Shawn Bohen and Elyse Rosenblum

Shawn Jacqueline Bohen is Year Up’s National Director for Strategic Growth and Impact, a member of the executive leadership team and responsible for crafting and orchestrating this social enterprises’ influence strategy. Over the last 25 years, Shawn has made a career as a collaborative strategist, creating, growing, and strategically managing mission-driven organizations. Shawn is recognized for her ability to turn great ideas into dynamic, diversely-staffed, fiscally-viable entities. Prior to Year Up, Shawn spent more than a decade working at Harvard University in a series of leadership roles facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration to tackle some of society’s most challenging and interesting social, political and economic dilemmas. Partnering with academic colleagues, students, alumni and donors, Shawn led the strategic evolution of four university-wide start-ups, including the Harvard Initiative for Global Health, the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at the John F. Kennedy School, the university-wide Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative, and the Harvard Medical School Division on Addictions. In her last post at Harvard, Shawn served as Assistant Provost, co-creating and co-leading the first institution-wide Office for Faculty Development and Diversity committed to transforming Harvard's approach to finding, developing and promoting a diverse, world-class faculty. Shawn began her career conducting grassroots environmental and consumer affairs campaigns for the Public Interest Research Groups in CT and MA. Shawn has two middle school-aged children who are in the Brookline, MA public schools. She currently serves as a senior advisor to Partners in Health and she is on the Board of iScale.

Elyse Rosenblum works with non-profits, foundations and corporations on education, workforce training and youth development strategies. She assists clients in developing and implementing influence and advocacy initiatives. Her work frequently involves engaging employers and young adults as partners in advocacy to inform public policy at the national level. She also has extensive experience working with employers to document and promote best business practices with the goal of cultivating business champions and engaging more employers in programs to develop new sources of skilled and diverse talent.

Elyse has a particular commitment to creating opportunities for low income and disconnected young adults to develop the skills and connections needed to make successful transitions to career path employment and/or postsecondary education. Recent clients include Year Up and Corporate Voices for Working Families as well as the Kellogg Foundation’s New Options Project.

An attorney by training, Elyse has a longtime commitment to women’s leadership, equity and issues that affect working families. She has served on the American Bar Association’s Individual Rights and Responsibilities Committee. She was the founder of the Texas Journal of Women and Law at the University of Texas School of Law. At Williams College, she served on the President’s Diversity Committee.