Dr. Craig Zelizer is the Founder of http://PCDN.global, which connects a global community of changemakers to the tools, opportunities and inspiration to build careers of impact and scale change.  In the community and beyond he is regularly testing tons of AI tools and leading workshops on AI for social impact.

He has strong tri-sectoral experience in social entrepreneurship, higher education and the nonprofit sector.

He is a very active angel investor for social impact, investing in over 100 startups around the world working in sustainability, fintech, future of work and future of transport including several AI impact startups.

He serves as a scout for Carbon Collective, Enduring Planet, a Deal Partner for Ganas Ventures and a Mentor for Seedscout.

From 2006 to 2016 he served as a professor in the Conflict Resolution program at Georgetown University (where he still serves as an Adjunct Faculty teaching a class on social entrepreneurship).

He has led trainings, workshops and consultancies in over 25 countries organizations including with USAID, Rotary International, Partners Global, University for Peace, University of San Diego and many others. He has coached over 200 social impact professionals to help them upskill, land their next career opp and for many explore their relationship to money.

Craig is a recognized leader in the social sector field. He has received several awards including George Mason’s School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution’s alumni of the year award and an alumni career achievement award from Central European University.

Dr. Zelizer spent two years in Hungary as Fulbright Scholar and was a Boren Fellow in Bosnia.  He has published widely on innovation in higher education, international development and peacebuilding.

Originally from Bogota, Colombia, she received her Doctoral degree from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.

She has been a consultant for international organizations and worked in many social impact sectors including gender, international development and peacebuilding.

She has published academic articles, trained and taught around the world and enjoyed working directly with women’s organizations in advocacy issues.

She has been a recipient of a number of scholarships, received professional awards, but she has also quit jobs.

She is currently Director at PCDN.global where she is delighted to support the next generation of troublemakers for good. She is an AI skeptic but is experimenting, using AI tools regularly in her work and curious.