Lucas Welch

Lucas Welch (born 1974 in North Carolina) is a New York-based social entrepreneur. Welch founded Soliya, an international nonprofit organization that works on virtual exchange programs among university students in Western and Muslim-majority countries. He is known for his role in the establishment of the J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative, to connect one million young people in the United States and the Middle East. Welch currently serves as the executive director of the Pluribus Project, an initiative with the Aspen Institute, to build the political power of the many in the United States.