Hello there.
I'm an applied social impact geek with over ten years of leadership experience in:
I have two decades of experience spanning grassroots community non-profits, multi-national private sector firms, and academic and policy-adjacent institutions. My niche area of expertise is creating ways for public, non-profit, philanthropic, and private sector stakeholders to discover and achieve collective ends—and figuring out how to design and embed equity practices within organizational structures. Currently, I'm the Executive Vice President of Social Impact at Blue Star Families. I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago, with an area focus on civic responsibility, institutional change, democratic theory, and mixed-methods research. My work has been recognized with awards and fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the Marguerite Casey Foundation, and the United Nations - Chicago for achievements in "Innovation, Industry, and Infrastructure" in social development. In my spare time, I race bikes, write an occasional article, mentor in the Institute of Politics’ Women in Public Service program, and am an Advisory Board member at SXSWedu and Future Founders. Totally down to talk about any and all of these areas. Reach out at lindsay.knight (at) gmail (dot) com. |