Cole Scanlon
Cole Cameron Scanlon is an author and entrepreneur. He co-founded/co-directs the international nonprofit Fair Opportunity Project, Inc. and was awarded Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017..[1], at the age of 20 years old. He is the co-director of the Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development (LEAD), a social sciences research lab that spun-out of Harvard’s IQSS, co-authored Entrepreneurship and Development in the 21st Century (Emerald Publishing Group 2019)[2], and was a keynote speaker at the 2018 Ronald Reagan Leadership Summit[3]
Early Life[edit]
Cole Cameron Scanlon was born in Miami, Florida on March 19, 1996, the second oldest child of Preston Payne and Todd Scanlon. He has four siblings and his mother is a high school English teacher.
Education[edit]
Cole attended Coral Gables Senior High School, where he played soccer and football, was class president, and was awarded numerous scholarships.[4] Scanlon is a Coca-Cola Scholar[5], Buick National Achievers Scholar, GE-Reagan Scholar[6], and Foot Locker Scholar Athlete[7]. During his senior year, Cole organized Stride 4 Senegal[8], a charity 5k run that raised $21,000 to build water pumps in Thabekaare, Senegal, where his older sister was living as a Global Citizen Year Fellow.
Scanlon attended Harvard College, where he majored in applied mathematics and economics. He was a student government representative, was awarded a Kenneth I. Juster Fellowship[9], and was named a Slavin Fellow[10]. While at Harvard, Cole was a research assistant Lawrence Summers and Michael Kremer. He was featured in Thrillest[11], Forbes[12], The Ed Magazine[13], and The Harvard Gazette[14]
Upon graduating with honors from Harvard in 2018, Scanlon received a Master of Science degree in social policy from the University of Oxford.
Professional Career[edit]
Before graduating from college, Scanlon worked as an analyst at the World Bank and Goldman Sachs. He also interned for Representative Katherine Clark on Capitol Hill.
Fair Opportunity Project, Inc.[edit]
In March 2016, Scanlon founded Fair Opportunity Project, Inc., an EdTech nonprofit, with Luke Heine, a classmate at Harvard.[15] The organization distributes information and resources on all aspects of the college application process in order to improve access to college, particularly for students from low income and rural areas. For this work, Scanlon and Heine were awarded Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017.[1]
Publications[edit]
Entrepreneurship and Development in the 21st Century. Boston: Emerald Publishing Group. 2019. ISBN 9781789732344.
‘’Community Development: The Effects of Interdependence on Microfinance’’. Stanford's Undergraduate Economics Journal, 2017.[16]
‘’The Health Consequences of Legal Origin’’. Stanford's Undergraduate Economics Journal, 2016.[17]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fair Opportunity Project". Forbes.
- ↑ Sergi, Bruno S. (April 29, 2019). "Entrepreneurship and Development in the 21st Century". Emerald Publishing Limited – via books.emeraldinsight.com.
- ↑ "Reagan Leadership Summit 2018 | The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute". www.reaganfoundation.org.
- ↑ https://www.cavsconnect.com/recent-stories/2014/02/24/coca-cole/
- ↑ "2014 Coca-Cola Scholars". Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. April 17, 2014.
- ↑ "Cole Scanlon | The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute". www.reaganfoundation.org.
- ↑ "Foot Locker Foundation Unveils Recipients of Third Annual Foot Locker Scholar Athletes Program". www.prnewswire.com.
- ↑ Cordes, Hannah. "Stride 4 Senegal".
- ↑ "Student Programs". wcfia.harvard.edu.
- ↑ "Slavin Family Foundation". slavinfoundation.org.
- ↑ https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/nation/these-college-students-are-doing-amazing-things
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/profile/fair-opportunity-project/#5088d0ee3297
- ↑ https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/ed/17/08/when-students-help-students
- ↑ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/01/harvard-students-develop-admissions-guide/
- ↑ "Harvard students develop admissions guide". January 23, 2018.
- ↑ https://stanfordeconjournal.com/2017/07/18/scanlon3/
- ↑ https://economics.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj9386/f/comparative-advantage-2016.pdf
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