Jesse Eaves is a Senior Director at Humanity United, a private U.S. philanthropy focused on cultivating the conditions that can transform human exploitation and violent conflict into enduring peace and freedom. With a background in child protection and systems change, Jesse has worked extensively in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe on issues ranging from human trafficking and child exploitation to youth-led conflict transformation.

Jesse currently manages part of HU’s peacebuilding strategy to support and accompany networks of local peacebuilders from around the world as they reimagine a system where the international response to violent conflict is defined by those living closest to that conflict and honors their vision for sustainable peace.