Zach Robinson will be CEA’s next CEO

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This post announces a leadership transition at CEA, a key organization in the effective altruism ecosystem, relevant for those tracking EA institutional governance and organizational structure.

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Announcement that Zach Robinson has been selected as the new CEO of the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), following a thorough search process that reviewed hundreds of candidates. The EV US and UK boards unanimously supported the hiring committee's recommendation, citing Robinson's leadership and judgment demonstrated at Effective Ventures US.

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•Zach Robinson selected as CEA CEO after a search process reviewing hundreds of internal and external candidates, including blinded work tests.
•EV US and UK boards unanimously endorsed the hiring committee's recommendation.
•Robinson previously worked at Effective Ventures US and was recused throughout the selection process.
•Robinson expressed intent to build on CEA's track record in addressing global problems starting in 2024.
•Community members noted Robinson's strengths in management consulting skills and developing mid-level staff in EA organizations.

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 by Ben_West🔸 , Eli Rose🔸 , ClaireZabel , lincolnq , Michelle_Hutchinson , MaxDalton , Oscar Howie Dec 28 2023 1 min read 49 182

 Community Centre for Effective Altruism Organization updates Effective Ventures News relevant to effective altruism Announcements and updates Frontpage We, on behalf of the EV US and EV UK boards, are very glad to share that  Zach Robinson has been selected as the new CEO of the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA).

 We can personally attest to his exceptional leadership, judgement, and dedication from having worked with him at Effective Ventures US. These experiences are part of why we unanimously agreed with the hiring committee’s recommendation to offer him the position. [1]  We think Zach has the skills and the drive to lead CEA’s very important work.

 We are grateful to the search committee (Max Dalton, Claire Zabel, and Michelle Hutchinson) for their thorough process in making the recommendation. They considered hundreds of potential internal and external candidates, including through dozens of blinded work tests. For further details on the search process, please see  this Forum post . 

 As we look forward, we are excited about CEA&#x27;s future with Zach at the helm, and the future of the EA community.

 Zach adds:  “I’m thrilled to be joining CEA! I think CEA has an impressive track record of success when it comes to helping others address the world’s most important problems, and I’m excited to build on the foundations created by Max, Ben, and the rest of CEA’s team. I’m looking forward to diving in in 2024 and look forward to sharing more updates with the EA community.” 

 
 

 ^ Technically, the selection is made by the US board, but the UK board unanimously encouraged the US board to extend this offer. Zach was recused throughout the process, including in the final selection. 

 
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 0 0 Mentioned in 362 CEA will continue to take a "principles-first" approach to EA 104 CEA is hiring a Head of Communications 73 CEA is spinning out of Effective Ventures 51 CEA is hiring a Head of Operations (applications closed early) 32 What next for the EA Community in 2024? Load more (5/7) Comments 49 Comment Sorted by New & upvoted Click to highlight new comments since: Today at 12:15 PM calebp Dec 29 2023 66 10 0 6 1 I&#x27;m excited that Zach is stepping into this role. Zach seems substantially better than my expectations for the new CEA CEO, and I expect the CEO hiring committee + Ben + the EV board had a lot to do with that (and probably lots of other people at CEA that I don&#x27;t know about)!

 Most CEA users and EA community members probably don&#x27;t know Zach, so I thought it would be helpful to share some of my thoughts on them and this position (though I don&#x27;t know Za

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