{"id":37381,"date":"2014-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glg.tempsite.space\/news\/glg-social-impact-nonprofit-fellowship-social-sector-young-leaders\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T08:39:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:39:54","slug":"glg-social-impact-nonprofit-fellowship-social-sector-young-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glginsights.com\/zh-hans\/news\/glg-social-impact-nonprofit-fellowship-social-sector-young-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"GLG Social Impact Nonprofit Fellowship – Social Sector Young Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

GLG Launches Social Impact Fellowship \u2013 World\u2019s Largest Membership for Professional Learning and Expertise Now Open to Top Social Sector Young Leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inaugural Class of 12 Nonprofits and Social Enterprises Spans Causes and Geographies Will Receive Unlimited Access to GLG\u2019s 375,000 Experts and Mentors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Missions Include Community Health, Global Poverty, Entrepreneurship, Volunteerism, Disaster Recovery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Los Angeles, California, April 29, 2014<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (GLG), the world\u2019s largest membership for one-on-one professional learning, today launched the GLG Social Impact Fellowship (glgsocialimpact.com<\/a>) to give twelve promising nonprofit leaders access to one-on-one learning from 375,000 experts and thought leaders, without cost. These creative problem-solvers have already demonstrated that they are among the most promising and gifted social sector leaders and are ready to move beyond the advice and mentorship typically provided by board members and donors. GLG made the announcement from the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, a gathering of business, political, philanthropic, and intellectual leaders from around the world to discuss and confront the biggest global challenges.<\/p>\n

This nonprofit fellowship allows these Fellows to join GLG\u2019s community of leading investors, entrepreneurs, corporations, and consulting firms, who learn every day from academics, current and former C-suite executives, scientists, policy specialists, former public sector leaders, and other professional leaders. Fellows and their teams will work collaboratively with GLG professionals to leverage the breadth and depth of this network to inform their strategic decisions and increase their impact. GLG\u2019s total in-kind donation to the Fellows and their organizations is estimated at $1.4 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mission is to transform the way the world\u2019s top professionals share expertise, learn, and make decisions. This vital one-to-one learning has been available to top professionals across the private sector, and now we\u2019re making it available to the best and brightest innovators in the social sector, where the need for learning is particularly acute, and the opportunity for innovation especially rich,\u201d said GLG President and CEO Alexander Saint-Amand. \u201cThese curious and innovative Fellows, already having a big impact, are the future of the social sector. We\u2019re thrilled to partner with them as they scale their missions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2014 Fellows were chosen from a diverse group of leading early-stage and growing nonprofits and social enterprises invited to apply and interview. The competitive selection process, which will occur annually, was based on organizations\u2019 missions and models and on applicants\u2019 articulation of how GLG\u2019s resources would help them increase efficacy and scale at key moments in their organizational growth.<\/p>\n

The Fellows and their organizations tackle a range of social challenges around the world \u2013 from community health and entrepreneurship to extreme poverty in Africa and disaster response in the U.S. They are:<\/p>\n

Jen Field, GLG Director of Social Impact, oversees the Fellowship. She explained, \u201cOur first class of Fellows is an incredibly diverse group of social sector all-stars. They are energetic, dynamic, and deeply curious leaders of innovative and growing organizations. They present big ideas, face critical inflection points, and demonstrate sincere commitments to continuous learning and improvement, personally and professionally. We couldn\u2019t be prouder to welcome them and to support them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Fellows are eager to learn from the world\u2019s leading professionals, from GLG, and from each other. \u201cThe scale of our organizational ambitions require not only resources and coordination, but meaningful expertise and experience,\u201d said Manmeet Kaur of City Health Works. \u201cThe GLG Fellowship will give us access to specific expertise just when we need it. We will be able to make smarter decisions faster, and make a bigger difference for people in need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zack Rosenburg of St. Bernard Project said, \u201cI\u2019m honored and excited to be among this elite class of GLG Fellows. The group\u2019s diversity and range of missions combined with the breadth of GLG\u2019s membership should lead to unexpected and inspiring exchanges and collaborations that will benefit the people we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saint-Amand added, \u201cWe hope that having GLG at the table will help these young social sector leaders scale their impact and change lives. I believe they will find immense value in GLG and its network. Our teaching members have a lot to offer curious professionals across fields, and we are proud to now include these innovators who are changing the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brief bios of our Fellows and their organizations follow. Further information is available at\u00a0www.GLGSocialImpact.com\/fellows<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2014 GLG Social Impact Fellows<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachael Chong \u2013 Founder & CEO, Catchafire; New York, NY<\/strong><\/p>\n

www.catchafire.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Rachael Chong is the Founder and CEO of\u00a0Catchafire, the world\u2019s leading skills-based volunteer platform, which connects professionals with nonprofits on projects that create positive social impact. Rachael has been named one of the World Economic Forum\u2019s Young Global Leaders,\u00a0Fast Company<\/em>\u2019s 100 Most Creative People in Business, and received the NYC Venture Fellowship and the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award. Before Catchafire, Rachael helped start the US affiliate of the BRAC, the largest poverty alleviation organization in the world. To build her business acumen, Rachael worked at UBS Investment Bank after graduating from Barnard College. She has an MPP from Duke University and lives in New York.<\/p>\n