Mentor Spaces helps colleges and employers deliver career mentorship that reliably moves student outcomes. The platform embeds mentorship into the corporate volunteering programs employees already use — but access alone isn’t enough, so it structures each relationship around David Yeager’s mentor mindset: pairing high expectations with the support students need to meet them. Mentors are guided to help students build confidence, a sense of belonging in professional settings, and a clearer view of their own path forward. For the first time, institutions can measure whether these relationships translate into what matters — internships, jobs, and momentum. Working alongside researchers, Mentor Spaces is building the evidence base for what makes mentorship work, and making it work at scale.
Chris Motley
Founder & CEO
Chris Motley is the founder and CEO of Mentor Spaces and program director of the Advancing Mentorship Collaborative, where he builds tools that help colleges and employers expand students’ access to professional opportunity. A two-time ed-tech founder, Chris has led teams that built award-winning products, raised $10 million in blended capital, and served customers across the corporate, nonprofit, and university markets. Before founding Mentor Spaces, Chris spent six years as an EVP at 1888 Mills, a global textile manufacturer, where he led its expansion into Ghana, built its Apparel Division, and directed Global Strategy & Sustainability. Earlier, he spent four years at Goldman Sachs as a Commodities and Interest Rate Products trader. Chris holds a B.A. in History from Columbia University and an MBA in Entrepreneurship from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.