Shawn Holden Cheung

Biography

Shawn is the founder and CEO of Raising The Village, a nonprofit working at the intersection of data analytics and livelihoods to end ultra-poverty for last-mile communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

By applying advanced data analytics to agriculture and community participation, Raising The Village increases household incomes through low-cost, high-impact, and community-led interventions. In 2024, Raising The Village crossed the milestone of 1 million lives impacted since its founding in 2015, with an ambitious goal of reaching 1 million annually by 2027.

Shawn holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University. He combines his management consulting background with program implementation and data analytics expertise with the vision to change how non-profits design, implement, and measure projects. Shawn has been recognized among Canada's Top 40 under 40 as an innovator changing how things are done.