(I only accept connections if we've actually met in person or virtually).With 20 years of experience in leading innovative ventures that sought social change and yielded results, I am a political and policy entrepreneur, nonprofit executive, and activist who brings vision and passion to missions I take on. I run Project Starling, a new think and do tank that works for a multilateral system that delivers. We renew institutions by connecting people, ideas, and power, in collaboration with a diverse and talented team of partners and advisors. As a former refugee and boat person from Vietnam, I know how it feels to be powerless. And as a leader who has operated at senior levels of the policy world, I also know what it’s like to have power. I leverage my skills in international relations, strategic communications, and policy analysis to influence global policymaking, mobilize action, and shift the power asymmetry in thought leadership and impact. (I only accept connections if I've met you.)My achievements include:* Devising and running a major global effort to help the UN create the Sustainable Development Goals and open up United Nations’ decision-making to engage a global audience* Running a political campaign to inform and mobilize overlooked immigrant voters * Consistently leading, motivating, and mentoring high-performing teams in demanding situations* Helping to develop a norm of more aid to poorest countries & bolder ideas for ending global poverty* Nurturing a network of Global South think tanks to influence global policymaking.My greatest assets are the relationships I have with people across philanthropy, civil society, multilateral organizations, and political and democracy activist communities.Bio:Minh-Thu Pham has two decades of experience building highly effective teams and coalitions to tackle global challenges. As an advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan during a time of deep crisis, she helped the UN manage change and reform. At the UN Foundation, she led a global effort to help create and deliver the Sustainable Development Goals and its financing agreements and mobilize broad coalitions.She has broad expertise in policy and social change processes, global development, finance, and climate, democracy, human rights, refugees, global governance, diplomacy, and philanthropy. She's been featured in The Washington Post, NBC Nightly News, Politico, The NYTimes, Tavis Smiley Show and others.A proud former refugee, Minh-Thu currently lives in NYC with her husband and two daughters.