Otis Reid

Managing Director, Global Health and Wellbeing

Otis leads Open Philanthropy’s Global Health and Wellbeing work, which includes programs focused on policy advocacy, global development, and phasing out the worst factory farm practices. In the 2020 and 2024 election cycles, Otis was a political donor advisor and he previously worked at BlueLabs, a campaign analytics firm. He also previously worked at Open Philanthropy leading the cause prioritization research team and helping to launch our programs on global aid policy and South Asian air quality. Otis has a PhD in economics from MIT focusing on political economy and development and a BA in economics and public policy from Stanford University.