1. Nancy Lublin was born on June 30,1971 and is an American nonprofit executive and businesswoman who was the founder and former CEO of Crisis Text Line and the founder of Dress for Success.
15 Facts About Nancy Lublin
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In 2022 Lublin cofounded Primiga LLC, an early stage investment company.
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Nancy Lublin attended the Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut, before graduating from Brown University in 1993, Oxford University, and New York University School of Law.
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In 1995, Nancy Lublin founded the organization Dress for Success, starting with $5,000 in seed money and a group of nuns in Harlem.
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From August 2003 to October 2015, Nancy Lublin oversaw the growth of Do Something and led the effort to begin awarding more grant money to younger candidates seeking social change.
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Nancy Lublin wrote a monthly column in Fast Company entitled "Do Something".
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Nancy Lublin has been a featured speaker at TED conferences.
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In 2013, while still CEO of Do Something, Nancy Lublin developed her first TED talk into the foundation for a new nonprofit organization, Crisis Text Line.
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In 2022 Nancy Lublin was named as an investor in Wicked Saints, a new gaming studio with an all-female C-suite.
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In 2022 Nancy Lublin cofounded the seed-stage investment company Primiga LLC with Kathi Nancy Lublin.
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Nancy Lublin was named one of Fortune's "World's 50 Greatest Leaders" and Marie Claire's "20 Women Changing the World".
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Nancy Lublin is a Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and was selected as one of Schwab's Social Entrepreneurs of the Year.
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Nancy Lublin was named to the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders, one of Glamour magazine's Women of Worth, received Fast Company's Fast 50 Award, and was named the NYC Women's Commission Woman of the Year as well as the Schwab Foundation's Social Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Nancy Lublin discussed the strategy at Crisis Text Line and how they adapted it to scale.
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In 2018, Nancy Lublin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The New School.