Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine

Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine is a social impact entrepreneur, community builder, and corporate lawyer dedicated to advancing education, heritage, and healthcare through transformative leadership.

She currently serves as the President and CEO of Khan Academy Philippines, whose mission is to deliver a world-class, accessible, and localized digital and AI-driven learning platform that elevates foundational skills mastery across the Philippine education system. She is also the founder of the Philippine Living Heritage Initiative, which offers an immersive intellectual, historical, and cultural experience for a select cohort of Filipino-American high school leaders, and the Collaborative Center for X-Linked Dystonia Parkinsonism (XDP) at Massachusetts General Hospital, which is focused on research and treatments for this rare neurodegenerative disease.

Before transitioning into the social impact sector, Geraldine practiced corporate law in New York and Boston. She most recently served as Senior Counsel for Derivatives and Alternative Investments at Bracebridge Capital, a fixed-income hedge fund based in Boston, Massachusetts.

She is a graduate of Harvard College, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Columbia Law School. Her university service includes roles as Vice Chair of the Harvard University Board of Overseers, Member of the Board of Fellows at Harvard Medical School, Co-Chair of the Harvard Kennedy School Fund Executive Council, and Member of the Dean’s Advisory Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Geraldine also serves on the boards of The Asian American Foundation, The Women’s Foundation of New England, and Massachusetts General Hospital