Lara Stein (Born: November 28, 1966) Lara Stein is currently Founder and CEO of Boma Global.
Most recently Stein was the Executive Director of Women’s March Global, managing the Women's March movement and Chapters outside of the United States.
Stein also acted as the interim Executive Director of MIT ReACT, a new institute-wide organization at MIT dedicated to developing a global educational platform for displaced populations and refugees.
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Stein was also the Managing Director of Singularity University’s global expansion and implementation strategy.
Stein currently sits on the board of Equality Now and Lalela, a non-profit dedicated to education through the arts in South Africa.
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Stein is the Founder and former Director of TEDx and the TED Prize, having overseen the strategy, creation, development and implementation of the TEDx program at TED.
TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, which started as a four-day conference in California 30 years ago.
Through Stein's leadership, TED expanded from two annual conferences, into a global community of 9,000 TEDx events in 1,200 cities taking place in 133 countries.
Most recently Lara was the MD of Global for Singularity University, driving global expansion and strategy.