EVAN J. SEGAL
Humanitarian, Philanthropist, Mentor, Social Entrepreneur
BIO
I'm a humanitarian, philanthropist, mentor and social entrepreneur dedicated to making the world a better place. I collaborate with business leaders, entrepreneurs, students and nonprofits to offer innovative ideas, wisdom and networking that helps them achieve their dreams in today's challenging and rapidly changing environment.
Focus Areas
SEGAL FAMILY FOUNDATION
Evan serves as the Chairman of The Segal Family Foundation, which works to heal, repair, and transform the world, through our support of numerous civic and community organizations. The Foundation supports meaningful causes centered on human kindness and social justice. Partnering with organizations both large and small, we focus on enabling innovative programs, sparking new organizational collaboration and helping to build capacity. (Marla Werner, Executive Director)
SEGAL VENTURES
Evan leads an early stage investment firm focused on innovative women-led VC funds (a fund of funds) and companies.
LEADERSHIP
Evan guides emerging leaders, building on his experience in business, philanthropy, government and academia. Evan served as the Co-Chair of the NYU Stern Leadership Fellows - a full year seminar for second year MBA's focused on leadership development, personal branding, unique abilities, team building and mentoring with select group of student leaders. Fellows learned from one another, from the program Chair, and from guest C-level speakers in an intimate, candid, and revealing environment. Evan previously served as an Executive-In-Residence at the CMU Tepper School of Business.
HUMANITARIAN
We are engaged in a wide range of initiatives working collaboratively with leaders to uncover and pilot innovative solutions across the spectrum. Recent Projects include Peace Builders (Nobel Peace Center, Minecraft Education, Games 4 Change) and Kid’s Relief (Comic Relief US, Roblox).
412 Ventures
Evan is a Co-Founder and General Partner of the 412 Venture Fund, which is focused on early stage companies with growth potential and strong ties to the Western Pennsylvania Region.