LEONARD T. MENDONCA Chairman McKinsey Global Institute

Lenny Mendonca is a director in the San Francisco office of McKinsey & Company, Inc., a leading global management consulting firm, where he leads the firm’s knowledge development. Mr. Mendonca is a member of McKinsey’s Shareholders' Council (its board of directors), oversees the firm's communications (including the McKinsey Quarterly), and is Chairman of the McKinsey Global Institute. He has helped dozens of corporate, government, and nonprofit clients solve their most difficult management challenges. Mr. Mendonca was a co-founder of McKinsey's Public Sector Practice and its North American Personal Financial Services Practice.  

Mr. Mendonca is the Chairman of the Bay Area Council and on the board of directors of the Economic Institute of the Bay Area and the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium. He is on the board of The New America Foundation, Common Cause, and is a Trustee for the Committee for Economic Development.  He serves on the board of ChildrenNow, DonorsChoose, and The California Business for Educational Excellence Foundation, and is a member of the Alliance for the San Francisco Unified School District. 

Mr. Mendonca received his MBA and certificate in public management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  He holds an AB, magna cum laude, in economics from Harvard College. He has written and spoken extensively on globalization, economic development, regulation, education, energy policy, healthcare, financial services, and corporate strategy. 

Mr. Mendonca lives on the Half Moon Bay coast, south of San Francisco, with his wife and two daughters. He is the founder and owner of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company.