Mike Belinsky is a Director in the AI Institute at Schmidt Sciences, where he supports the strategy and management of the Institute and the design of AI programs.

Prior to Schmidt Sciences, Mike was a principal at The Bridgespan Group, where he led teams that addressed complex strategy and execution challenges for foundations, impact investors, and nonprofits. At Bridgespan, Mike also helped build the impact investing practice.

Mike also co-founded Instiglio, a social enterprise that develops impact bonds and results-based financing programs in low- and middle-income countries. At Instiglio, Mike led the team that designed the first impact bond in India — the Educate Girls Development Impact Bond — which improved primary education outcomes and served as a model for impact bonds in India and beyond. For this work, Mike received the Echoing Green fellowship and the Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurship award.

Mike holds a BA in economics and government from Dartmouth College and an MPP from Harvard Kennedy School. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and lives with his wife and two children in New York City.