President & CEO, 92nd Street Y, Co-Founder of #GivingTuesday & Co-Author, "New Power"
Henry Timms is the coauthor of the international bestselling book New Power, described by David Brooks in The New York Times as “the best window I’ve seen into this new world” and shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year.
He is the president and CEO of the 92nd Street Y, a cultural and community center that creates programs and movements that foster learning and civic engagement. Under his leadership, the 144-year-old institution was named on Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies” list.
He is the cofounder of #GivingTuesday, a global philanthropic movement that engages people in close to 100 countries and has generated over a billion dollars for good causes.
Timms is a Hauser Visiting Leader at Harvard Kennedy School and a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University.