Samantha Smith
Samantha Smith is a senior at NYU Gallatin where she is designing a self-directed major in government and human nature. Exponential Capital takes a systemic approach to building entrepreneurial communities in Hungary by addressing the needs of entrepreneurs. Previously Sam worked at the Kairos Society, an international non-profit uniting top student entrepreneurs, and prior to that worked across the public, private and non-profit sectors for organizations including DoSomething.org, KIND Healthy Snacks, and the office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. She opened her first company in 2005- a retail fashion boutique.Sam is a leader in the social innovation community and student entrepreneurship space. She has also spent the last three years building the entrepreneurship community at NYU, founding the NYU Entrepreneurs Network, leading clubs, and organizing the first two NYU Entrepreneurs Festival. She is a blogger for Forbes.com and has contributed to a number of other websites. Sam is actively involved in writing innovation policy with the Roosevelt Institute and volunteers to teach entrepreneurship with NFTE and is an active supporter of Moneythink, a financial literacy organization. Samantha is a StartingBloc Fellow, Opportunity Nation Fellow, Teach for America Summer Fellow, and a 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New York City.
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