Founder + CEO, Global Development Incubator
Andrew Stern is the Founder and CEO of the Global Development Incubator (GDI), a non-profit incubator for transformational development ventures, working to build and scale the next generation of social impact solutions. GDI has designed and launched numerous groundbreaking efforts, including: building the first investor platform for blended finance in Convergence; putting global mental health on the map through citiesRISE; guiding the startup strategy and operations of the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery; and expanding financing for the world’s half billion smallholder farmers with ISF Advisors and Aceli Africa, among other initiatives.
Prior to GDI, Andrew was a Partner at Dalberg Advisors where he worked for 10 years, including as the Global Operating Partner and head of the Inclusive Growth Practice. Andrew helped start, design and launch the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), a program at the Aspen Institute that propels entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Andrew previously served on ANDE’s Executive Committee and also as the founding Co-Chairperson for mothers2mothers, an internationally recognized health program preventing HIV transmission from mothers to children.
Andrew holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA in Economics from Princeton University.
