EXPERIENCE
Credit: Ashesi University
WINTHROP CARTY
Founder
Across 30 years in social innovation, philanthropy, international education, and network-building, in roles ranging from CEO, board member, founder and consultant to teacher, researcher, writer and editor, I’ve worked with big institutions like Harvard, start-ups like Empowered to Educate, and global networks like the Melton Foundation and New England International Donors.
I’ve learned much from where I’ve hung my hat, including Spanish from my childhood in Colombia. Lots of things fire up my neurons, from cooking with family to playing electric bass. I balance all this excitement with forays into nature.
For specifics, download my CV or scroll over my service areas below
Networks
New England International Donors
Supporting strategic growth of philanthropist network
MIT D-Lab Practical Impact Alliance
Participant and co-facilitator in network focused on participatory design (co-creation)
Melton Foundation
Executive Director of a Global Citizenship fellowship program and network
Harvard Kennedy School
Built a learning and research network of public-sector innovation awards programs
Catalyst 2030
Helping to design structure for global network of social entrepreneurs
The Wellbeing Project
Active member of ecosystem that supports the inner wellbeing of changemakers
Emerging Leaders
Melton Foundation
Executive Director of a Global Citizenship fellowship program and network
Empowered to Educate
Helping to create and launch a fellowship program for women innovators in education
Harvard LASPAU
Managed educational development programs in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Central America.
Ford Foundation – Rio de Janeiro
Co-developed Afro-Brazilian Studies Program
University of Barcelona
Managed Study Abroad program
World Learning
Advised Central American USAID Scholars at US universities
Convenings
World Bank - Indonesia
Taught researchers & edited case studies on innovation
MIT D-Lab Practical Impact Alliance
Co-facilitated workshops on participatory design (co-creation)
Melton Foundation
Led organization of 10 global conferences and co-designed and co-led workshops on diverse topics
Strategic ICT for Latin American Leaders
Designed & co-taught 4 courses for university leaders in Chile, Venezuela, and at Harvard U.
Carnegie Council
Co-designed and facilitated Leveraging Networks for Impact Roundtable Series
Presidency of Mexico & USAID
Co-organized and co-taught conferences & workshops on government innovation
My Core Values
GENDER EQUITY
Gender equity is the critical path to a more fair, tolerant, and sustainable world.
EDUCATION
True access to quality education is the best investment we can make.
COLLABORATION
We need to learn how to share turf, credit, and accountability.
INTEGRITY
Try every day to narrow the gap between what we say and what we do.
