Ryan Easterly

Ryan Easterly lives and works at the intersections of race, class, disability, and sexual orientation. Ryan serves as Executive Director of WITH Foundation. WITH promotes comprehensive healthcare for adults with developmental disabilities in the United States. Ryan previously served as manager of the National Youth Transitions Initiative at the HSC Foundation. He has also worked across the federal sector and within community outreach and advocacy efforts. Ryan was appointed by President Obama to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities in 2016. He is the current co-chair of the Presidents’ Council on Disability Inclusion in Philanthropy (along with Dr. Rich Besser of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), a member of the Disability & Philanthropy Forum Governance Committee, a member of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Board of Directors, and co-chairs Exponent Philanthropy’s Disability Funders Peer Circle. President Biden also appointed him to the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. Ryan hails from Alabama and often wonders when he will find his next glass of sweet tea. He currently resides in San Francisco, California.