
Josh Fox – Founder and Executive Director, The Brady Hunter Foundation
Josh Fox is the founder and Executive Director of The Brady Hunter Foundation (BHF), a non-profit dedicated to animal advocacy, protecting wildlife, and empowering our children, among various other important causes. Under his leadership, BHF has been able to effectuate meaningful change through advocacy, education, and hands-on, direct action, and it has blossomed from an aspirational idea only a few years ago to a global non-profit powerhouse with over 80 strategic charitable partners and a footprint in more than a dozen countries.
Josh is a dynamic leader with a proven ability to build diverse teams and encourage innovation. With over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and philanthropist, Josh combines his expertise in building teams and driving innovation with a deep commitment to social responsibility. Before founding BHF, Josh led a global consultancy firm that helped businesses recover savings so that they could reinvest in themselves and better impact the community at large.
Josh holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan, where he developed the analytical skills that have served as the foundation for his entrepreneurial and philanthropic work. His academic background, coupled with his real-world business experience, enables him to approach complex social issues with a practical yet compassionate mindset.
Through his leadership at BHF, Josh continues to drive forward the organization’s mission to advocate for the rights and welfare of animals while creating opportunities to uplift children around the world. His vision for a more inclusive, compassionate society fuels his daily work as he seeks to ensure a brighter, more just future for all living beings.
In addition to being the founder and Executive Director of BHF, Josh is a member of the Board of the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation, as well as the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation, a non-profit that serves as the financial “first responders” for federal officers and agents who are injured or killed in the line of duty.
Josh has been recognized with the 2025 Pegasus Wings Award, an award from the Pegasus Foundation that recognizes outstanding individuals and programs that have made a significant difference in Marine Animal Rescue and Protection, Wildlife and Habitat Protection, and Animal Welfare. He also received the 2025 Brian Davies Award from Network For Animals, an annual accolade given to those whose outstanding work succeeds in helping animals against overwhelming obstacles, and he was included in Dan’s Papers East End Power List in 2023 and 2024.
Finally, Josh recently earned his first Executive Producer’s credit for his work on the educational television show “Extraordinary World with Jeff Corwin,” currently airing on CBS Saturday morning television, which follows The Brady Hunter Foundation’s “extraordinary” work throughout the country, enhancing the lives of animals and children, and encouraging ordinary people to do extraordinary things through charity and philanthropy.