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KEYNOTE: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good - A Conversation with Ann Mei Chang

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KEYNOTE: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good - A Conversation with Ann Mei Chang

Want to exponentially grow the social impact of your work, time, or money? In her book 'Lean Impact', Ann Mei Chang brings the best practices for innovation from the heart of Silicon Valley to the purpose of social good. For this intimate fireside chat, we talk to Ann Mei about 'Lean Impact', her work as Chief Innovation Officer for Pete for America, and what's next.

Meet The Speaker

Ann Mei Chang
Ann Mei Chang
Author, Lean Impact. Former Chief Innovation Officer @ Pete for America, USAID, MercyCorps. Innovation/data for good.
Ann Mei Chang is a leading expert on social innovation and author of Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good and a fellow at The Bridgespan Group. Ann Mei served as the Chief Innovation Officer at USAID and first Executive Director of the US Global Development Lab, engaging the best practices for innovation from Silicon Valley to accelerate the impact and scale of solutions to the world’s most intractable challenges. In addition, she was Chief Innovation Officer for Pete for America, Chief Innovation Officer at Mercy Corps, and Senior Advisor for Women and Technology at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to her pivot to the public and social sector, Ann Mei was a seasoned technology executive, with more than 20 years’ experience at such leading companies as Google, Apple, and Intuit, as well as at a range of startups. As Senior Engineering Director at Google, she led worldwide engineering for mobile applications and services, delivering 20x growth to $1 billion in annual revenues in just three years. Ann Mei earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Stanford University and is a member of the Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellows’ class of 2011. She has been recognized as one of the “Women In the World: 125 Women of Impact” by Newsweek/The Daily Beast in 2013, "23 most powerful LGBTQ+ people in tech" by Business Insider in 2019, and "20 Top LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs, Executives and Thought Leaders" by Global Shakers in 2019.