“H.E.L.P. started because I refused to accept that a young woman whose family didn’t have $30 for secretarial school couldn’t become a doctor. H.E.L.P. has never just been about education. It’s about supporters and students working together to challenge the status quo. It’s about dreaming big—and working hard to achieve those dreams.”

Conor lived and worked in Haiti from 1996 to 2008. During that time, he led the transformation of HELP from a single-student initiative into the largest university scholarship program in the country. In addition to his leadership at HELP, Conor served as a volunteer teacher, Deputy Director of the National Democratic Institute in Haiti, and Director of Haiti Programs for the American Institutes for Research.

He is a recognized social entrepreneur, honored as both an Ashoka Fellow and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). Conor holds a B.A. in History from Brown University.