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Tim Hanstad

CEOChandler Foundation

Skoll Awardee

Biography

Tim Hanstad leads the Chandler Foundation as CEO. Tim co-founded Landesa, the world’s leading land rights organization and a Top-10 Global NGO with over 20 offices worldwide. Tim is a Skoll Social Entrepreneur Awardee and Schwab Foundation Outstanding Social Entrepreneur. He has authored numerous books and articles on economic and social development, with work appearing in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Financial Times, and Stanford Social Innovation Review. He holds two law degrees from University of Washington and a bachelor’s degree from Seattle Pacific University.

Regional Focus

Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa

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