Jennifer Blatz
President and CEO, Strive Together
Jennifer Blatz is the president and CEO of StriveTogether, a national nonprofit working in about 70 communities across the United States to put millions more young people on a path to economic mobility.
At StriveTogether, Jennifer was instrumental in launching the national Cradle to Career Network and creating the StriveTogether Theory of Action™. She led the development of the organisation’s current strategic plan with a bold vision: to put 4 million more young people on a path to economic mobility by 2030. Under Jennifer’s leadership, StriveTogether was named a global Social Innovator of the Year by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, an honor she accepted at the 2024 World Economic Forum.
Before leading StriveTogether, Jennifer was a founding member of StrivePartnership, serving Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
1 Keynotes and workshops
Pupil outcomes: Learning from American 'cradle to career' place-based approaches
How can trusts and their schools establish themselves as civic anchors in their communities? In this session we will learn about Strive Together’s ‘cradle to career’ model which has improved outcomes for young people across the US. With decades of experience in working with communities to apply the model, it has been adapted over time and continues to do so to meet pupil and family needs. Strive Together brings together a range of partners to address complex challenges, supported by a local team. Together we’ll explore learnings from the model and how it can be applied within trusts of all sizes.