Christoph Gorder named Executive Director at Airbnb, Inc.
Key Takeaways
- Airbnb.org announces Christoph Gorder as its new executive director.
- Christoph served as the chief global water officer of charity: water and, prior to that, spent more than a decade leading disaster response at Americares.
Airbnb.org announced today that Christoph Gorder will lead the organization as its new executive director.
Christoph joins Airbnb.org after more than a decade as the chief global water officer of charity: water, where he oversaw the organization's expansion in 22 countries and helped provide clean water to over fifteen million people. Christoph also led technology innovations to increase transparency and the long-term impact of charity:water's clean water programs.
For more than a decade, Airbnb and Airbnb.org have connected people in times of crisis to free, temporary stays with the support of Hosts and nonprofit organizations. The inspiration for Airbnb.org began in 2012 with a single Airbnb Host named Shell who opened up her home to people impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Since then, thousands of Hosts have followed her lead and opened their homes to people displaced by natural disasters and humanitarian crises.
To help scale the work started under Airbnb and offer more people temporary housing, Airbnb.org was launched as an independent nonprofit in December 2020. In just three short years, Airbnb.org has provided free, emergency stays for more than 220,000 people, including refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, people impacted by the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, and countless other crises.
Prior to joining charity: water, Christoph spent 14 years with Americares, leading disaster response operations and managing large-scale healthcare programs around the world. Christoph grew up in the Central African Republic and Nigeria and currently lives in Utah with his wife and two children.
