Peter Laugharn

Biography

Peter Laugharn serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Laugharn is a passionate leader with 25 years of foundation and nonprofit experience internationally. Laugharn began his career at Save the Children, where he worked for 11 years in a variety of roles. He was executive director of the Firelight Foundation from 2008 to 2014 and served for six years as executive director of the Bernard van Leer Foundation. A graduate of Stanford and Georgetown Universities, Laugharn holds a Ph.D. in education from the University of London. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco from 1982 to 1984. Laugharn was a co-founder of the International Education Funders Group and the Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS, and he serves on the boards of the Council on Foundations and the Pacific Council for International Policy.