Gara LaMarche

Gara LaMarche (born August 26, 1954) is an American nonprofit executive. He is the previous president and CEO of both The Atlantic Philanthropies and the Democracy Alliance, a network of progressive donors who coordinate their political giving. LaMarche served as vice president and director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations. In his tenure at the Atlantic Philanthropies, LaMarche led the foundation's shift to a social justice approach to grant-making. LaMarche is a Leader in Residence at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership of the City College of New York, where he teaches and co-chairs Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, a City University of New York institute that he co-founded with Deepak Bhargava and Andrew Rich in 2021.