President and CEOGeneration: You Employed
Mona Mourshed is the founding CEO of Generation: You Employed, a global nonprofit that supports adults to achieve economic mobility. Generation trains and places adult learners of all ages into careers that are otherwise inaccessible, delivering sector-leading employment and income results consistently across 17 countries and 40 professions. Since launching in 2015, Generation has over 125,000 graduates – of whom half are in the last two years - and who have earned $1.5 billion+ in wages. Generation also conducts original research on priority global employment transition topics, including supporting unemployed age 45+ individuals to successfully enter new careers. Mona has authored widely cited reports and articles on education, workforce, and social sector impact. She was named a 2024 Advocates in Aging by the American Society on Aging and is a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Entrepreneur. Mona has a B.A. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from MIT.
Early Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationLivelihoodsPost-Secondary EducationSecondary EducationWomen's and Girls' EducationYouth Job Skills
Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South America, Southeast Asia