Stacey Palas

Stacey Palas is a principal in Bridgespan’s Boston office. Since joining the firm in 2018, she has advised a diverse set of nonprofit and philanthropic clients, with a focus on early childhood, climate, and place-based initiatives.

Stacey’s work spans organizational strategy, sourcing and diligence for family offices and philanthropic collaboratives, and implementation support. In addition to her client work, she has played a key role in advancing Bridgespan’s knowledge agenda, helping shape the strategy and operations of the firm’s research and publishing efforts.

Prior to joining Bridgespan, Stacey was the technical project director for the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools initiative at Digital Promise, a nonprofit focused on advancing innovation in education. She also conducted research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE) lab, studying readiness for education technology implementation in the United States and India. She began her career as a high school physics teacher in the Boston area through Teach For America.

Stacey currently serves on the advisory board of ParentCorps, an early childhood organization, and on the board of her daughter’s cooperative preschool. Stacey holds an SB in economics and an SM in technology and policy from the Massachusetts of Technology, as well as an MEd in teaching and curriculum from Boston University.