At this year’s Public Interested Conference the Harvard Alumni Association took a few minutes to speak with Sarah Lockridge-Steckel AB ’09. Sarah is the CEO and Founder of The Collective in Memphis, Tennessee. The Collective is creating clear pathways to careers, for the over 45,000 youth out of school and work in Memphis. The vision of The Collective is that every young adult has the power to live their best life and the tools to make that a reality. She believes that we fix a broken system by investing directly in the visions and ideas of our young adults. Prior to launching The Collective, Sarah helped design the Memphis Music Initiative (MMI), a citywide $20M youth initiative to increase access to music education. She worked in strategy for Youth Villages and as a consultant to numerous national nonprofits, at The Bridgespan Group. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Harvard University, where she was President of the Black Students Association and Co-Director of the Franklin I-O Summer Program. She also received the Women’s Leadership Award. She is Harvard Class of 2009, and in May 2016, she received her MBA from the Yale School of Management, with a focus on nonprofit management and urban poverty. She grew up in Detroit, MI. Learn more about The Collective at changeiscollective.org.
Click the link below to listen to the conversation.