executive director

British  

noun

1. a member of the board of directors of a company who is also an employee (usually full-time) of that company and who often has a specified area of responsibility, such as finance or production Compare nonexecutive director

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Jeffrey Ladish, executive director of AI safety nonprofit Palisade Research and a former security consultant to Anthropic, noticed several individual donations come in Wednesday and Thursday, an unusual development for the primarily grant-funded organization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

"Europeans have had enough of tech companies exploiting our children, but we also expect more from our leaders than quick-fix bans on kids," said Leanda Barrington-Leach, executive director of 5Rights Foundation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

The school is advertising for a new executive director.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

They do not,” Denisha Jones, the executive director of Defending the Early Years, a nonprofit that advocates for playful and experiential approaches to childhood education, told me.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

The tenants were convinced that if they talked with the community organizer, the executive director of the DHA, stern Carvie Oldham, would evict them.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson