Marina K. Email & Phone Number

Conduct deep-dives into key formative life influences, like family, education, and mentors, as well as exploration of all leadership experiences as a young person and a professional. In this role I interview people from all over the world, across all levels of experience (junior, mid, senior). I focus on pulling out key skills and mindsets as part of Ashoka's core hiring criteria, which focuses on entrepreneurial quality, social and emotional intelligence, ability to work in teams and collaborate, and self-definition as a leader.

Serve as a Board Member to advance co-generational innovations to address the world's most pressing challenges. We believe that older and younger generations coming together to collaborate on social ventures for real-world issues will leverage wisdom, energy, possibility, and experience combining forces to advance social good. Marina is an engaged board member and has served as a public representative for CoGenerate, speaking at events including the Hollywood Climate Summit and supporting other strategic partnerships.

The Paradigm Project is a multiyear initiative within Bringing Theory to Practice that aims to develop new models of holistic, inclusive, engaged learning and to activate systemic change—not simply piecemeal innovation—across higher education. These efforts include: advancing equitable and inclusive design practices and shifting the public narrative of higher education to be focused on the personal, social, and civic purpose of institutions. As a Paradigm Working Group member, Marina grapples with questions ranging from "What is a paradigm, and how do we change it?" to "How do we have the most impact as a movement of higher education leaders and institutions?"

Developed a team-first culture as a core part of Adyton's strategy and team ethos as we tackled ambitious goals to transform the DoD with world-class mobile technology. Embedded culture and core values into key systems and structures of the team, from recruiting to growth strategy to supporting all team members to thrive over time in a high-growth startup environment.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Served as mentor, advisor, and coach to both grad and undergrad students seeking social venture and career advice. Focused on how to think in an entrepreneurial way when approaching new ideas, business models, partnerships, and career planning. Specialization in human-centered approaches for creating positive culture and dynamics for any team, co-founder, and managerial situation.

Marina co-founded Ashoka U. As a result of Ashoka U’s bold and innovative partnerships with colleges and universities, countless institutions across the global higher education sector have come to value changemaking as a key educational outcome. At the forefront of this movement are over 50 Changemaker Campuses who have deeply and strategically adopted changemaking across their institutional curriculum, culture, and long-term strategies. To amplify the impact of Changemaker Campuses, Ashoka U launched the Exchange, the premiere global gathering for higher education innovators, thought leaders, and visionaries for the last 10+ years. Ashoka U has worked with 6000+ educators and 500 institutions, influencing over 1M students globally.

Curated a global University Network for Social Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University and the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University. We hosted a University Network Day as a pre-day to the annual Skoll World Forum, a leading gathering for social entrepreneurs. Also assisted the President of Ashoka with global organizational learning and strategic integration efforts. Organized and attended strategy summits with regional and global program leaders every two months to advance a major organizational strategy shift to our "Everyone a Changemaker" vision.

As a recipient of the Sand Hill Fellowship in Philanthropy, Marina worked directly with the President of The Flora Family Foundation (FFF). FFF is the philanthropic entity for the Hewlett Family and descendants, located within the Hewlett Foundation offices. Marina conducted due diligence and provided recommendations for grants totaling over $500k. Along with her cohort of Sand Hill Fellows, Marina experienced a rich learning immersion in the culture, structures, networks, and key leaders in the rapidly-growing philanthropy sector across Silicon Valley.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Relations

Activities and Societies: Future Social Innovators' Network (FUSION), BASES Social Entrepreneurs' Challenge, Sand Hill Philanthropy.

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