Frequently asked questions

Fabrice Houdart works on LGBTQ+ equality from inside the institutions that shape economies. He is the founder and executive director of PRISM, the Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors, and co-founder of Koppa, the LGBTI+ Economic Power Lab. Before that he spent fourteen years at the World Bank and four at the UN Human Rights Office. He is French and lives in New York City.

From 2002 to 2016 he worked at the World Bank on the Maghreb, Central Asia, Yemen, Egypt and the Democratic Republic of Congo, finishing as Senior Country Officer for the Maghreb. He also led the Bank’s early work linking LGBTI inclusion and development, including research on the economic cost of homophobia.

From 2016 to 2020 he was a Human Rights Officer at the UN Human Rights Office in New York, where he co-authored the UN Standards of Conduct for Business on tackling discrimination against LGBTI people.

They are five standards, published by the UN Human Rights Office in 2017, that set out what companies can do to respect the rights of LGBTI people at work, in the marketplace and in the communities where they operate. Fabrice co-authored them and won public support for them from more than 270 of the world’s largest companies. You can read them here.

He chairs the board of the Institute of Current World Affairs and serves on the boards of Housing Works and the CUNY TV Foundation, among others. Since 2021 he has been an external member of the L’Oréal Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Advisory Board. The full list is on the About page.

PRISM: The Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Fabrice founded in 2022, the first association of its kind in the United States. It educates, connects and supports LGBTQ+ directors and board-ready leaders, and works with search firms, investors and nominating committees so that more of them reach the boardroom. It was known as The Association of LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors until its new name and identity in 2026. Learn more at prismdirectors.org.

PRISM welcomes sitting corporate directors, executives preparing for their first board seat, and allies who support the mission. You can apply on the PRISM website.

Announced at the 4th Annual PRISM Summit on October 26, 2026, the Leadership Circle brings together senior LGBTQ+ corporate directors, each with at least five years of board experience, to build a community of peers and help open doors for the next generation. It is informal and separate from PRISM’s governing board, and it convenes formally in 2027. Meet the founding members.

Yes. PRISM is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, so gifts are tax-deductible as allowed by law. You can donate here, or get in touch about partnering on the annual Summit.

Koppa, the LGBTI+ Economic Power Lab, works to unlock LGBTI+ economic power through knowledge, finance and connection. Fabrice is a co-founder. In 2025 it launched Ring the Bell for LGBTIQ+ Equality with the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative, the UN Global Compact and UN Human Rights, and convened the first Global LGBTIQ+ Inclusive Finance Forum in New York. More at koppalab.org.

They are separate organizations with separate teams and boards. PRISM is a professional association focused on corporate boards in the United States. Koppa is a global lab focused on capital markets, inclusive finance and economic power.

Yes, through FH Consulting, the practice of Fabrice Houdart Consulting, LLC. It advises companies, boards, investors and development institutions on human rights, governance and LGBTQ+ talent. See Advisory.

He speaks to boards, leadership teams, investors and conferences, and gives interviews on LGBTQ+ inclusion in business and governance. Send the date, audience and topic through the contact page.

He publishes a weekly Substack on LGBTQ+ equality with more than 20,000 subscribers. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Post, Devex, Inc., the Washington Blade and the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance. A selection is on the Writing page.

Use the contact form for speaking, board, advisory and media requests, or connect on LinkedIn. For PRISM membership and events, write to info@prismdirectors.org.