MORE GLOBAL LEADERS AND ADVOCATES TO MOBILIZE FOR ACTION AT CGI, SEPTEMBER 22-23

NEW YORK, NY – Today, President Clinton, Secretary Clinton, and Dr. Chelsea Clinton announced new global leaders across philanthropy, business, government, and civil society mobilizing for action at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2026 Annual Meeting, this September 22-23. This year’s meeting is organized around the theme “How Do We Get It Right?”, charting out an affirmative vision for the future amidst rising turmoil, division, and continued cuts to government funding.

CGI’s defining feature is the launch of Commitments to Action — new, specific, and measurable projects and programs launched by CGI’s community of doers to advance climate resilience, economic inclusion, health equity, humanitarian response, women and girls’ equality, and more. Since 2005, more than 13,000 members of the CGI community have partnered to Turn Ideas Into Action™, launching commitments helping 500 million people in 180 countries worldwide.

Participants at this year’s CGI Annual Meeting include leaders of philanthropic foundations, multi-lateral organizations, and social enterprise funders that represent a combined $13.1 billion in annual grantmaking and investment. Key issues on the 2026 agenda include:

• Steering AI toward more responsible and just implementation — mitigating the risks of AI, driving innovation, and making sure the benefits are equitable
• Economic opportunity and community-led solutions — investing in the people and partnerships already doing this work on the ground
• Climate and energy resilience — building the systems that can power the future without breaking it
• Democracy and trusted information — what it takes to rebuild trust, safeguard civic institutions, and protect journalists when headlines and algorithms constantly emphasize our differences
• Health and scientific breakthroughs — sustaining research and innovation at a moment when funding and trust are both under strain
• Humanitarian response — reimagining how the world funds and delivers aid as needs outpace resources
• Innovative and catalytic funding – finding new ways to finance and scale the projects we need through philanthropic and for-profit models

Read the full agenda at https://clintonglobal.org/2026.

Previously announced featured participants at the CGI 2026 Annual Meeting include Stacey Abrams, Lead, 10 Steps Campaign; Uzoamaka Aduba, Actor and Producer; Noubar Afeyan, Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering; Jared Bauer, CEO, Seek Labs; Aisha Bowe, CEO, STEMBoard; Kate Bowler, Associate Professor of American Religious History, Duke University; Marc Brackett, Professor and Director, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Yale University; Giselle Carino, CEO, Fòs Feminista; Mathilda D’Silva,CEO, Ocean Purpose Project; Giles Duley, CEO and Founder, Legacy of War Foundation; Janiece Evans-Page, CEO, The Tides Foundation; Bob Ferguson, Governor of Washington; Heather Gerken, President, Ford Foundation; Sam Gill, President and CEO, Doris Duke Foundation; Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster, Chairman and CEO, InterEnergy Group; Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Managing Director, GIZ; Andy Hunter, CEO, Bookshop.org; Kate Kallot, Founder and CEO, Amini; Sidsel Marie Kristensen, CEO, LEGO Foundation; Ann Lee, Co-Founder and CEO, Community Organized Relief Effort; Kate Marvel, Senior Climate Scientist, Project Drawdown; Jose Luis Manzano, Chairman, Integra Capital; Abby Maxman, President and CEO, Oxfam America; Bernadette Meehan, CEO, Wikimedia Foundation; Jamie Merisotis, President and CEO, Lumina Foundation; President Roberta Metsola of the European Parliament; David Miliband, President and CEO, International Rescue Committee; Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland; Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados; Carey Mulligan, Founding Global Ambassador, War Child Alliance; Daniel O’Day, Chairman and CEO, Gilead Sciences; Sonya Passi, Founder and CEO, FreeFrom; Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, President and CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Skye Perryman, President and CEO, Democracy Forward Foundation; Paul Polman, Business Leader, Investor, Philanthropist; Samantha Power, Former USAID Administrator and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Greg Propper, Partner, Propper Daley, Bully Pulpit International; Megan Ranney, Dean, Yale School of Public Health; Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Laureate, Co-Founder and CEO, Rappler, Professor, Columbia University SIPA; Jason Rezaian, Director of Press Freedom Initiatives, Washington Post; Tristan Schukraft, CEO and Founder, MISTR; Jochanan Senf, CEO, Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc.; Ahmed Shehata, CEO, Islamic Relief USA; Hamdi Ulukaya, Founder and CEO, Chobani; Jean Van Wetter, CEO, Enabel; Elaine Welteroth, Founder, birthFUND; and more.

Interested media can apply for credentials: http://clintonglobal.org/2026mediaregistration.

Content creators and influencers whose work focuses on social impact are encouraged to apply to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative’s award-winning Creators Experience. Apply for a Creators pass here: http://clintonglobal.org/creators

About the Clinton Global Initiative

Founded by President Bill Clinton in 2005, the Clinton Global Initiative is a community of doers representing a broad cross section of society and dedicated to the idea that we can accomplish more together than we can apart. Through CGI’s unique model, more than 13,000 organizations have launched more than 4,300 Commitments to Action — new, specific, and measurable projects and programs – that are making a difference in the lives of more than 500 million people in 180 countries.