Richard V. Reeves is the founding president of the American Institute for Boys and Men (AIBM) and the author of Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It. Before founding AIBM in 2023, Richard was a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. While at Brookings, he focused on policies related to economic inequality, racial justice, social mobility, and boys and men. In 2024, Melinda French Gates made Richard the director of a $20 million grant-making fund to tackle the challenges faced by boys and men. He is also a regular contributor to The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Affairs, and other publications.
Between 2010 and 2012, Richard was director of strategy to the UK's Deputy Prime Minister. A former European Business Speaker of the Year, his other previous roles include director of Demos, the London-based political think-tank, principal policy advisor to the Minister for Welfare Reform, research fellow at
