Preston Silverman

Preston Silverman is CEO & Co-Founder of RaiseMe, a social enterprise working to expand access to higher education by rethinking how students access financial aid. To-date, RaiseMe has helped students receive over $1 billion in scholarships from 250+ colleges around the country. Preston was inspired to start RaiseMe while teaching history and economics at Shanti Bhavan School in India. Previously, Preston served as the Director of Asia-Pacific at Frontier Strategy Group, a strategy consultancy focused on developing countries.

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