Samantha Power is one of the world's leading voices on democracy, diplomacy, human rights, and international leadership. A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and former Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), she has spent more than three decades working at the intersection of global policy, humanitarian action, and democratic governance.
Power served as U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017, where she helped lead international efforts on the Paris Climate Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, the global Ebola response, refugee protection, and sanctions against ISIS. She later led USAID from 2021 to 2025, overseeing one of the world's largest humanitarian and development organizations.
Before entering government, Power was an acclaimed war correspondent covering conflicts in Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, Sudan, and Zimbabwe. She is currently Professor of Practice at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School.
Her Pulitzer Prize-winning book A Problem from Hell transformed the debate around genocide prevention and American foreign policy, while The Education of an Idealist became a New York Times bestseller. Through compelling storytelling and firsthand experience at the highest levels of international diplomacy, Samantha Power equips audiences to understand today's geopolitical landscape and the leadership required to defend democracy, human rights, and global stability.
