Michelle Nunn is the CEO of Points of Light Institute. She co-founded HandsOn Atlanta in 1989, and what began as a 12-person grassroots startup has grown into the largest volunteer network in the country. At Points of Light Institute, Nunn leads the organization and its business units — HandsOn Network, generationOn and AmeriCorps Alums — in engaging millions of volunteers each year to use their time, talent, voice and money to solve the pressing issues of our time.

A leader in the service and nonprofit sector for two decades, Nunn has served on the President’s Council on Service and Civic Engagement and as a co-convener of the Service Nation Coalition and Re-Imagining Service. Her many honors include the Fast Company Social Capitalist Award and being named for four consecutive years to The NonProfit Times “Power and Influence Top 50,” an annual list of change agents from the nonprofit sector.

Nunn is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where she majored in history and minored in religion, and has studied at Oxford University and in India. She was a Kellogg National Fellow and has a master’s degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. . . . short bio

Michelle Nunn is the CEO of Points of Light Institute. She co-founded HandsOn Atlanta in 1989, and what began as a 12-person grassroots startup has grown into the largest volunteer network in the country. At Points of Light Institute, Nunn leads the organization and its business units — HandsOn Network, generationOn and AmeriCorps Alums — in engaging millions of volunteers each year to use their time, talent, voice and money to solve the pressing issues of our time . . . full bio