Geor­gette Ben­nett is a TED speak­er, soci­ol­o­gist, author, lec­tur­er, and for­mer broad­cast jour­nal­ist. In 2021, she was select­ed as one of Forbes’ 50 over 50 Women of Impact. Ben­nett served with the U.S. State Depart­ment Reli­gion and For­eign Pol­i­cy work­ing group on con­flict mit­i­ga­tion. She is Past Chair of the Jew­ish Fun­ders Net­work and serves on the Board of Third Way. Ben­nett was a win­ner of a 2020 AARP Pur­pose Prize for her work with MFA. She is involved with dozens of orga­ni­za­tions, hav­ing served on many boards, and she has been hon­ored by numer­ous organizations.