2. Introduction
Andrew Klaber is the president and founder
of Even Ground (previously Orphans Against
AIDS), an international non-profit
organization that annually provides more than
700 children who have been orphaned or made
vulnerable by HIV/AIDS with academic support,
basic health care, and nutrition. He is also an
investment professional at Paulson & Company,
a multi-strategy hedge fund in New York.
3. Introduction - 2
Originally from Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Klaber
attended Adlai E. Stevenson High
School, graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta
Kappa president from Yale College, where he was
a Truman Scholar, Udall Scholar, and First-Team
USA-Today Academic All-American, earned Masters
of Science degrees in Financial Economics and
Economic History as a Marshall Scholar[7] at Oxford
University, and holds a JD/MBA from Harvard Law
School and Harvard Business School, where he
graduated with Distinction.
4. History And Impact
Originally known as Orphans Against AIDS
(OAA), Even Ground was founded in
2002. From the beginning, Even Ground
has worked to break the cycle of HIV/AIDS by
ensuring that children and youth affected by the
epidemic receive high-quality education,
nutrition, and care. To do this, Even Ground
brought together a group of small, like-minded
organizations, all started by young people,
to address the impacts of the HIV epidemic on
children and youth.
5. History And Impact - 2
Even Ground worked to facilitate the operations
of these projects and to cultivate a network of
support and collaboration between them. Even
Ground's partner projects have each developed
unique models of education support and care for
young people and families in communities
affected by HIV/AIDS. Orphans Against AIDS
became Even Ground in 2013.