How are members selected? What are the criteria?
The inaugural members of the network have been invited by experts at the Sorenson Impact Center who have taken into account the significance of their contribution and work in the impact space. This inaugural group will help shape the future of the network, criteria for membership, overall goals, and direction of the annual impact survey. Future members of the network will be nominated by existing members and invited following in-depth review and consideration by experts at the Sorenson Impact Center.
WHAT SECTORS ARE REPRESENTED?
Impact Investing
Impact Finance and Banking
Impact Strategy, Measurement
ESG
Business and Entrepreneurship
Media
Government, Policy & Law
Foundations, Non-profits
and NGOs
Education, Academia, Research
Thought Leadership
Technology
The field of impact is rapidly expanding. This new network is designed to further accelerate that growth by bringing together established and new voices in the field from across a broad range of sectors. At a moment in world history when this work has taken on a heightened relevance and urgency, our goal is to facilitate conversations and collaborations that lead to action and ever greater impact.
The field of impact is rapidly expanding. This new network is designed to further accelerate that growth by bringing together established and new voices in the field from across a broad range of sectors. At a moment in world history when this work has taken on a heightened relevance and urgency, our goal is to facilitate conversations and collaborations that lead to action and ever greater impact.

Meet the Global Impact Leaders

Reuben Abraham
CEO, Artha Global

Alex Amouyel
Executive Director of Solve, MIT

Rosemary Addis
Founding Managing Partner, Mondiale Impact

Bertrand Badre
CEO, BlueOrange Capital

David Bank
CEO, ImpactAlpha

Matt Bannick
Former Managing Partner, Omidyar Network

Naina Batra
Chairperson and CEO of Asian Venture Philanthropy Network

Matthew Bishop
Sorenson Impact Center Senior Fellow, Global Impact Leader Founder & Inaugural Chair

Ruma Bose
Chief Growth Officer and Head of International, Clearco

Amit Bouri
CEO, The Global Impact Investing Network

Margot Brandenburg
Senior Program Officer, Mission Investments

Allie Burns
CEO, Village Capital

Howard W. Buffett
Associate Professor at Columbia University, Member of the University's Committee on Socially Responsible Investing

Mark Campanale
Executive Chair, Carbon Tracker Initiative

Esha Chhabra
Economist, International Monetary Fund

Calvin Chin
Managing Partner E14 Fund

Matt Christensen
Head of Impact Investing, Allianz

Sir Ronald Cohen
Chair, The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures

Jamie Cooper
Chair and President, Big Win

Ron Cordes
Co-Founder, Cordes Foundation

Elizabeth Corley
Chair, Impact Investing Institute

Phyllis Costanza
Head of Social Impact and CEO UBS Optimus Foundation

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
US Business Editor for the Financial Times

Mekaelia Davis
Director of the Inclusive Economies Program, Surdna Foundation

Temple Fennell
Managing Partner, Clean Energy Ventures

Lynn Forester de Rothschild
Founding and Managing Partner of Inclusive Capital Partners

Alex Friedman
Co-Founder, CEO Novata

Rachel Gerrol
Co-Founder & CEO, NEXUS Global Summit

James Gifford
Head of Sustainable & Impact Advisory and Thought Leadership at Credit Suisse

Jessica Jackley
Founder + CEO, Alltruists

Brigit Helms
Executive Director, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship

Nigel Kershaw
Chair, The Big Issue Group

Amy Klement
Managing Partner, Imaginable Futures

Raj Kumar
President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex

Olivia Leland
Founder and CEO at Co-Impact

Jessica Long
CSO & Managing Director, Closed Loop Partners

Ben McAdams
Sorenson Impact Center, Senior Fellow

Clara Miller
President Emerita, The F. B. Heron Foundation

Bhakti Mirchandani
Managing Director, Responsible Investing at Trinity Church Wall Street

Rebeca Minguela
Founder & CEO, Clarity AI

James Mwangi
CEO of Equity Group Holdings PLC

Maggie Neilson
Global Philanthropy Group

Trevor Neilson
CEO, WasteFuel

Christian Novak
CEO, Delphos - FMA / Global Head of Blended Finance, Delphos

Tracy Palandjian
CEO, Social Finance

Chintan Panchal
Founding Partner at RPCK

Deval Patrick
Director, Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership

Aunnie Patton Power
Co-Founder, Impact Finance Pro

Nancy Pfund
Managing Partner, DBL Partners

Johanna Posada
Founder & Managing Partner, Elevar Equity

Cliff Prior
CEO, Global Steering Group

Liesel Pritzker Simmons
Co-Founder and Principal, Blue Haven Initiative

President Taylor Randall
President, University of Utah

Jeff Rosenthal
Co-Founder, Summit

Imogen Rose-Smith
Contributing Editor, ImpactAlpha

Delilah Rothenberg
Co-Founder & Executive Director, The Predistribution Initiative

Dimple Sahni
MD Impact Investing, Anthos

Debra Schwartz
Managing Director Impact Investments, MacArthur Foundation

Premal Shah
Founder, Kiva

Durreen Shahnaz
Founder/CEO, IIX AND IIX Foundation

Greg Shell
MD, Bain Double Impact

Shamina Singh
Executive Vice President Sustainability, Mastercard

Elaine Smith Genser
Partnership Development Consultant, Joint SDG Fund

Jim Lee Sorenson
Chairman, Sorenson Impact Foundation

Laurie Spengler
CEO, Courageous Capital Advisors

Noor Sweid
Managing Partner, Global Ventures

Gillian Tett
Editor-at-Large, Financial Times

Jonathan Tower
Managing Partner, Arctaris Impact Investors

Rekha Unithan
Co-Head Private Equity Impact, Nuveen

Karen Wilson
Senior Advisor, Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity

Arthur Wood
Founding Partner, Total Impact Capital