Janti Soeripto

CEO & President, Save the Children USA

Janti Soeripto is President and CEO of Save the Children US, a role she assumed in 2020 as the international humanitarian organization began its second century partnering with families in the US and around the world.

Before leading Save the Children US, Janti served as deputy CEO of Save the Children International for eight years. She oversaw market growth and guided strategy as Save the Children transformed into an integrated international body after decades as a decentralized group of national organizations.

Janti began her global career in the private sector. For over 15 years, she held senior positions at corporations including Kimberly-Clark and Unilever, working in her home country of the Netherlands, as well as Indonesia, the United Kingdom and Singapore.

Janti has been featured in a variety of prominent media and is sought after for her insights on global leadership in both the public and private sectors and her expertise on humanitarian crises affecting children. She has been quoted in outlets including Associated Press, POLITICO, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, and has been interviewed on CBS News “Face the Nation,” CNN, NPR, PBS “Amanpour & Co.”, and American Public Media’s “Marketplace.”

Janti’s past speaking engagements include those hosted by Clinton Global Initiative, Concordia, Global Philanthropy Forum, Milken Institute, World Bank, and the United Nations, among others.

Janti holds master’s degrees in Economics and Finance, speaks Dutch, English, Indonesian, and German, and is half-Indonesian, half-Dutch. She is a parent of two children and lives in Connecticut, USA.