President and CEOGeneration: You Employed
Mona Mourshed is the founding CEO of Generation: You Employed, a global nonprofit organization that supports adults to achieve economic mobility through a career. Generation trains and places adult learners into careers that are otherwise inaccessible, delivering sector-leading employment and income results consistently across 18 countries and 40 professions. Since launching in 2015, Generation has 100,000 graduates (of which half are in the last two years) who have earned $1 billion+ in wages. Mona has authored widely cited reports and articles on education, workforce, and social sector impact; and, she previously founded and led McKinsey & Company's global education practice. Mona was selected as one of Fortune Magazine’s ’40 under 40’, sits on the boards of New America, Teach for All, and Last Mile Health, is a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Entrepreneur, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. 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