Wes Moore

Future City is a series on Baltimore's WYPR station. In this interview based talk show, Wes Moore examines systemic issues in Baltimore. It's easy to talk about what’s wrong in Baltimore.  The challenge is to talk about what’s next. In each episode, Wes looks at bright ideas that are working in other cities.  And he asks the question: Can those ideas work for Baltimore?

In April 2017, it was announced Moore would be appointed CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, a poverty-fighting organization funding schools, food pantries and shelters in New York City. Beginning the position in June 2017, he is the organization's first chief executive officer in its 30-year history.

Coming Back with Wes Moore, a series executive produced by author and former Army combat veteran Wes Moore, aired in three parts on consecutive Tuesdays beginning May 13, 2014, on PBS. The three episode series tells the story of Wes Moore's search for answers to some of the most difficult questions related to returning home from war. The show follows the personal lives of different soldiers as they attempt to reintegrate back into society, establish new identities, and find new missions. Each episode focuses on a different stage of coming home: "Coming Back", "Fitting In" and "Moving Forward".

Moore has also presented a TED talk at TEDSalon NY2014 titled How to Talk to Veterans About the War.

Moore's first book, The Other Wes Moore, was published in 2010. This book and The Work are New York Times Bestsellers. Additionally, Discovering Wes Moore is a Young Adult edition of his bestselling book, and This Way Home, his first Young Adult novel, was released in the Fall of 2015.

While living in London, Moore started a career in finance at Deutsche Bank in the international trade and finance division, but in 2005 he left to use his skills as a paratrooper and joined the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army in Afghanistan. Moore led a team of paratroopers and special operators who were trained in civil affairs, psychological operations, information operations and various other special operations command disciplines. Among the many awards he received was the Combat Action Badge.

After high school, Moore graduated Phi Theta Kappa from Valley Forge Military College, a junior college in Pennsylvania. He went on to attend Johns Hopkins University where he studied International Relations and Economics and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 2001. Immediately after, he attended the Wolfson College, Oxford as a Rhodes scholar where he earned a master's degree in International Relations.

Westley "Wes" Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American author, social entrepreneur, television producer, and decorated US Army combat veteran. He is the author of The Other Wes Moore and The Work, both of which are New York Times Bestsellers. He was also the host for Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network, as well as the executive producer and a writer for Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS.

Moore was born in Baltimore on October 15, 1978, to father William Westley Moore Jr., a radio news host, and mother Joy, a native of Lowe River, Jamaica.