Brian Ruder has been the President of the Board of Directors at Final Exit Network since 2019. Under his guidance, the organization evolved from a mainly volunteer-driven nonprofit to a more traditional executive director-led model. Brian has volunteered in the right to die movement for over a decade and joined Final Exit Network in 2015.

Brian retired from Visa International as a senior vice president and held various management positions for businesses globally during his career. Most recently, he was a professor at Portland State University in the MBA program. Brian holds a BS and an MS from Kansas State University.