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GLORIA LEE
TITLE
lecturer
ORGANIZATION
Stanford University
BIOGRAPHY
Gloria is a social entrepreneur & educator who has focused her career on building organizations to improve learning for children farthest from opportunity. She is currently incubating a new venture to strengthen community cohesion. She also teaches graduate-level classes in social entrepreneurship at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and UC-Berkeley Haas School of Business. She recently worked on an initiative to transform math outcomes for preK-5 students. In 2023, she produced 2 documentary films and an animated short film on international solutions in K12 education. Previously, she founded and led Educate78 to accelerate ecosystem-wide improvement in public education in Oakland, CA. Gloria also served as President at NewSchools Venture Fund, a leading venture philanthropy. She co-founded Teaching Channel (a professional development video platform), Yu Ming Charter School (California’s first Mandarin immersion charter school and now a National Blue Ribbon school), and Aspire Public Schools (national charter management organization). Gloria started her career as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. She received her BS in Agricultural Economics at Cornell University, and MBA and MA in Education at Stanford University.