Designed after similar programs in the private equity world where successful entrepreneurs are invited to spend a year developing new for-profit ventures, the Heckscher Leadership Fellows Program provides those in senior education leadership positions with an opportunity to develop new non-profit venture projects and approaches that help level the playing field for underserved youth.

The Opportunity Network, a national education nonprofit based in New York, ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Chief is a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. Chief is the only organization specifically designed for senior women leaders to strengthen their leadership journey, cross-pollinate ideas across industries, and effect change from the top-down.

The Core Certificate Program equips nonprofit leaders with the skills, knowledge, and networks they need to make strategic, mission-driven decisions.

The Director’s Fellows program is creating a diverse global network empowered by technology and creativity from the MIT Media Lab.Founded by Joi Ito in 2013, the Director’s Fellow program connects a global community of charismatic and visionary leaders to the antidisciplinary research culture of the MIT Media Lab. Through curated collaborations, the program aims to expand the perspectives of our academic community, while strengthening the fellows’ capacity to serve, lead, and act as ambassadors of the Media Lab’s mission, addressing pressing issues through the lens of civic engagement, social change, education, and creative disruption.A director’s fellow is offered a two-year honorary affiliation with the MIT Media Lab, and the opportunity to meet and connect with the Media Lab network both on and offsite to blur the lines between academia and the world.Director’s fellows embody the Media Lab’s signature characteristics of uniqueness, magic, and impact.