Who We Are
Our President
Anne Welsh McNulty has invested over $30 million in the last 10 years in elevating entrepreneurial leaders and nurturing promising students as co-founder and president of the McNulty Foundation. A trailblazer for women in finance, Anne was a managing director of Goldman Sachs and a senior executive of the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies Group.
Anne established the John P. McNulty Prize to recognize and support individuals successfully addressing barriers to health, education, and economic opportunity in their communities. She founded the McNulty Scholars programs at St. Joseph’s University and Hunter College, which propel young women to lead in STEM fields. She established the Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women’s Leadership at Villanova University and the McNulty Leadership Program at Wharton.
Anne serves on the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Institute and the American Academy of Rome, and the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School. She is a former Trustee of Villanova University and a member of the Advisory Council for Harvard Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government and Ashesi University. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Child Mind Institute in New York, a Trustee of the Naples Winter Wine Festival benefiting children's charities in Collier County, Florida, and Founding Steward of B Lab Global.
Anne earned her MBA from the Wharton School, and was valedictorian of her graduating class at Villanova, where she also holds an honorary doctorate. She has been an Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow at Harvard, and a Distinguished Careers Institute fellow at Stanford.
Read more about AnneMeet Our Jurors
A distinguished international jury, including Secretary Madeleine Albright, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, international statesman Olara Otunnu and development expert Brizio Biondi-Morra, select the winner. Previous juries have included Mary Robinson, Bill Gates, Sr., and Sir Richard Branson.
The jury