A Year Up: Helping Young Adults Move from Poverty to Professional Careers in a Single Year

Gerald Chertavian is the founder and CEO of Year Up. Gerald's commitment to working with urban youth spans more than 25 years. He is on the Board of Advisors for the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative and is an Emeritus Trustee of Bowdoin College and former Board Member of The Boston Foundation. Gerald has received honorary doctorates from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and Mt. Ida College. He lives in Cambridge with his wife and three children.