Fabrice Houdart is a human rights and corporate social responsibility specialist with 20 years of experience at the World Bank and the United Nations. In 2022, he founded the Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors, and in 2023, he cofounded Koppa, a nonprofit focused on economic empowerment for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, etc.

Houdart worked with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the UN Free & Equal campaign for LGBTQ+ inclusion and coauthored the UN Corporate Standards of Conduct for Business, the largest LGBTQ+ corporate social responsibility initiative supported by over 500 companies. He has volunteered on the boards of a variety of nonprofit organizations, including Outright International, Housing Works, and the LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors Canada Association. He has served as board chair at the Institute of Current World Affairs and treasurer of the CUNY TV Foundation.

He is currently treasurer for the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia Committee and an advisor to the board of Open for Business, a UK nonprofit focused on making the business and economic case for LGBTQ+ inclusion. He also serves on the NACD Center for Inclusive Governance™ Advisory Board. His Substack, a weekly newsletter on LGBTQ+ equality, is circulated to 20,000 subscribers.

He holds a bachelor of arts from Université Paris Dauphine and a master of business administration from American University. Houdart also taught development at Columbia University and Georgetown University. He lives in New York City and is a single father to twin 11-year-olds.