Lori Bonn

Business leader, Consultant, Environmentalist, Explorer, Parent, Philanthropist, Single, Social entrepreneur, World traveler

Lori Bonn has over 25 years of experience in finance, civic and charitable organizations, campaign management, international organizations, and national politics. She specializes in international development and social entrepreneurship offering advanced expertise in philanthropic management and poverty alleviation strategies. She is the Visionary Founder/President/CEO of The World We Want Foundation--a crowdfunding platform devoted to youth-generated, mentor-guided vetted social action projects--from community service projects to service-learning projects to seed funding for social enterprises. Young Global Citizens help transform communities and their lives through service learning and the power of philanthropy. www.theworldwewantfoundation.org Lori is the President/CEO of Bonnventures LLC, a global philanthropic consulting company she founded in 2004. Her professional endeavors as a global philanthropic social change consultant have taken Lori around the world, engaging with leading networks of donors, foundations, governmental agencies, and social innovators devoted to solving many of the world's most pressing social justice issues. www.bonnventures.com In 2013, she was a guest speaker for the American Councils for International Education FLEX, the Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship, University of Pacific, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, the U.S. State Department, U.S. Russian Embassy, and Junior Achievement Russian Federation. You can follow her on Twitter @Bonnventures @WorldWeWantFdtn Contact: lbonn@theworldwewantfoundation.org

Providing opportunities for youth to learn 21st century skills of critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, communication--and empathy and kindness through project based service learning.

There are 1.8 billion youth in the world today, engaging them to help solve our world's challenges will be our future--providing access to an education is the first step to help them to become the world's social innovators. Through a project-based service-learning framework, a mentor network and partner organizations devoted to youth leadership and development, young people around the world can learn the skills they need to become effective leaders and engaged global citizens, attaining skills for future economic opportunity and successful employment.

Philanthropy, Social Entrepreneurship