Grayson Gilliland
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Started Nestwork after living the pre-med scramble firsthand. Works inside a health system today and leads Nestwork's product and partnerships.
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Opportunity shouldn't depend on who you know.
Nestwork is building the place where pre-med, pre-law and pre-nursing students find their people, their plan and their next opportunity. It starts on one campus in Richmond, Virginia.
Our mission
No student should miss their future because nobody told them about it. We turn the hardest years of becoming a professional into something you do with your people, with a plan and with a real shot.
Our story
Built from inside the scramble.
Research spots, lab positions, clinical hours and good mentors are what make a med, law or nursing school application. On most campuses, they're still found through word of mouth: a hallway conversation, a friend of a friend, a professor who happens to remember your name.
That means professors with open lab spots struggle to reach students, and students don't know the spots exist. Students without a doctor, lawyer or nurse in the family start years behind.
Nestwork fixes that with three things working together: a community for every track on every campus, an opportunities board where faculty post openings directly to students, and a mentor for every student who wants one.
“I've lived this scramble as a pre-med student.”
Our team
The people behind Nestwork.
Shannon Gilliland
Chief Operating Officer & President
A founding member of Nestwork. Leads the company's operations and helps guide its strategy as it grows campus by campus.
What we believe
Built on people, not just software.
Community first
The community is the product. Students stay because their people are there.
Campus by campus
We'd rather be essential at one school than forgettable at a hundred.
Both sides win
Students get real opportunities. Faculty get prepared applicants without the cold emails.
Your data is yours
We collect only what we need, ask clearly, and never sell personal data.
CompanyNestwork Education Group LLC
HeadquartersRichmond, Virginia
Launching firstNestwork MD at VCU
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