Chip Linehan has spent over two decades building innovative, entrepreneurial organizations in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. Chip is the Co-Founder and currently serves as Co-CEO of Building 21, a national education and workforce development non-profit that partners with communities, families, students, educators, and school districts to build learner-centered pathways so all young people can have the future they want. Prior to Building 21, Chip spent 20 years at New Enterprise Associates, the largest venture capital firm in the world, where he co-headed their Global Healthcare Investing Practice and helped to launch companies that have created thousands of jobs and today account for over $5 billion dollars in sales. In 1997, Chip co-founded an educational nonprofit, The SMART Program, which provides socioeconomically disadvantaged children in San Francisco with life-changing educational opportunities. Chip holds a bachelor’s degree in Government and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Harvard University.
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