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Craig Zelizer

CEO & Founder @ PCDN.Global | Talent is everywhere, opportunity isn’t | Moving careers & capital to impact | Building a more just future, today | Podcast Host, Curious Network Weaver, Professor & Lifelong Learner

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About

Talent is everywhere. Access is not. Craig Zelizer has spent over 25 years working to close that gap — building networks, education, and pathways that help changemakers turn purpose into careers, organizations, and impact at scale. His work spans higher education, network weaving, AI for impact, the future of work, and peacebuilding. He is the Founder and CEO of PCDN.global, one of the world's leading platforms connecting changemakers across sectors to opportunities around the world. Craig is the co-host of the Social Change Career Podcast, which has released over 200 episodes featuring leaders and practitioners shaping the impact sector. He has helped thousands of professionals around the globe advance mission driven careers through coaching, courses, and more. Craig is an angel investor for impact, focused on startups driving social impact across ed tech, climate, innovation, and more. He also serves on boards and advisory boards, and acts as an advisor, scout, and deal partner for several funds and organizations that invest in startups solving social and environmental challenges. Craig spent ten years on the faculty at Georgetown University, where he was Associate Professor of t

Experience

Boardy Pro Advisory BoardBoardy
Jun 2026
Boardy Deal PartnerBoardy
Dec 2025
ConnectorBoardy
Oct 2024
MemberTwill
Sep 2024
AdvisorAstia
Jan 2023
Facilitator in ResidenceTechChange
Jul 2026
ScoutEnduring Planet
Sep 2022
Deal PartnerGanas Ventures
Sep 2022
ScoutCarbon Collective
Sep 2022
CEO & FounderPCDN.Global
Oct 2011
Consulting ScientistInternational Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE)
Nov 2024 to Sep 2025
FacilitatorBlueDot Impact
Jan 2025 to May 2025
Mentor, The Global Grid: Mentorship and Career resources for learners and alumniNexford University
Feb 2022 to May 2023
Visiting Assistant ProfessorThe American University of Paris
Jul 2018 to Jul 2018
Startup Leadership Fellow DC chapterStartup Leadership Program
Oct 2016 to May 2017
Conflict Resolution Faculty Fellow & Adjunct ProfessorGeorgetown University
Aug 2016 to Sep 2023
Associate Director and Associate Professor of PracticeGeorgetown University
Aug 2015 to Jun 2016
Interim DirectorGeorgetown University
Aug 2014 to Jun 2015
Associate DirectorGeorgetown University
Jan 2008 to May 2015
Visiting Assistant ProfessorGeorgetown University
Aug 2006 to Jun 2008
InstructorFair Chance Futures
Jul 2026
Program OfficerIREX
May 1997 to Jul 1998

Education

George Mason University
Ph.D. Conflict Analysis and Resolution
1995 to 2004