Nick Cooney

Nick Cooney is the founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Lever VC and the founder and board chair of Lever Foundation, a non-profit focused on advancing a humane and sustainable food system. He is the author of several books on effective charity and philanthropy work, including How to Be Great at Doing Good: Why Results Are What Count and How Smart Charity Can Change the World and Change of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change. Cooney advises on effective giving and previously founded and cofounded the non-profits The Humane League and the Good Food Institute. A graduate of Hofstra University, he lives in the greater New York City region.