Adam Sterling

Adam Sterling is the director of the Sudan Divestment Task Force, a project of the Genocide Intervention Network. Adam has received a number of humanitarian awards and serves as an advisor on Sudan investment issues for numerous institutional investors, state pension funds, state legislators, and federal representatives. Additionally, Adam is a featured subject in the 2007 documentary, Darfur Now, produced by Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle.

In 2006, Adam graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with degrees in Afro-American Studies and Political Science. While at UCLA, Adam led a student movement for Sudan, spearheading the divestment efforts at the University of California and state of California. Adam's writings and work have appeared extensively in the press, including contributions to The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, and National Public Radio. He has also served as a guest on a number of broadcast news programs, including CNN's The Situation Room and CNBC's Street Signs. Additionally, Adam has provided testimony for numerous state legislatures, the United States Senate and House of Representatives and the United Nations Global Compact.

Serving as director of the Sudan Divestment Task Force, Adam has played a pivotal role in the organization's success and position as the coordinating entity for the Sudan divestment movement. Today, the Sudan Divestment Task Force is actively involved in dozens of successful and developing targeted Sudan divestment campaigns around the world at the university, asset manager, city, state, and national levels. The organization has developed a unique approach to shareholder engagement and divestment, focusing its efforts on the most egregiously offending companies in Sudan. This approach, termed "targeted divestment," helps to maximize impact on the Sudanese government, while minimizing potential harm to both innocent Sudanese civilians and investment returns.