Jonah Fisher is the senior director of the Millennium Leadership Program at the Atlantic Council. In this role, Fisher oversees the Council’s various leadership programs, including the Millennium Fellowship, the European Leadership Accelerator, and the Millennium Leadership Intensive. Alongside his work at the Council, Fisher teaches the Global Leadership Seminar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Prior to joining the Council, Fisher was the founding director of GATHER, Seeds of Peace’s social innovation arm. Motivated by the belief that the world’s most intractable conflicts demand the most creative solutions, Fisher convened and coached entrepreneurs, educators, activists, and artists from across a wide swath of global conflict zones.

Fisher was previously the chief executive officer and founder of FLO, a coworking company serving social entrepreneurs in Tel Aviv, Israel. In Tel Aviv, Fisher also served as the director of training and leadership at the Reut Institute. Beyond his work on leadership at the Reut Institute, Fisher supported municipal and regional economic development efforts across Israel.

Fisher has coached and consulted entrepreneurs and companies from across the globe including the climate-finance team at the Hewlett Foundation and the social innovation team at Kaiser Permanente. 

Fisher got his start in the field of social entrepreneurship while a student at Brown University where he was involved in founding the Interfaith Exchange, an interfaith service-learning program, and the Capital Good Fund, Rhode Island’s first microfinance organization.

Fisher splits his time between Washington, DC, and New York City, and he is the proud husband of Rabbi Viktoria Bedő and father of Laila and Lev.