Shawna Young, Mba

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER| Educational Nonprofits | Philanthropic Foundations | Edtech Startups | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Thought Leader | Qualified Board Member I Social Impact Innovator I STEM Change Maker @ Camelback Ventures
Shawna Young, Mba's Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, United States
About Shawna Young, Mba

HIGHEST OVERSIGHT: $35M+ P&L | 1,600 Team Members | Global Organization ✪ LEADERSHIP VALUE & IMPACTAn energetic high-impact leader with 25+ years of demonstrated leadership experience in nonprofit executive leadership, business development, and K-12 and higher education. Possesses deep knowledge and experience leading business and nonprofit management, expanding fundraising networks, creating innovative programs, and facilitating multidimensional processes. Driven by passion as a deeply committed advocate of equitable educational opportunities for underserved populations, impacting the lives and careers of millions of children. Inclusion champion and influencer driving policy change at all levels to improve educational opportunities and equity justice while aligning organizational strategy and fostering a diverse, results-oriented team culture.Sets a bold vision for the organization anchored in equity and social impact; builds a talented and diverse team; elevates solutions and ideas; and, in conjunction, creates a strategy that aligns the business, social impact, and diversity goals of the organization.✪ 25+ YEARS OF SOCIAL IMPACT LEADERSHIP HISTORY Social Impact Advisor to Google’s Impact and Outreach Team and transformational leadership at educational nonprofits, including Ada Developers Academy, Scratch Foundation, Duke Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP), MIT Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES), and Broad Institute’s Diversity Initiative & Educational Outreach Program. •Quadrupled Scratch Foundation’s operational budget from $7M to $30M+ in 2 fiscal years, supporting the world’s largest coding platform serving 100M+ children worldwide. •Transformed Duke TIP, the largest academic talent search, with 450K+ students annually and 12K+ students matriculating through on-campus and online programs, into a social impact organization. •Spearheaded MITES programs at MIT and guided career trajectories of 3K+ next-generation STEM leaders from underrepresented and underserved communities by offering challenging, STEM-focused pre-college programs. ✪ THOUGHT LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS•Women to Watch List 2022 – Sponsored by Nonprofit HR in recognition of contributions to the social impact sector.•Champion for Black wealth creation w/ 500+ Black, intergenerational members through Onyx Black Wealth Collective. •Author – Published article in the Hechinger Report naming systemic injustices as “Opportunity Embargos” and advocated for equitable educational solutions to thwart negative impact of opportunity gaps on underserved children.

