Mona Mourshed

Dr. Mona Mourshed is the founding CEO of Generation.

Mona previously founded and led McKinsey & Company’s global education practice, and currently leads McKinsey’s global social responsibility agenda and the non-profit McKinsey.org.

Mona has authored widely cited education reports, including Education to Employment: Getting Europe’s Youth Into Work, Education to Employment: Designing a System That Works, How the World’s Most Improved School Systems Keep Getting Better, and How the World’s Best Performing School Systems Come Out on Top. She was selected as one of Fortune Magazine’s ’40 under 40’, sits on the boards of New America and Teach for All, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and previously served on the Board of Governors of the International Baccalaureate Organization.

Mona has a B.A. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from MIT. She holds dual Egyptian and American citizenship.