Mori Taheripour is a globally-recognized executive and award-winning educator with over 15 years of experience leading campaigns and initiatives at the intersection of sports and social change. She is a faculty member in the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, teaching Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels. Ms. Taheripour is also a co-founder of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative (WSBI), a partnership among top level business leaders, faculty, and students that generates and disseminates knowledge about the sports industry through educational programs, high-level student consulting assignments, global forums, and research. As an executive consultant, Ms. Taheripour leverages her expertise in negotiation, diversity and inclusion, sport for development, corporate social responsibility, and high-impact philanthropy across sectors. Her diverse client base includes major sports leagues, Fortune 100 companies, universities, and professional associations. From 2010 to 2014, Ms. Taheripour served as the first-ever Senior Advisor for Sport for Development at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In this role, she was the senior US Government Representative tasked with promoting sport as a unique and powerful tool in the advancement of international development goals. Ms. Taheripour led the integration of sport into USAID programs around the world and was responsible for driving strategic partnerships between sports organizations, civil society, private sector corporations, and non-governmental organizations. Ms. Taheripour is a member of the Women’s Sports Foundation’s Board of Trustees, a board member for Skateistan, serves on the Investment Committee for USA Track and Field and is a founding Advisory Board Member of the Sports Leadership & Management Undergraduate Degree Program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Ms. Taheripour earned her MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and her B.A. in Psychology and Pre-Medical Studies from Barnard College of Columbia University.