Dr. Nikki Eberhardt’s life goal is to power people with audacious solutions, armed to tackle the globe’s most intractable challenges. She seeks to disrupt at the intersection of edtech, executive leadership and scalable social and ecological impact.

She is Professor of Business at Minerva University—teaching startup finance, marketing and global social entrepreneurship—reinventing university experience and building 21st century global leaders and innovators.

Nikki is Manager on Delta Air Lines' Global Talent Team to craft high potential development programs, facilitate leadership development for senior executives and produce video and podcast offerings for 80,000 employees.

She holds executive positions with startups to accelerate impact: EVP Impact eThree — pioneering a digital platform with influencers, brands and charities so GenZ can effect change; EVP Partnerships for UCO—seeking to disrupt a $600B remittance industry with migrant financial inclusion. Nikki also is a member on the board of directors for RESULTS, a global advocacy network that changes policies, unlocking tens of billions of dollars in government funding towards ending global and domestic poverty.

Nikki works with Global Citizen, a movement harnessing voices of influencers, world leaders and corporates with 10M Global Citizens to end poverty. The movement has raised over $49B in commitments and has driven 25M+ digital actions set to affect 2.5B lives.

Nikki has a PhD Global Sociology, MA International Development, and an Oxford MBA.