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