Samantha Lee

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Head of Founder Programs and Community @ Demand Discovery Group
California, United States
Samantha Lee's Location
Los Angeles, California, United States, United States
About Samantha Lee

Passionate about creating sustainable social impact, Samantha has served as a panelist and speaker on a range of topics including Tri-Sector Partnerships at the Responsible Business Forum, Design Thinking at the World Vision International Youth for Change Conference, Social Innovation at Deloitte, and Corporate Volunteering at the inaugural Thai National Conference on Volunteerism. BMW Foundation Young Leader, Taproot Foundation Global Pro Bono Fellow. Appointed Associate Adult Educator with the Social Service Institute (Singapore). Has a special interest in economic development and poverty alleviation and has been involved in the social sector for over 10 years. Loves good food, interesting conversations and treetop hikes. Has also done volunteer work in Honduras, India and Vietnam.

Samantha Lee's Current Company Details
Demand Discovery Group

Demand Discovery Group

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Head of Founder Programs and Community
California, United States
Samantha Lee Work Experience Details
  • Demand Discovery Group
    Head Of Founder Programs And Community
    Demand Discovery Group
    California, United States
  • Acumen, Llc
    Snr Data & Policy Analyst
    Acumen, Llc Feb 2023 - Present
    Burlingame, California, Us
    • Manage a team of programmers to deliver a data analytics and lead generation tool for identifying fraud, waste, and abuse in the US healthcare system. The product is used by over 1,000 Assistant US Attorneys and DOJ staff, along with other agencies, in anti-fraud enforcement.• Be the bridge between the project team and public sector clients, including interpreting client needs and requests, coordinating project activities, making strategic decisions, managing and analyzing data, performing statistical analysis, and communicating study specifications and findings to multiple audiences.
  • Stonesoup Partners
    Founder
    Stonesoup Partners Oct 2021 - Present
    • Built an angel investment network to channel capital and expertise to startups in Africa. Previous angel investments include Clafiya, OZÉ, Winko, Qwili and YC Alum - Remedial Health• Judge and mentor for Stanford’s Technology Entrepreneurship class (undergrad) and Entrepreneurship without Borders class (graduate), and UC Berkeley’s Decode Silicon Valley Startup Success class
  • Flywheel Ventures & Global Ventures
    Investment Associate
    Flywheel Ventures & Global Ventures Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
    • Conducted detailed market, industry and company research, and due diligence to develop Investment Committee memos evaluating early stage investment opportunities• Created valuation reports on 8 potential and existing portfolio companies
  • Tri-Sector Associates
    Project Lead
    Tri-Sector Associates Mar 2019 - May 2022
    Orchard, Central Singapore Community Development Council, Sg
    • TSA specializes in creating effective methods of cross-sector collaboration, such as Pay For Success projects by drawing from the latest data analytics and impact investing tools across the world• Worked with a global organization to deploy US$1B to the vision space through pay-for-success mechanisms, including working with funders and other stakeholders to design the success metrics, develop the financial model, and evaluate service providers.• Led a team of 3 consultants to develop Singapore’s first Social Impact Bonds in the areas of Healthcare and Workforce Development, including structuring the bond and negotiating with key stakeholders, securing 2 government agencies as outcome payors and raising 1.1M of upfront investments from private investors
  • Isn Medical
    Business Development (Under The Gsb Stanford Institute For Innovation In Developing Economies)
    Isn Medical Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
    Lagos, Lagos, Ng
    • Worked with ISN Medical to lead the expansion of their Chronicare clinics from 2 to 10 clinics across Nigeria to serve 5000 patients by providing comprehensive diabetes care services (including testing, education and telehealth services)• Developed a commercialization plan including product and service delivery improvements, marketing strategy, launch strategy, operations plan, organizational design and structure, and financial modeling
  • Elevate Social Businesses
    Manager
    Elevate Social Businesses Apr 2018 - Mar 2019
    • Elevate is a social investment fund that invests in and builds social businesses to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers • Led Elevate’s expansion efforts in Southeast Asia by performing comprehensive and in-depth company, country and industry research and analysis to evaluate potential investments in Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia• Set up the Southeast Asia HQ in Singapore and conducted due diligence of investment evaluations, leading due diligence trips abroad to assess opportunities to build agribusinesses in the three key markets• Developed business cases and detailed financial models for potential social business investments
  • Conjunct Consulting
    Ceo & Founding Member
    Conjunct Consulting Aug 2011 - Feb 2018
    Orchard, Sg
