Erin Ganju

Erin Ganju is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Room to Read, an organization that had impacted 10 million of children’s education in low income countries through its literacy and gender equality in education programs. Before founding Room to Read, Erin worked at Unilever, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and in technology start-ups. From the early start-up days of Room to Read, she has been instrumental in the design and implementation of the Organization’s scalable, replicable model for improving the quality of education across Asia and Africa. She oversees Room to Read’s global operations which includes implementing programs in ten countries, fundraising teams in North America, Europe, Australia and the Asia Pacific region, and a worldwide staff of more than 1,100 employees. Under her leadership, Room to Read has been recognized with prestigious awards, including the U.S. Library of Congress Literacy Award, the UNESCO 2011 Confucius Prize for Literacy and the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. In addition, Erin has been selected as a World Economic Forum’s Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurs (2014), the Social Engagement Network of the Young Presidents’ Organization‘s Philanthropy Award in Corporate Philanthropy (2014), the Isabel Benham Award from the Women’s Bond Club (2014), and as one of Fast Company’s Extraordinary Women (2012).