Pat Walsh is an American
social entrepreneur who is the co-founder and chief impact officer of
Classy, an online fundraising platform for nonprofits and social enterprises.
Career
Walsh co-founded Classy with Scot Chisholm in 2006. Since launching its online fundraising platform in 2011, Classy has helped more than 1,800 nonprofits and
social enterprises including
Oxfam
Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.
History
Founded at 17 Broad Street, Oxford, as the Oxford Co ...
, The
World Food Programme and
National Geographic Society to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. Walsh leads the annual Collaborative and Classy Awards event. The Collaborative convenes an array of thought leaders and experts in the social sector, including top NGOs, international agencies, institutional investors, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists and academics. The Classy Awards recognize excellence in social innovation and is the largest philanthropic awards ceremony in the U.S.
Walsh and Classy were selected by Bloomberg Businessweek as one of the Top 5 Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs in America in 2011.
He has spoken at Clinton Global Initiative University, Harvard Social Innovation Collaborative, the UN High Commissioner of Refugees Innovation conference and is a guest speaker at
UCSD Rady School of Management.
Prior to Classy, Walsh worked for
General Dynamics
General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded, aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2020, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales, and 5th largest in the Uni ...
in Program Management and the Advanced Nuclear Plant Studies group.
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Education
Walsh graduated from Xaverian Brothers High School
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, accreditation = New England Association of Schools and Colleges
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in Westwood, Massachusetts
Westwood is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 16,266 at the time of the 2020 United States Census.
History
Westwood was first settled in 1641 and was part of the town of Dedham, originally called 'West De ...
in 1998 and received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering with a minor focus in economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst 2003.[
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References
External links
Classy websiteCollaborative + Classy Awards website
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Living people
Xaverian Brothers High School alumni
University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering alumni
1979 births
American social entrepreneurs