Shawna Young, Mba's Current Company Details
Camelback Ventures

Camelback Ventures

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER| Educational Nonprofits | Philanthropic Foundations | Edtech Startups | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Thought Leader | Qualified Board Member I Social Impact Innovator I STEM Change Maker
Shawna Young, Mba Work Experience Details
  • Camelback Ventures
    Chief Executive Officer
    Camelback Ventures Apr 2024 - Present
    New Orleans, La, Us
    OVERSIGHT: $7M+ Annual Budget | 4 Direct / 12 Indirect Reports | National Oversight | Reported to BoD | Hired to lead the growth of Camelback’s vision and mission, as Aaron Walker transitions from Founder and CEO to Strategic Advisor.Since its inception in 2015, Camelback Ventures has provided entrepreneurs of color and women with the mentorship, seed funding, and community they need to make the world more equitable through their ideas and organizations.
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  • Ada Developers Academy
    Interim Chief Executive Officer
    Ada Developers Academy Sep 2023 - Apr 2024
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    OVERSIGHT: $6M+ Annual Budget | 4 Direct / 12 Indirect Reports | National Oversight | Reported to BoD | Hired to lead a strategic transformation to revamp the financial, programmatic and operational models to increase access to software engineering careers for diverse women and gender expansive people. Championing strategic planning and fundraising efforts revitalize the 10-year program model and operational structure. Diversifying the sources of income and partnerships to strengthen the organization to prepare the gender diverse adults for careers in software engineering.Ada Developers Academy is nonprofit with a mission to prepare women and gender expansive people from Black, Latine, Indigenous Americans, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander, LGBTQIA+, and low-income communities to become software developers Ada provides a free of charge 11-month coding training program (classroom + internship).
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  • Forward Impact Investments, Llc
    Founder And Principal Advisor
    Forward Impact Investments, Llc 2020 - Sep 2023
    GOOGLE – Advising Impact & Outreach Team on social impact strategies expected to influence the entire organization. Developing effective strategies for integrating social impact principals into philanthropic giving and community-based partnerships for Impact & Outreach Team.CANADA STRATEGIC SCIENCE FUND – Synopsis: Served on the advisory committee tasked with reviewing and selecting proposals for Canada’s Strategic Science Fund investments of up to $1.8B across various scientific areas, including climate, physics, medical research, and STEM education.COUNTRYSIDE GYMNASTICS – Helped this NC-based gymnastics center to leverage technology—as a tool for upgrading business operations and customer experience—and develop its recovery strategy from a 50% revenue loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, requested guidance on succession planning and owner transition. As a result, the company recovered financially, with 2022 revenue projected to increase to $800K, a 100% increase from 2020.Forward Impact Investments is a privately held consulting practice supporting businesses, ranging from small and mid-sized to Fortune 10 enterprises, to define and expand their social impact platform through integrating DE&I and justice principles. Also provides strategic planning and implementation to improve business operations and achieve business goals.
  • Scratch Foundation
    Executive Director, Scratch Foundation
    Scratch Foundation 2020 - 2022
    Boston, Ma, Us
    OVERSIGHT: $30M+ Annual Budget | 10 Direct / 70 Indirect Reports | Global Oversight | Reported to BoD | Hired to direct and transform the largest children’s coding platform (100M+ users) to an innovative social impact organization and diversify leadership and staff. ✪ DELIVERED RESULTS:•Transitioned the organization from its founding configuration (a research lab at MIT Media Lab) to a thriving EdTech nonprofit with a social impact focus. Built operational, engineering, product, and philanthropy infrastructure and diversified the organization’s staff while expanding outreach to underserved communities.•Scaled operational budget and fundraising revenue from $7M to $30M+ annually in 2 fiscal years and restructured the organization to increase collaboration and efficiency across engineering, product, programs, and operations.•Acquired $30M+ in new funding while enhancing product development and broadening access to underserved populations.•Secured $10M+ in new funding to develop and launch the Scratch Education Collaborative to strengthen social impact partnerships with over 130 organizations globally, including underserved regions in the United States, Mexico, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil, and APAC.•Created $3M grant-making social impact fund with support from LEGO Foundation and Google.org.•Diversified staff of 80+ to a more representative population, with 50% identifying as people of color and 60% as women.•Drove product innovation by supporting the launch and expansion of Scratch Lab, a sandbox for users to test product extensions with innovative technology.Scratch is a nonprofit with a mission to provide opportunities to children from diverse backgrounds so they can imagine, create, collaborate, and shape the world of tomorrow. In 2007, Scratch launched as a downloadable desktop app and upgraded to a web-based platform in 2013. Today, Scratch is the world’s largest coding platform for 100M+ kids, available worldwide for free.
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  • Duke University
    Executive Director, Duke Talent Identification Program (Tip)
    Duke University 2016 - 2020
    Durham, North Carolina, Us
    OVERSIGHT: $35M+ Operational Budget plus $13M+ Endowment | 9 Direct/ 1600+ Indirect Reports | Southeastern US | Reported to Vice Provost of Undergraduate EducationSpearheaded the transformation of the largest academic talent search (450K+ students) into a social impact organization focused on providing advanced educational opportunities to gifted students from underserved segments. ✪ DELIVERED RESULTS:• Quadrupled philanthropic support equal to $4.6M supporting scholarships for students with limited financial resources.• Diversified leadership team to over 50% of women and underrepresented communities. • Increased access for underrepresented gifted students to participate in the Duke TIP talent search. — Created new identification pathways for students from underserved communities to participate in Duke TIP. — Adopted universal qualification criteria for online and on-campus programs. Previously, the bar was higher for on-campus programs, leading to a less diverse campus population. • Championed the development of new enrichment programming, educational research and evaluation, and university-community partnerships through strategic planning and development of new organizational divisions.