    Our mission is to engage, mobilise and empower pro bono talent to strengthen social good organisations• Led a 1000-member strong capability-building firm to provide consulting services to Asia's social sector• Managed a team of 5 executives to achieve quality social impact and scale, growing earned income by 400% in 2 years• Completed more than 200 projects with over 150 non-profit organizations and social enterprises, deploying more than $6M in skilled talent to the social sector. Personally oversaw over 80 projects, 98% of clients will recommend us; 95% agree that Conjunct has helped them better serve their beneficiaries• Scaled business operations to achieve greater impact sustainably; secured corporate and public sector clients including GSK, GE, IBM, the National Council for Social Services and Singapore Academy of Law• Launched Conjunct Academy (Conjunct’s training arm) as a new business unit to develop high-impact socially conscious leaders, training over 120 people in the first 6 months• Led a team of 4 consultants on a program evaluation project for a regional foundation to assess the effectiveness of their initiative to build sustainable access to clean treated water in Cambodia• Led a team of 6 consultants to map the funding landscape and develop a regional fundraising strategy spanning Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong-China and Australia-New Zealand for one of the largest environmental organizations globally• Organized the 4th Global Pro Bono Summit in collaboration with the BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt Foundation and the Taproot Foundation attended by over 70 participants from 23 countries
  • Conjunct Consulting
    Chapter Director, Project Lead
    Conjunct Consulting 2011 - 2014
    Orchard, Sg
    Conjunct Consulting (NUS Chapter), Chapter Director • Led a team of 5 students to recruit, train and deploy over 70 student volunteers for social sector clients• Achieved a 20% expansion of the C2 NUS Chapter, enabling the chapter to reach steady-state• Nurtured win-win relations with the NUS Career Centre, 5 student societies and relevant faculties, achieving official status within NUS and a 60% increase in recruitment of volunteers
  • Ministry Of Trade And Industry (Singapore)
    Assistant Director
    Ministry Of Trade And Industry (Singapore) 2014 - 2015
    Singapore, Sg
    The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) promotes economic growth and creates good jobs, to enable Singaporeans to improve their lives.• Analyzed macro-economic trends to develop and implement Singapore's trade policies• Represented Singapore at the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum and the Turkey-Singapore Free Trade Agreement negotiations, working on Environmental Goods, Trade Facilitation and Developing Country issues. • Posted to the Singapore Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organisation in Geneva to gather on-the-ground information and further Singapore’s interest at the international fora
  • Dbs Bank
    Corporate Social Responsibility
    Dbs Bank 2012 - 2012
    Singapore, Sg
    • Did quantitative analyses of market trends and financial reports and conducted surveys and interviews to analyze the financial needs of the Social Enterprise (SE) market in 6 countries• Recommended 5 key changes in the financing structure of the old SE Banking Package to launch a regional framework that disburses $10 million to over 100 Social Enterprises across 5 years
  • Youth Business International (Ybi)
    Programme Management
    Youth Business International (Ybi) 2010 - 2010
    London, England, Gb
    Youth Business Singapore (YBS)• Crafted the YBS Code of Conduct and Operations Manual, to ensure compliance with the Youth Business International standards, enabling YBS to achieve international accreditation• Was responsible for the selection and engagement of the Youth Entrepreneurs including disbursing loans and matching them to mentors• Collaborated with Youth Business China and the Singapore Consulate-General Office (Xiamen) to organize an inaugural mission to China for local enterprises to explore partnership opportunities

Samantha Lee Skills

Social Entrepreneurship Leadership Management Consulting International Relations Social Sector Strategy Nonprofits Client Relations Entrepreneurship Volunteer Management Training And Development Fundraising Public Speaking Research Consulting Strategic Planning Analysis Program Management Project Management Management Nonprofit Organizations Microsoft Office

Samantha Lee Education Details

  • Stanford University
    Stanford University
    Governance And Development
  • National University Of Singapore
    National University Of Singapore
    Political Science And Government
  • Yale University
    Yale University
    Liberal Arts

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Samantha Lee works for Demand Discovery Group

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Samantha Lee's current role is Head of Founder Programs and Community.

What schools did Samantha Lee attend?

Samantha Lee attended Stanford University, National University Of Singapore, Yale University.

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Samantha Lee has skills like Social Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management Consulting, International Relations, Social Sector, Strategy, Nonprofits, Client Relations, Entrepreneurship, Volunteer Management, Training And Development, Fundraising.

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