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Andrew Hudson appointed as Crisis Action’s next Executive Director
July 13, 2015

We are proud to announce that NYU alumnus Andrew Hudson has been appointed as Crisis Action’s next Executive Director.

Andrew is an recent alumnus from the LLM program in Global Public Service Law at NYU’s School of Law. Jan Egeland, Chair of the Board of Directors of Crisis Action, said in an earlier communication that Andrew impressed the Board with his vision for Crisis Action’s future, which included a specific focus on working more effectively with different centers of power around the world. 

Andrew has held many positions at Crisis Action, including New York Director and Deputy Executive Director. He provided world-class leadership to a global team and has spearheaded some of the organization’s signature advocacy successes, as well as leading critical aspects of the internationalization of Crisis Action. He has 20 years of human rights advocacy experience in the NGO, government, corporate and UN sectors, including at Human Rights First, International Center for Transitional Justice, UN Refugee Agency in Ecuador and the UN regional commission in Thailand. Previously, Andrew was a lawyer in Australia representing indigent clients and refugees. 

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