Partner, The Bridgespan Group (San Francisco)
Willa Seldon is a partner in Bridgespan’s San Francisco office and co-lead of the Economic Security and Opportunity area of expertise. Seldon collaborates with mission-driven leaders to develop and refine their strategies, design and launch bold initiatives, and improve their operating and economic models. Seldon has helped launch organizations, such as Black Ambition, and has supported mobilization efforts, such as OneTen and the White House Council for Community Solutions. She has also co-authored numerous publications including “Moving from Intention to Impact: Funding Racial Equity to Win,” Why Philanthropies Should (Re)turn to CDFIs to Support an Equitable Recovery from COVID-19,” and “Why Peer-Driven Change—and Why Now?.”
Prior to Bridgespan, Seldon’s experience includes leading nonprofit organizations and executive roles in business. She served as CEO of the Glide Foundation, executive director of the Tides Center, co-founder of a venture capital firm, and served in leadership roles at AirTouch.
Seldon is on the board of directors of College Futures Foundation, Jobs for the Future, Pew Charitable Trusts, and Sutter Health. She received a juris doctorate from Yale Law School, master’s of business administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, and a bachelor’s in economics from Bryn Mawr College, where she is an Emeritus Trustee. She is a trained executive coach.