and as Executive Director of Amnesty International USA. During the Obama administration, Ms. Nossel served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations.

Ms. Nossel coined the term “Smart Power,” the title of an article she published in Foreign Affairs Magazine, which became the theme of Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State. She is a featured columnist for Foreign Policy magazine and has published op-eds in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, and elsewhere, as well as scholarly articles in Foreign Affairs, Dissent, Democracy, and other journals.