Dear friends,

Synergos, with the support and involvement of people like you, strives to strengthen the leadership needed to overcome tough problems around the world. Helping elevate voices that are often not heard. Building trust. Surfacing solutions that get to root causes. And recognizing that just as we are interconnected in our vulnerability, we are interconnected in our potential.

We have been privileged to meet, learn from, and work with individuals who are bringing people together for collective action that improves lives and, sometimes, changes systems.

We are delighted to share the news that Synergos has a new CEO – Camille Massey – who brings tremendous ability in building exactly this kind of leadership. She will start in this role in November 2023.

Camille combines decades of experience working on complex development challenges together with deep recognition of the values of inclusion, of listening, and of supporting people and institutions that are most proximate to those challenges.

Throughout her career she has been committed to social justice and systemic change. Most recently, Camille was the Founding Executive Director of the Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice. Her previous senior positions at Human Rights First and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, where she worked in 23 countries with a focus on Africa and Asia, have equipped her with a profound understanding of the challenges we aim to address at Synergos.

Read more about her remarkable career below.

She succeeds Gary, who served as our interim chief executive for this past year; Synergos staff and board are deeply grateful for his stewardship.

Please join us in welcoming Camille to our team. We are looking forward to her leadership helping Synergos achieve even greater impact in our work with partners around the world.

Warm regards,

Camille Massey is President and CEO of Synergos, a global organization that has pioneered the use of bridging leadership, which builds trust and collaboration to solve complex problems. She will join the organization in this role in November 2023.

Camille combines decades of experience working on complex development challenges together with deep recognition of the values of inclusion, of listening, and of supporting people and institutions that are most proximate to those challenges.

Previously, she was Founding Executive Director of the Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice. She also previously served as Vice President for Global Strategy and Programs at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and has served in senior positions at Human Rights First and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, working in 23 countries with a concentration in Africa and Asia.

Camille founded Cue Global, a consulting business that designed and implemented strategic policy, legal, advocacy, communications, and resource mobilization plans for global organizations, was appointed a Human Rights Fellow at The Carter Center in Atlanta, and worked with musician Peter Gabriel to help establish WITNESS, an international human rights organization supporting local groups in the use of video.

As a long-time board member of Breakthrough, she works on projects worldwide to stop violence against women and girls. She also serves on the board of Outright International and the advisory boards of Global Witness, the Center for Business and Human Rights at New York University and House of SpeakEasy, a literary nonprofit organization.

Camille Massey earned her J.D. from CUNY School of Law, and a B.S. from Syracuse University's Newhouse School where she currently sits on the Advisory Board. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Bar Association, and the New York City Bar Association.