“The GSGLP has sent me on an adventure to redefine the ways in which I think about effective leadership. I now realize that transformative and sustainable social change does not happen as a result of "service" or charity, but can only be realized through leadership based in solidarity and mutual empowerment.”

Goldman Sachs Global Leader
2004

Jessica Beckerman, a 2004 Goldman Sachs Global Leader, applied for a Social Entrepreneurship Fund grant for Project Muso Ladamunen, an American-Malian student partnership committed to improving the health and quality of life of Malian communities. She received $6,000 in critical funding from the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program.