Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett
Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett serves as President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice. She established the Foundation in 2008 to continue the legacy of her father, the late Congressman Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to the US Congress and co-founder of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.
Under her leadership, the Lantos Foundation has become a distinguished and respected voice on key human rights concerns ranging from advancing rule of law and freedom of religion and belief globally, to fighting for Internet freedom in closed societies, to combating the persistent and growing threat of antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
Dr. Lantos Swett is the former Chair and Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and teaches human rights courses at Tufts University. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the Board of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) and the Budapest based Tom Lantos Institute. Dr. Lantos Swett also serves on the Advisory Board of UN Watch, the annual Anne Frank Award and Lecture, and the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy. She has served as Co-Chair of the International Religious Freedom Summit since its inaugural gathering in 2021.