Mara Lederman

Mara Lederman is currently serving as the Co-Founder and COO at Signal 1 and as a Consulting Expert at Keystone Strategy. With extensive experience in academia, Mara holds various positions at the University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, including Professor, Director of Research Resources and Centres, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor. Mara also contributed their expertise as a Faculty member at NEXT Canada, delivering courses to entrepreneurs, and as the Site Lead and Lab Economist at Creative Destruction Lab. Mara holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics from Western University.