Steve Coll is a highly respected American writer, journalist, and CEO. He is currently the President and CEO of the New America Foundation, a prominent public policy institute located in Washington D.C. Coll has extensive experience in political reporting, having worked for twenty years as a reporter, foreign correspondent, and managing editor at The Washington Post. His tenure as managing editor, from 1998 to 2004, was marked by his ability to deliver informative and succinct pieces that resonated with his audience.
Coll is also a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and has authored six books, including "The Deal of the Century: The Break Up of AT&T" (1986), "The Taking of Getty Oil" (1987), "Eagle on the Street" (1991), "On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia" (1994), "Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001" (2004), and "The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century" (2008). His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes. The first was awarded in 1990 for explanatory journalism, and the second in 2005 for his book "Ghost Wars," which also received the Council on Foreign Relations' Arthur Ross award, the Overseas Press Club award, and the Lionel Gelber Prize for the best book published on international affairs during 2004.
Coll's additional awards include the 1992 Livingston Award for outstanding foreign reporting, the 2000 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for his coverage of the civil war in Sierra Leone, and a second Overseas Press Club Award for international magazine writing. He holds a Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude degree in English and history from Occidental College, class of 1980. Coll currently resides in Washington, D.C.