Lara Galinsky

Lara Galinsky, Senior Vice President
212.400.3953
Lara@echoinggreen.org

Lara Galinsky is the senior vice president at Echoing Green. Her portfolio consists of the day-to-day management of Echoing Green, marketing and communications, evaluation, thought leadership, alliances, strategic planning, and internal capacity building. Lara is the co-author of Echoing Green’s first book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact and Work on Purpose. Most recently, Lara Galinsky worked as the director of National Programs at Do Something, Inc., working with over 20,000 educators to inspire 4 million young people to get involved in their communities and develop vital leadership skills. Before that, Lara launched the BRICK Award (now called the DS Awards), which annually honors and funds the most outstanding young community leaders. Lara sits on the board of the Fast Forward Fund, The Lewis Institute at Babson College, and the Advisory Board of the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Wesleyan University.

Lara received her Masters in Communications from Columbia University and her Bachelors from Wesleyan University. She also graduated from Coro's Leadership New York program.

Why do you do what you do?

wdydwyd sign: Everyone loves someone deeply.

Love is the ultimate unifier. Who and how we love is unique to each of us. But that we love is shared. Knowing that reminds us of our inherent dignity and that we ALL deserve the best possible life.

I do this work in honor of… every rising leader who sees him/herself as someone who can create change. This is always the first – and most important – step.