
Name
Nick Cain
Organization/Affiliation (full name)
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Position Title
Vice President Of Strategy & Innovation
Speaker Bio
Nick leads the Foundation’s strategy team, which works to advance digital, AI, and data-driven solutions to global challenges through a combination of hypothesis-driven grantmaking, partnerships, and ecosystem engagement. Prior to PJMF, Nick was a Principal at Google.org, where he developed a $30M tech-focused climate change portfolio and led additional grantmaking on education and accessibility. Nick is a board member at Path Home, and he founded Frontline Foods Portland, which raised more than $200K for local restaurants in the early days of COVID-19. Nick earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and an MBA from Berkeley.