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John Prendergast

John Prendergast

John Prendergast is a human rights and anti-corruption activist as well as a New York Times best-selling author. He is the Co-Founder with George Clooney of The Sentry, an investigative and policy team that follows the dirty money connected to war criminals and transnational war profiteers.  John is also the Strategic Director of the Clooney Foundation for Justice.  

John has worked for the White House, the State Department, two members of Congress, the National Intelligence Council, UNICEF, Human Rights Watch, the International Crisis Group, and the U.S. Institute of Peace.  He was part of the mediation team that negotiated the end to the Ethiopia-Eritrea war, supported President Nelson Mandela’s mediation in the Burundi peace process, and contributed to other peace processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Sudan, and Somalia.   

John is the author or co-author of eleven books, two of which co-authored with Don Cheadle. His latest book, Congo Stories, is co-authored with Congolese activist Fidel Bafilemba and features photographs by Ryan Gosling. John also co-founded the Enough Project, a policy organization aimed at countering genocide and crimes against humanity. 

 

THE AURORA PRIZE SELECTION COMMITTEE

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Elie Wiesel (1928 – 2016)

First Co-Chair

President of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity; Nobel Laureate

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Lord Ara Darzi

Chair

Co-Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London

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George Clooney

Honorary Co-Chair

Co-founder, The Sentry; Humanitarian, performer and film maker

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Leymah Gbowee

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Liberian peace activist and women’s rights advocate; Nobel Laureate

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Dele Olojede

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Journalist, Writer, Pulitzer Prize Winner

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Paul Polman

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Business leader, climate and equalities campaigner

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John Prendergast

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Human Rights Activist and Co-founder, The Sentry

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Dame Louise Richardson

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President, Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Mary Robinson

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Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Former President of Ireland

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Hamdi Ulukaya

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Founder, Tent Partnership for Refugees; Founder and CEO, Chobani

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Ernesto Zedillo

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Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization; Former President of Mexico

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Vartan Gregorian (1934 - 2021)

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Co-founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative; President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York

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Benjamin Ferencz (1920–2023)

Honorary Co-Chair

Lawyer, Human Rights Activist

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Elie Wiesel (1928 – 2016)

First Co-Chair

President of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity; Nobel Laureate

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Lord Ara Darzi

Chair

Co-Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London