Jonathan Greenblatt

CEO and National Director, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League)

Jonathan Greenblatt is CEO and National Director of ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), the world's leading anti-hate organization with a distinguished record of fighting antisemitism and advocating for just and fair treatment to all. Jonathan joined ADL in 2015 after serving in the White House as special assistant to President Obama and director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. He joined the government after a distinguished career in business as a successful social entrepreneur and corporate executive: he cofounded Ethos Brands, the company that launched Ethos Water (acquired by Starbucks, 2005), founded All for Good (acquired by Points of Light, 2011), and served as a senior executive at realtor.com (acquired by News Corp, 2014).

Since becoming CEO, Jonathan has modernized ADL while refocusing it on the mission it has had since its founding in 1913: to fight the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment to all. Under Jonathan, ADL has modernized its operations, innovated its approaches to counter antisemitism from all sides and enhanced its efforts to combat extremism in all forms.

Jonathan serves on numerous corporate and non-profit boards and has been recognized on multiple occasions for his leadership at ADL. Most recently, he was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World of 2025. He has repeatedly been recognized as a NonProfit Times Top 50 nonprofit leader, was listed on Recode’s list of the top 100 people in business and technology, and was listed on both the Jerusalem Post’s Top 50 list of most influential Leaders in the global Jewish community and the Algemeiner’s Jewish 100.

Jonathan’s first book, It Could Happen Here: Why America is Tipping from Hate to the Unthinkable—And How We Can Stop It, is a bracing primer on how we—as individuals, as organizations, and as a society—can strike back against antisemitism and hate.