Tomáš Vrba

Chairman of the Board of Forum 2000 Foundation and President of the Board of Directors at Theater Archa. Professor at New York University in Prague. Founder and former President of the Czech section of the Association of European Journalists. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the monthly magazine Nová Přítomnost (1997–2000) and of the Czech and Slovak edition of Lettre Internationale Quarterly (1990–1995), International Vice President of the Association of European Journalists (2002–2004) and Chair of the Czech News Agency Council (ČTK, 2004–2007). Mr. Vrba was a member of the Civic Forum and a signatory of Charter 77. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Charles University.