Andrea Soros Colombel

Andrea Soros Colombel is the founder and president of Trace Foundation and a founding partner of Acumen. She is also a member of the Open Society Foundations global board. Founded in 1993, Trace Foundation supports the continuity, development and vitality of Tibetan communities, with a focus on those within China. Acumen Fund is a non-profit social enterprise investment fund that uses “patient capital” as an alternative to traditional aid or pure market approaches to address the critical problems of poverty in the developing world. The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant societies worldwide.

In addition, she is a co-founder and trustee of Tsadra Foundation, which promotes authentic understanding of Tibetan wisdom traditions in the West. She serves on the board of the French American School of New York and is an advisor to Scenic Hudson and the Bard MBA program. Colombel received her BA from the University of Chicago with honors in literature and holds a graduate certificate from the Bard Center for Environmental Policy.