Yordanos Eyoel — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder and CEO of Keseb, a nonpartisan organization focused on advancing inclusive and resilient democracies.
Former Managing Partner at New Profit, where she was the first to rise from Portfolio Analyst to Managing Partner.
An Ashoka Fellow and a Civil Society Fellow of the Aspen Institute.
Recipient of awards from the Elevate Prize Foundation and Unorthodox Philanthropy.
Holds a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School.
Earned a B.A. in Economics and Political Science, Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Florida.

Biography

Yordanos Eyoel is an Ethiopian-American democracy entrepreneur who serves as the Founder and CEO of Keseb. Keseb is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to building a transnational civil society ecosystem aimed at advancing inclusive and resilient democracies.

Her expertise lies at the intersection of philanthropy and practice, where she focuses on building and strengthening ecosystems for social and democracy innovation.