Jackson Gates - Intellectual History Student at Harvard College

Jackson Gates - Intellectual History Student at Harvard College

Jackson Gates is a junior at Harvard College studying intellectual history. He has accrued professional experience in a variety of different impact-generating channels, including grassroots fundraising and charity event planning, congressional campaigns, and community foundations. This summer he will be working for the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network in Singapore, where he will be focused on identifying opportunities for inter and intra-sector collaboration in order to maximize the real impact of capital intended for public interest projects. His senior thesis will explore the U.S. economy’s continued reliance on exploitation, and the implications of that exploitation for animal and environmental rights policy.