Unreasonable Mentors

Jennifer Young Perlman

Director, Innovation & Partnerships, Pearson

Jennifer is an Unreasonable Mentor. Jennifer has participated in 3 programs, including Unreasonable FUTURE 2019, and has advised over 44 Unreasonable companies.
For the past 18 years, I have worked across public, private and nonprofit sectors to advance solutions to large-scale social and public policy challenges. At Pearson, I oversee the company's award-winning social impact campaign Project Literacy and its efforts to scale innovation to improve literacy rates worldwide as well as provide strategic direction and leadership for the broader culture of innovation agenda within the business. I also serve on the Board of Directors of a community-based nonprofit that advocates for abused and neglected children in foster care.