Clare Leinweber

Clare Leinweber is an experienced leader in innovation education. For over 15 years, she has mentored and taught hundreds of student innovators, founders, and joiners, helping them develop compelling ideas to solve real-world problems by creating for-profit or not-for-profit ventures and by innovating from within established organizations. She is an expert in designing innovative co-curricular programs that leverage the natural experiential learning lab environment of a diverse university campus.

Throughout her university experience, Leinweber has worked closely with students as mentor, advisor, and teacher. She also brings deep experience in collaborating with faculty, staff, and alumni to design opportunities for meaningful engagement and learning. Leinweber holds a master’s degree in human development and a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, both from the University of Chicago. She also holds a graduate certificate in management from the Wharton School and a master’s degree in public health from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.