Meg Garlinghouse is head of social impact at LinkedIn. In this role, she is responsible for identifying partnerships and programs that leverage the LinkedIn platform to create positive social impact for the world. Most recently, Garlinghouse and her team built LinkedIn Coaches, a program to help underrepresented communities expand and diversify their networks to achieve meaningful careers.Before LinkedIn, Garlinghouse spent nearly 10 years building and leading Yahoo!’s global community relations function. She has also worked for the Asia Foundation, World Bank, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, West Africa, running projects designed to raise the social and economic status of rural villagers. Garlinghouse received a BA from Duke University and a Masters from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She currently serves on the Boards KQED and VolunteerMatch. She has been named to FastCompany’s “The Most Creative People in Business” list.