Kim Syman

Buddhist, Concerned citizen, Environmentalist, Idea generator, Philanthropist, Social entrepreneur

Kim Syman helps to spark next-generation strategies for the social impact field as a Senior Partner at New Profit. She currently leads New Profit’s work supporting social entrepreneurs focused on system change strategies. Kim’s passion is connecting ideas and people—social entrepreneurs and their counterparts in government, philanthropy, business, technology, the media, and beyond—who together are making our world more equitable and sustainable. Kim previously launched New Profit's policy arm, America Forward, and co-led New Profit’s Early Learning Fund. Kim is a board member currently of The Health Initiative, Think of Us, and DEPLOY/US, and previously of AVANCE, Inc. and Youth Villages MA/NH. Kim was an Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow, and earlier played several roles at City Year, led the turnaround of a rural Vermont nonprofit, and worked in television news and documentary production. Kim received her undergraduate degree from U.C. Berkeley and studied social anthropology at Oxford University. She lives in Lexington, MA with her husband, three children, and two dogs.

Human possibility: unlocking the our collective ability to transform problems across lines of difference and against the odds

reinventing our child welfare system, redefining the way we invest in health, reinvigorating cross-partisan climate action, restoring trust in democratic institutions

riding horses - it's so countercultural to the rest of my life that it never, ever comes up