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  • Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
    Executive Director, Office Of Engineering Outreach Programs
    Massachusetts Institute Of Technology 2008 - 2016
    Cambridge, Ma, Us
    OVERSIGHT: $2.5M Operating Budget plus $10M+ Endowment | 4 Direct/300 Indirect Reports | 500+ Students Served | Reported to Dean of the School of Engineering Navigated the organization through the 2008 economic downturn and expanded capacity to serve more students through new shorter on-campus programs and hybrid learning options. Directed organizational and programmatic impact, financial stability, recruitment methods, and alums relationships of OEOP while providing expert-level guidance in strategic planning. ✪ DELIVERED RESULTS:•Doubled program’s capacity and operational budget from $1.3M to $2.5M to deliver exceptional support to a network of 5K+ students, parents, and alums from historically marginalized communities. •Grew the number of students served annually from 250 to 500+ by creating 3 new summer on-campus and hybrid programs for students from Boston and across the country. •Spearheaded programs and guided career trajectories of 3K+ next-generation STEM leaders, from underrepresented and underserved communities, through challenging STEM-focused pre-college programs. •Enabled >95% college acceptance rate and more than 75% majoring in STEM by revamping the program model and providing continuous support for local students from middle to high school.•Increased interest in MIT —with 90% of participants applying to MIT and achieving up to 10X MIT’s 4% acceptance rate (with up to 40% MITES accepted)—based program evaluation results that determined participation in the program increased applications to MIT. •Conducted pioneering research concluding that participation in MITES reduced college undermatching and increased applications to MIT from underserved communities.
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  • Broad Institute
    Administrator, Diversity Initiative And Educational Outreach Program
    Broad Institute 2007 - 2008
    Cambridge, Ma, Us
    OVERSIGHT: $500K Operating Budget | Reported to Director of Genomic Center for Infectious Disease | Developed a national model for underrepresented students to pursue careers in genomic sciences. Broad Institute is a biomedical and genomic research center independently governed and supported as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization, partnering with MIT, Harvard University, and the 5 Harvard teaching hospitals. Employs teams of professional scientists focused on discovering, developing, and optimizing the technological tools used for research. Hired to increase diversity among scientists and student body. ✪ DELIVERED RESULTS:•Doubled capacity of the Diversity Initiative programs to almost 50 high school students through visiting professors. —Initiated visiting faculty and medical student research programs and expanded high school MITES Genomics course, undergraduate summer research programs, and postdoctoral fellowships to increase scholars from underrepresented communities in genomics research. —Developed visiting faculty program leading to research partnerships with professors from underrepresented communities and historically Black colleges.•Achieved exceptional results, including a 100% completion rate for summer interns, with 50%+ pursuing graduate STEM studies.
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  • Edc (Education Development Center)
    Facilitator/Curriculum Developer, Edtech Leaders Online, Center For Online
    Edc (Education Development Center) 2006 - 2008
    Waltham, Massachusetts, Us
    EDC is a global nonprofit organization established to improve education, promote health and expand economic opportunity across the US and 80+ other countries with $146M in revenue and 900 employees worldwide.✪ DELIVERED RESULTS:•Designed capacity-building online training for science, math, and virtual teachers. •Facilitated face-to-face workshops for educators participating in a “Ready to Learn” federal grant.
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  • Durham Public Schools
    Science Teacher, Hillside High School
    Durham Public Schools 2000 - 2005
    Durham, North Carolina, Us
    I developed challenging and inquiry-based curricula and enrichment activities for students taking multiple science courses, including AP/IB Physics I/II, Honors/College Prep Chemistry, AP/Honors/College Prep Environmental Science, and Physical Science. I prepared students for standardized End-of-Course (EOC) tests, including top performance on Physics EOC in the county in 2003. In addition, I enjoyed mentoring UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University student teachers during their training internships in my classroom.
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  • Learn Nc
    Curriculum Developer And Instructor, Ap Environmental Science Online
    Learn Nc 2002 - 2004
    I developed an online AP Environmental Science course and taught students from across North Carolina.
  • Union County Public Schools
    Science Teacher, Sun Valley High School
    Union County Public Schools 1998 - 1999
    Monroe, Nc, Us
    I taught students the fundamentals of physical science and chemistry through engaging curricula. I also initiated and co-sponsored the Science Olympiad Team.
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  • Ge Plastics
    Technical Marketing Engineer, Technical Leadership Program (Tlp)
    Ge Plastics 1997 - 1998

Shawna Young, Mba Education Details

  • Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
    General
  • University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
    University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
    Science Education
  • Questrom School Of Business, Boston University
    Questrom School Of Business, Boston University
    General
  • Howard University
    Howard University
    Chemistry

Frequently Asked Questions about Shawna Young, Mba

What company does Shawna Young, Mba work for?

Shawna Young, Mba works for Camelback Ventures

What is Shawna Young, Mba's role at the current company?

Shawna Young, Mba's current role is CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER| Educational Nonprofits | Philanthropic Foundations | Edtech Startups | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Thought Leader | Qualified Board Member I Social Impact Innovator I STEM Change Maker.

What schools did Shawna Young, Mba attend?

Shawna Young, Mba attended Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Questrom School Of Business, Boston University, Howard University.

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