Jessica Mason

Jessica Mason is an impact strategist, entrepreneur, educator, and angel investor with deep experience leading innovation ventures in the social and public sector. She is Executive Director of Start.coop, a nonprofit organization cultivating the next generation of cooperative businesses with ambitions of scale.

Prior to joining Start.coop, Jessica founded and led The Social Impact Studio, a strategy and design consulting firm that partnered with non-profit, foundation, and government clients to spur social innovation. Previously, Jessica worked at Harvard University where she directed a portfolio of social innovation labs in Latin America and served as the technical expert on innovation methods. In addition to her role at Start.coop, she is a coach and advisor to a number of startups and is an elected board member at Ampled.