Elisabeth Mason

Elisabeth Mason
Alma materHarvard College
Columbia University

Elisabeth Mason is an American lawyer and venture philanthropist. She serves as the Founding Director of the Stanford Technology, Opportunity and Poverty Lab at Stanford University. She is also the co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Single Stop USA, a nonprofit that promotes economic mobility by connecting people to untapped US Government benefits.[1][2]

Mason has received numerous awards, including two White House Social Innovation Awards and the Robin Hood Foundation Heroes Award. NY1 named Mason "New Yorker of the Year" in 2015 for her work on anti-poverty initiatives directed at low-income New Yorkers.[3][4]

Prior to co-founding Single Stop USA, Mason was a Managing Director at the Robin Hood Foundation and practiced law at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York.[5]

  1. ^ "Elisabeth Mason". Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality. Stanford University. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ^ "New Stanford lab will create technologies that help alleviate poverty in America". Stanford University. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ^ "NYer of the Week: Elisabeth Mason Connects People in Low-Income Neighborhoods to Untapped Services". NY1. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  4. ^ "New Yorkers of the Year Go Extra Mile to Help Homeless". NY1. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Elisabeth Mason". Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality. Stanford University. Retrieved 17 October 2016.