Full Name
Mike Belinsky
Job Title
Head, Catalytic Deployment, Civil Society & Philanthropy
Organization
OpenAI Foundation
Speaker Bio
Mike Belinsky is the Head of Catalytic Deployment at the OpenAI Foundation, and a Strategic Advisor to Schmidt Sciences.
Prior to OpenAI Foundation, Mike was the Director of the AI Center at Schmidt Sciences, which supports researchers who are working to make AI systems trustworthy, reliable, and effective partners to human scientists on the next generation of discovery.
Prior to Schmidt Sciences, Mike was a principal at The Bridgespan Group, where he led teams that addressed complex strategy and execution challenges for foundations, impact investors, and nonprofits. At Bridgespan, Mike also helped build the impact investing practice.
Mike also co-founded Instiglio, a social enterprise that creates Development Impact Bonds and results-based financing programs in low- and middle-income countries. At Instiglio, Mike led the team that designed the first impact bond in India — the Educate Girls Development Impact Bond — which improved primary education outcomes and served as a model for impact bonds in India and beyond. For this work, Mike received the Echoing Green fellowship and the Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurship award.
Mike is on the boards of Ameelio, the African Tech Futures Lab, and the Ukraine Math and Science Fund.
Mike has a BA in economics and government from Dartmouth College and an MPP from Harvard Kennedy School. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and lives with his wife and two children in New York City.
Prior to OpenAI Foundation, Mike was the Director of the AI Center at Schmidt Sciences, which supports researchers who are working to make AI systems trustworthy, reliable, and effective partners to human scientists on the next generation of discovery.
Prior to Schmidt Sciences, Mike was a principal at The Bridgespan Group, where he led teams that addressed complex strategy and execution challenges for foundations, impact investors, and nonprofits. At Bridgespan, Mike also helped build the impact investing practice.
Mike also co-founded Instiglio, a social enterprise that creates Development Impact Bonds and results-based financing programs in low- and middle-income countries. At Instiglio, Mike led the team that designed the first impact bond in India — the Educate Girls Development Impact Bond — which improved primary education outcomes and served as a model for impact bonds in India and beyond. For this work, Mike received the Echoing Green fellowship and the Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurship award.
Mike is on the boards of Ameelio, the African Tech Futures Lab, and the Ukraine Math and Science Fund.
Mike has a BA in economics and government from Dartmouth College and an MPP from Harvard Kennedy School. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and lives with his wife and two children in New York City.
