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Aimée is the founder and CEO of Braven which works to ensure college students develop the skills, networks, confidence, and experience to land strong first jobs after graduation. She founded Braven based on her deep belief that our next generation of leaders will emerge from everywhere. Aimée spent the majority of her career at Teach For America. She held various senior leadership roles, including leading the organization’s groundbreaking work around its human capital efforts. Earlier in her career, Aimée taught sixth grade, led the Breakthrough/Summerbridge New Orleans site, and worked for the national organization. She is a Pahara-Aspen fellow, a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, a Braddock Scholar, a Draper Richards Foundation Entrepreneur, and a 2019 Obama Fellow. A graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, Aimée resides in Chicago with her husband and three children.
Jodi Kantor is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at The New York Times and bestselling author, whose work has sparked real-world change, from shifting workplace standards for women to reshaping policies at some of the country’s largest employers.
Her newest book, How to Start: Discovering Your Life’s Work, couldn’t be more timely for the Braven community. Published this spring, it offers wisdom and strategy for young people looking to launch meaningful careers, exactly the work at the heart of Braven’s mission.
At the Summit, she will address one of the most important questions of this moment: how do we ensure the next generation of leaders has the tools, networks, and opportunities to find and build meaningful careers?
