Rebecca Masisak (born 1957) is the CEO of

TechSoup TechSoup, founded in 1987 as CompuMentor and later known as TechSoup Global, is a nonprofit international network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provides technical support and technological tools to other nonprofits. History ...

, a nonprofit organization that provides technical assistance to other nonprofits. She joined TechSoup (formerly CompuMentor) in 2001 and after various positions in management has served in the CEO role since 2012. Masisak established TechSoup's Europe office in

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in 2009, and has overseen the organization's growth since then.

Background and early career

Masisak graduated from Bethel Park High School in Pennsylvania in 1975. She subsequently studied for an MBA degree at

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. Starting in the early 1990s, Masisak worked as a

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with

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for nine years. She established an

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and served as its Senior Vice President.

CompuMentor/TechSoup

Compumentor, now known as TechSoup, first hired Masisak in 2001. Masisak led the establishment of TechSoup Europe, which is organized by Fundacja TechSoup in Warsaw. In 2010 Masisak was involved in TechSoup’s combination with Guidestar International, and the following year, the Telecentre.org Foundation Board of Trustees appointed Masisak as a member of its board. In 2008, Masisak was featured in an article for ''The New York Times'', "When Tech Innovation Has a Social Mission". In 2015 she was interviewed by the ''

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'' about the evolving role of social media in fundraising. In May 2017, Masisak was named one of year’s most influential women in San Francisco Bay Area business by the ''

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''. In August 2017, she was named to the ''Nonprofit Times''’ annual list of the 50 most influential leaders in the U.S. Nonprofit sector.

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Executive bio
at TechSoup Global {{DEFAULTSORT:Masisak, Rebecca 1957 births Living people American nonprofit executives Women nonprofit executives Columbia Business School alumni

Background and early career

CompuMentor/TechSoup

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