ACTIVATING TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP WORLDWIDE
Mountaintop helps local leaders reach their full potential to deepen and scale their impact and create systems change.
THE CHALLENGE
Local leaders have the knowledge and trust to address local challenges, but often lack access to the learning, relationships, and resources that can help them grow their impact.
OUR APPROACH
Mountaintop International is a nonprofit that builds "human infrastructure" — the inner capacity of local communities worldwide to lead their own development and flourish.
Working with individuals, mission-driven organizations, and public institutions, we run world class fellowships to strengthen values-driven local leaders so they can deepen and scale their impact. We also develop research, policies, and education that help communities lead their own development, and cultivate a global ecosystem advancing human infrastructure.
OUR FELLOWSHIPS
Mountaintop supports leaders who are building stronger communities — from emerging grassroots leaders to experienced executives. Across every program, Fellows receive world-class leadership training at institutions like the Harvard Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, the Harvard Kennedy School Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights, the NYU Stern Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing, and USIU-Africa. Fellows learn from world-class practitioners, receive mentorship and coaching, and join a community of peers committed to lasting impact.
PARTNERS, FUNDERS, AND CLIENTS
HEAR FROM OUR FELLOWS
“The Business Executive Fellowship and NYU Intensive didn’t just sharpen my leadership and HR skills — it moved me. It helped me find myself again. My biggest takeaway: confronting my blind spots, gaining real tools to improve, and truly seeing what I couldn’t see before. A new era begins — for me and for my company.”
Nina Gebauer, 2026 Mountaintop Business Executive Fellow, Strategic Director - Human Resources and Founding HR Leader, AmaliTech (Cologne, Germany)