Elizabeth Young McNally

Elizabeth Young McNally serves as Executive Vice President of Schmidt Futures. She is responsible for bringing teams of people together to solve problems in science, technology, and shared prosperity. Previously, Young McNally was a Partner at McKinsey & Company and Global Partner Lead for McKinsey Academy. She was also a US Army Military Police officer, where she deployed twice to Iraq and served as General David Petraeus’s speechwriter. A graduate of West Point and Oxford, Young McNally is a Rhodes and Truman Scholar. She was appointed twice by President Obama to the US Military Academy Board of Visitors. The through lines of her career are a commitment to public service, a desire to empower individuals and teams to solve hard problems sustainably, and a deep belief that individuals and groups can cut down silos and collaborate for a higher purpose.