Jane Barry

executive director, linksbridge foundation

(she/her)

Jane Barry has more than 30 years of experience leading international organizations and nonprofits on human rights, gender justice, humanitarian aid, and global health. Her field experience includes working in emergencies and conflict-affected areas in east, west and southern Africa, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union. Jane has a diploma in international human rights from the London School of Economics and a B.A. in Soviet Studies from Middlebury College. She’s the author of three acclaimed books on the role of human rights defenders working in situations of conflict and crisis, including What’s the Point of Revolution if We Can’t Dance? Jane served on the Mize Family Foundation board as well as the global advisory board for the Women’s Regional Network for Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.