Aria Finger

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Aria Finger is the former CEO of DoSomething.org. [1] She is currently the Chief of Staff to Reid Hoffman. [2] She also co-hosts, along with Hoffman, the podcast Possible.

Background

Finger attended Washington University in St. Louis where she graduated magna cum laude in economics and political science in 2005.

Finger also serves as an adjunct professor of nonprofit business management at New York University. [3]

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References

  1. Souccar, Miriam Kreinin. "Where is Aria Finger now?". mycrains.crainsnewyork.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  2. Farley, Shannon. "From CEO Of DoSomething.org To Reid Hoffman's Chief Of Staff: Aria Finger Is On The Vanguard Of Scaling High-Growth Tech Nonprofits". Forbes. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. Amusa, Malena. "Fun, Fail Fests & Funds – Aria Finger, COO of DoSomething.org". forefrontmag.com/. Retrieved 19 June 2014.