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Jake Hirsch-Allen

Director of Partnerships, the Dais

Jake Hirsch-Allen is the head of Partnerships at The Dais and previously built public-private partnerships in workforce development and higher education for LinkedIn.


Jake advises impact investors, public sector leaders and start-ups, including on edTech, responsible tech, ethical data and Public AI. He co-founded Lighthouse Labs and has acted as a director on many boards. A former intellectual property and international criminal lawyer, Jake was also chair of the Technology Committee of the Global Education Platform, taught Global Health at McMaster University and clerked at the Supreme Court of Israel.

Jake Hirsch-Allen

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