President, Chief Executive, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Laugharn is president and chief executive of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, which was established in 1944. It has awarded more than $3.2 billion in grants, distributing nearly $290 million around the world in 2023. Laugharn has 25 years of foundation and nonprofit experience internationally. From 2008 to 2014, he was the executive director of the Firelight Foundation. Prior to Firelight, he was the executive director of the Netherlands-based Bernard van Leer Foundation. He began his career at Save the Children, where he worked for 11 years in a variety of roles. Laugharn was based in Bamako, Mali for 8 years, assisting in the development of the Village Schools model, which helped 45,000 children attend school.
