Caitlin Heising

Caitlin Heising is Vice Chair of the Heising-Simons Foundation. Previously, she worked with Article 3 Advisors, a human rights and strategic philanthropy consultancy based in San Francisco. Caitlin serves on the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch (HRW) and is Vice Chair of HRW's U.S. Program Advisory Committee. She also serves on the advisory boards of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and Smart Justice California. Caitlin was a founding member of Maverick Collective, a global community of strategic philanthropists and advocates working to end extreme poverty by improving the health and rights of women and girls around the world. She holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Brown University and a Master of Public Administration from the London School of Economics (LSE), with a focus on social impact, graduating with distinction in 2020.