Tulaine Montgomery is an entrepreneur, educator, writer, and organizer. She has played leadership roles in the launch and expansion of social enterprises across the U.S., the Caribbean, East Africa, Indonesia, and South Africa.
As Co-CEO of New Profit, Tulaine has led initiatives focused on strengthening education-to-employment pathways for underserved youth, driving resources and support to entrepreneurs who have been directly impacted by the American legal system, and building a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and philanthropic sector. Tulaine has also served as the lead architect of New Profit’s Inclusive Impact strategy and Proximate Capital fund, which seeks to bridge the resource gap faced by Black, Latino/a/x, Indigenous, rural, and other underinvested social entrepreneurs.
In 2022, she served on Independent Sector’s John W. Gardner Leadership Award Committee. New Profit is a member of Independent Sector.
Outside of New Profit, Tulaine is a trusted advisor to nonprofit organizations and socially responsible companies and serves as the Board Chair for GirlTrek, the largest public health nonprofit for African-American women and girls in the nation. Her other board positions include Beyond 12, YouthBuild, College for Social Innovation, and Jitegemee (a youth-serving organization in Kenya). She is also the Host and Executive Producer of “Say More: Live conversations with Tulaine,” an Instagram Live virtual ‘salon’ that explores what it would take to build a world that works for everyone.
Tulaine’s writing has been featured in Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Root, Worth Media, and more. She has a master’s in public policy from Tufts University and a bachelor’s degree from Smith College.
Tulaine is an experienced cellist and writer; she has written and produced five original plays.
