Jessica Goldstein leads the Skoll Foundation’s convenings strategy and implementation. This includes the Skoll World Forum, a global annual gathering with our growing network to collaborate and advance solutions to the world’s most pressing problems.
Previously, Jessica spent more than two decades at NPR as an award-winning journalist working on a range of platforms, including radio, podcasts, and video. She circled the globe covering environmental stories from climate change in Antarctica to the health of the orangutan population in Sumatra. Beyond the newsroom, Jessica created NPR's hugely successful Tiny Desk Contest and many other extensions of NPR content, including the How I Built This Summit and live productions of NPR shows on stage.
Jessica holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She loves swimming in lakes, identifying plants when hiking and dancing to all music. She is a bread-baking enthusiast and cherishes gathering family and friends around the table for her home cooked meals.
