Chris Jurgens serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Omidyar Network. In this role, he works to ensure the organization’s internal systems and people practices are as strong and forward-looking as its mission – overseeing operational functions such as strategy, board management, portfolio operations, finance, learning, impact, and talent.
Chris previously served as Omidyar Network’s Chief of Staff and led the organization’s Responsible Technology Investing portfolio, where he worked to shepherd capital into pro-social technology solutions and encourage responsible investor stewardship of AI and other emerging digital technologies. Additionally, Chris served as part of Omidyar Network’s Reimagining Capitalism team, where he led the firm’s Corporations, Capital Markets, and the Common Good portfolio.
Before joining ON, Chris worked at USAID as Director of Public-Private Partnerships at the Global Development Lab during the Obama Administration. He also worked at Accenture for a decade, serving as a Partner and as Director of Global Programs for Accenture Development Partnerships.
Chris serves in board and advisory roles for Blue Haven Initiative, the Catalytic Capital Consortium, Novata, and the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing. He has a master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a B.A. in economics and international studies from Miami University, where he was a Truman Scholar.
