Submitted
2025 Global Economic Prosperity Challenge

Fueling Equitable Futures

Team Leader
Sahana Mukherjee
Unveiled is a nonprofit platform reimagining how professionals build careers by making sponsorship an accessible, intentional, and community-rooted process. Core Components: CareerGPS™ – Our proprietary framework helps professionals audit and map their networks using LinkedIn data to identify potential sponsors and take strategic action. Unwind with Unveiled – An 8-month cohort experience that combines workshops, storytelling, and guided practice through...
What is the name of your organization?
Unveiled: Bridging the Gap to Sponsorship
What is the name of your solution?
Fueling Equitable Futures
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
Empowering professionals with data-informed tools and community-driven support to unlock sponsorship and career mobility in the digital economy.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Newark, DE, USA
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
USA
What type of organization is your solution team?
Nonprofit
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What specific problem are you solving?
Despite growing access to digital tools, many talented professionals still face invisible barriers to advancement. One of the strongest predictors of career mobility is sponsorship—when someone in a position of influence actively advocates for you. Yet sponsorship remains an informal practice, available mostly through exclusive networks and legacy relationships. As the workforce evolves through AI, automation, and hybrid models, professionals outside traditional power structures face increased precarity. These systems of advancement often lack transparency, leaving individuals with potential—and without access—behind. Unveiled turns sponsorship into a strategy. We make it teachable, measurable, and scalable through tech-enabled tools and collective learning experiences.
What is your solution?
Unveiled is a nonprofit platform reimagining how professionals build careers by making sponsorship an accessible, intentional, and community-rooted process. Core Components: CareerGPS™ – Our proprietary framework helps professionals audit and map their networks using LinkedIn data to identify potential sponsors and take strategic action. Unwind with Unveiled – An 8-month cohort experience that combines workshops, storytelling, and guided practice through CareerGPS™, fostering confidence and traction in real-world career journeys. Ask the Experts – A private, anonymous Q&A forum where participants submit workplace questions and receive collective guidance from seasoned advisors. Voices That Represent, Equity Essentials, Fireside Chats and more – A multimedia ecosystem including a podcast, newsletter, and live sessions that amplify real stories of sponsorship, leadership, and navigating systemic barriers. Together, these pathways provide the tools, structure, and support professionals need to accelerate their growth—on their terms.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
Unveiled serves professionals across sectors who have the skills, drive, and leadership potential but may not have had access to the informal systems that drive career mobility. Impact: 83% of cohort participants have moved into higher roles, expanded responsibilities and achieved other advancement goals. 100% report increased clarity and confidence in navigating sponsorship and career conversations. Participants have been invited to speak at national conferences, lead initiatives, and elevated their own brand while championing sponsorship inspired by Unveiled. We serve not just individuals, but entire ecosystems—reshaping how opportunity flows in workplaces, communities, and industries.
Solution Team:
Sahana Mukherjee
Sahana Mukherjee
Founder & President