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Meg Stowe, Founder
Meg is the founder and CEO of Girls Leadership Collaborative, a leadership development organization that works with youth, teens, adults, parents, educators, and founders of social impact ventures. She has run programs, workshops, professional development, and consulted in both independent and public schools. Meg has served young people for 30+ years in a variety of capacities including classroom teacher, school administrator, youth and service learning leader, Director of Innovation, dorm parent, academic adviser, curriculum designer, athletic coach, speaker, professional development coach, social venture founder, and coach to other founders. She is a proud parent of two adult daughters who helped to craft, frame, and facilitate this work, and fuel and inspire her everyday.
Meg's Background
A fierce dedication to the adolescent age group led her to complete a M.Ed. in adolescent education, leadership, and integrated curriculum design at Lesley University, and she holds a Harvard Business School Program in Organizational Leadership. She is passionate about leadership development, social entrepreneurship, and helping others to uncover passions and motivation using real-world experiences.
Meg develops experiences for students, educators, parents, and founders which answer her favorite question, How can what it is I know and am able to do benefit my community, a cause, or the world?
Meg is a graduate of the ’14 Gardner Carney Leadership Institute’s Leadership Lab: Teaching Teachers About Teaching Leadership, and was a visiting scholar to their 2016 gcLi Leadership Lab. Meg was appointed founding Director of Innovation at an independent school in Rhode Island, from 2017-2022, inspiring and engaging students and teachers in the K-12 setting. There, she built programs like embedding entrepreneurs and other social innovators in a formal education setting providing an expansive network of role models for the youth and adults, bringing innovation to organizations, businesses, and communities. She also advises founders on their entrepreneurial journey on macro mission, vision, and strategy, coaching and mentoring individuals and at Social Enterprise Greenhouse in Providence, RI, Global Fellows in Courage, and beyond.