Pam Omidyar

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Pam Omidyar, Co-Founder

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As Omidyar Network’s Co-Founder, Pam played an integral part in developing our mission and values. As a member of the board, she plays an ongoing role in steering the organization's work.

In addition to Omidyar Network, Pam has founded two other organizations based on her fundamental desire to alleviate human suffering and maximize human potential. In 2005, Pam began work on Humanity United, an independent grant-making organization committed to ending mass atrocities and modern-day slavery. By helping to build permanent constituencies to end atrocities and slavery, supporting efforts that empower affected communities, and addressing the root causes of conflict and injustice, Humanity United seeks to help restore human dignity in places where it has been lost and to help create a lasting global peace.

In 2001, Pam founded HopeLab, a nonprofit organization that combines the highest standards of scientific research with innovative solutions to improve the health and quality of life for young people with chronic illness. In August 2006, HopeLab released the Re-Mission video game for cancer, and in August 2008, research demonstrating the efficacy of the game in improving the health of young cancer patients was published in the medical journal Pediatrics. HopeLab is now applying insights from the Re-Mission research and development process to create new technology-based interventions that support the health of young people.

Pam serves as a board member of Tufts University's Tisch College of Public Service and a Member USA for UNHRC, the UN Refugee Agency. She earned a BS in biology from Tufts University and a master's degree in molecular genetics from the University of California at Santa Cruz.