Jess Rimington
Social Entrepreneur * Artist * Consultant
Jess is a social entrepreneur working to create scalable solutions at the intersection of Global Education and Exchange 2.0. She serves as Executive Director and Founder of One World Youth Project, an education start-up which links schools around the world to build mutual respect and understanding among students and provide the global life skills needed for success in the interconnected 21st century. She believes that every child, independent of their capacity to travel, should have access to formative global learning experiences.
Jess is an advocate for non-profit reform and a passionate believer that the future of civil society lies in the increasingly blended line between the for-profit and social-profit sectors. When not running One World Youth Project, she acts as a freelance consultant to non-profits leading ideation workshops on strategy and effective systems for long-term goal achievement.
Jess is a spoken word artist, photographer and painter living in Washington D.C.
She has a degree in Foreign Service with a Certificate in International Development from Georgetown University.