Jamie McAuliffe

Jamie is the Founding Director of The Aspen Institute’s Global Opportunity Youth Network (GOYN), a network of community and youth partners committed to supporting Opportunity Youth well-being and their pathways to dignified work. With 20 communities in 10 countries across India, Africa, and Latin America, GOYN has connected over 1M Opportunity Youth to economic opportunity. Previously, Jamie was President & CEO of Education For Employment (EFE) and grew the organization to provide jobs for tens of thousands of youth across the Middle East & North Africa. Prior to EFE, Jamie was Portfolio Manager at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (now Blue Meridian Partners), dedicated to scaling solutions that lift people out of poverty. Early in his career, Jamie was a Director at Ashoka. He has degrees from Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.  Jamie is a Schwab Foundation Global Social Entrepreneur, Member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Human Capital Development, Board Member of Helvetas USA, and life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.  In his spare time, Jamie races for DC Velo, a local amateur cycling team.  He resides in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife, Lara Goldmark, and their two children, Kevin and Georgia. 

Publications:

A Global Opportunity: Get Youth Working

GOYN Learning Report 

Please see other GOYN reports here.