Founder, The Connectors

Emily Weiner is a systems thinking entrepreneur, business advisor, and mentor who has spent more than 25 years connecting people and ideas to activate change. She models how to bring intentionality to relationships and partnerships, and leaders rely on her ability to connect the dots, especially between people, to help them activate new and expanded opportunities, innovation, and impact.

In addition to her work with established changemakers and business professionals, she has helped thousands of young people connect to their passions, cultivate new skills, and embrace societal problems as entrepreneurial opportunities. She coaches everyone – from teenagers to people in their 60s – to discover how they can activate change in any organization, any role, any sector, and any community.

Prior to founding The Connectors, Emily served as Chief of Staff at greenlight for girls, an organization that encourages girls to consider STEM-related careers by introducing them to the world of math and science in fun and exciting ways. She was a founding member of The Lewis Institute at Babson College, serving as its Associate Director for 11 years and growing it from an entrepreneurial startup to a multimillion-dollar portfolio of business focused on social impact across all sectors and issues. She developed the Green Events practice for Boston College’s Center for Corporate Citizenship to help link environmental sustainability efforts with corporate social responsibility initiatives. As an entrepreneur, she has started her own businesses and worked for a variety of organizations across sectors, including corporate, nonprofit, academia, and politics (though she promises to never return to politics!).

Emily is an alumna of Wellesley College and is currently an RSA Fellow, a Global Advisor to Orora Global, and an Advisory Board member of the Community Dispute Settlement Center. She has proudly been involved with Women2Women since 2013 and is privileged to support and empower the next generation of leaders who identify as female.