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Anna Verghese

Executive Director, Audacious Project @ TED, TED Conferences LLC

Biography

Anna Verghese is Executive Director of The Audacious Project, a collaborative funding initiative housed at TED. The Audacious Project is catalyzing social impact on a grand scale by convening investors and social entrepreneurs with the goal of funding bold solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges. Since launching in April 2018, The Audacious Project has catalyzed over $1 billion for 16 world-changing solutions.

As head of The Audacious Project, Anna works with visionary social entrepreneurs, nonprofits and individuals as they develop bold, multi-year plans that are viable and sustainable. Previously, she was the Director of the $1-million TEDPrize. Her role at TED has led her on many adventures—from pasting on the walls of Haiti and Palestine with street artist JR to witnessing the endangered species of the Galapagos with Sylvia Earle. Prior to TED, she worked with Christiane Amanpour at CNN and the Discovery Channel.