Hugh Michael Hogan

Hugh Hogan is a Philanthropic Advisor and Coach, rooted in Somatics. In 2023, Hugh spearheaded the launch of the NYC Mental Health Workforce Crisis Group, which connects funders with practitioners and advocates to address profound workforce shortages across the care continuum. He is also a founder of the Gay Brotherhood Project, which fosters healing, comradeship and connection to nature and spirit amongst gay men. Previously, Hugh served as Executive Director of the van Ameringen Foundation, a family foundation that supports innovative mental health care access, and the North Star Fund – which gives grants to social and racial justice organizations in New York State. Hugh also directed the Open Space Equity Campaign for the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, and he spent nearly a decade in western and southern Africa assisting rural farmers and urban communities to reverse the racist legacy and destructive political ecology of colonialism and Apartheid. Hugh is a graduate of Boston College and Clark University, and a two-time Switzer Environmental Leadership fellow.