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Gerald Chertavian    

CEO of Year Up, Social Entrepreneur, Mentor

Gerald Chertavian is the CEO and Founder of Year Up, a non-profit organization that provides intensive professional education to urban young adults. His organization has received national recognition from Fast Company and The Monitor Group as one of the top 25 organizations in the nation using business excellence to engineer social change. Prior to starting Year Up, Chertavian co-founded Conduit Communications and served as the head of marketing at Transnational Financial Services in London.

He has been an active member of the Big Brother mentoring program since 1985 and was recognized as New York’s outstanding member in 1989. His commitment to social change has been acknowledged through various awards, including the 2003 Social Entrepreneurship Award by the Manhattan Institute and the 2005 Freedom House Archie R. Williams, Jr. Technology Award.

Chertavian holds degrees from Bowdoin College and Harvard Business School. Born and raised in Lowell, MA, he continues to influence and lead initiatives that bridge the gap between young adults' potential and the opportunities available to them.

Speech Topics


Career development

Social change

Starting and scaling a nonprofit

Social entrepreneurship

Cultural diversity in the workplace

Leadership

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Wheelock Recognizes Year Up and Founder Gerald Chertavian for ...
Year Up and its founder, Gerald Chertavian, will be presented with the 2013 Passion for Action Leadership Award to honor their work in closing the Opportunity ...

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