ALLISON DEVORE

Allison Devore is a seasoned social enterprise leader with extensive experience in international business, economic development and corporate social responsibility. She’s dedicated her career to creating sustainable opportunities for underserved populations, and a positive future for workers and their families. Most recently, Allison was Executive Director of StreetWise Partners. Prior to this, she managed business development for Verite, a recipient of a 2007 Skoll award, that helps corporations find innovative solutions to workplace problems in over 70 countries. She also held senior management roles at the Center for Women & Enterprise, MusicMatters, and CitySoft Inc., a recipient of MIT’s Socially Responsible Business award. Devore began her career as a consultant for Accenture and KPMG’s communications and technology strategy practice. She monitored the 1999 elections in South Africa and was a fellow in McKinsey & Co’s nonprofit initiative. She has been an advisor to Investing in Media that Matters – at Sundance, America Forward, and the U.S. State Department’s President’s Interagency Council on Women, Opportunity Nation among others. She received her B.A. in Economics from U.C. Irvine and Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.