Gemma Mortensen
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| Occupations | Social entrepreneur, non-profit executive |
| Organization | New Constellations |
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Gemma Mortensen is an English social entrepreneur. She is the founder and co-creator of New Constellations and co-founder of More In Common. She previously served as Chief Global Officer at Change.org and Chief Executive Officer of Crisis Action.[1][2]
Mortenson has won the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and the CNN Inspirational Women Award.[3][4]. She has been named a Yale World Fellow[5] and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.[6]
She co-chaired the World Economic Forum’s Global Council on systems leadership, and worked in the European Commission, at the UN, and as a journalist.[5][7]
Education
[edit]Mortensen holds a Bachelor of Arts with first-class honors in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University and a European Master's degree in human rights and democratization.[5]
Career
[edit]Mortensen served as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Crisis Action, an organization that coordinates networks of human rights, humanitarian, and foreign policy organizations.[5] Under her leadership, Crisis Action was awarded the 2012 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions[8] by the MacArthur Foundation[9] and the 2013 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.[3] In 2014, she led a session on networking and collaboration at the Skoll World Forum.[10]
In August 2015, Mortensen was hired as Chief Global Officer at Change.org, assuming the role in January 2016.[11]
Mortensen is the founder of New Constellations, a platform for individuals and communities, such as disadvantaged towns in Scotland,[12] to explore social, political, and economic models.[13] She is also a co-founder of More In Common, a nonprofit that has worked on the European refugee crisis, where she has served as Chair and Vice-Chair of the board.[14][15] In April 2017, she authored an article titled "10 Things You Need to Build Clever Coalitions" for the Stanford Social Innovation Review.[16]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Gemma Mortensen". globalteacherprize.org. Global Teacher Prize. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Gemma Mortensen". Bloomberg.
- 1 2 "Gemma Mortensen". skoll.org. The Skoll Foundation. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "The women of the year | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Gemma Mortensen". worldfellows.yale.edu. Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Gemma Mortensen". weforum.org. The World Economic Forum.
- ↑ "Towards a world of good relationships". The London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Crisis Action makes a big noise using quiet citizen diplomacy". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Crisis Action - MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ Cahalane, Claudia; Seager, Charlotte; Brammall, Sally; Anyangwe, Eliza (11 April 2014). "2014 Skoll World Forum: as it happens". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "Gemma Mortensen". Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ Clegg, Alicia. "Charting New Futures (SSIR)". ssir.org. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Interview with Gemma Mortensen (New Constellations)". What's Working Solutions. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ "'Between Cosmopolitans and Nativists, There's a Conflicted Middle'". Refugees. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Team". www.moreincommon.com. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- ↑ Mortensen, Gemma. "10 Things You Need to Build Clever Coalitions (SSIR)". ssir.org. Retrieved 5 August 2026.