Social Enterprise

Scott Rechler is chairman and CEO of RXR, a leading real estate owner, investor, operator, and developer committed to building socially, economically, and environmentally responsible communities.

The Harlem Local Vendor Program Taps Columbia Business School to Boost Food Entrepreneurs

Liz Luckett, '90CC, the managing partner of The Social Entrepreneurs' Fund, and a co-founder of Maycomb Capital, is a pioneer impact investor who has blazed the trail, and set a very high bar, for the billions of dollars and many new entrants to the field.

Liz Luckett, ’90CC, the managing partner of The Social Entrepreneurs’ Fund, and a co-founder of Maycomb Capital, is a pioneer impact investor who has blazed the trail, and set a very high bar, for the billions of dollars and many new entrants to the field.

Four new Tamer Fund for Social Venture awardees were selected after their participation in an application screening round, a due diligence process with student teams from a Columbia Business School course, and a final pitch to the fund’s investment board.

Samantha Tweedy, the inaugural president of the Black Economic Alliance Foundation, has spent her career building and leading transformative racial and economic justice initiatives at the intersection of the public, private, and philanthropic sectors.

Samantha Tweedy, the inaugural president of the Black Economic Alliance Foundation, has spent her career building and leading transformative racial and economic justice initiatives at the intersection of the public, private, and philanthropic sectors.

Stephen Grimaldi, the executive director of New York Common Pantry, and John MacDonald and Scott Crawford, the chief marketing and chief merchandising officers of FreshDirect, talk about the extraordinary partnership the two organizations forged in the height of the pandemic.

Stephen Grimaldi, the executive director of New York Common Pantry, and John MacDonald and Scott Crawford, the chief marketing and chief merchandising officers of FreshDirect, talk about the extraordinary partnership the two organizations forged in the height of the pandemic.

Donnel Baird '13 is the founder and CEO of BlocPower, a clean tech startup based in New York City that develops portfolios of clean energy retrofit opportunities in underserved communities and connects those opportunities to investors seeking social, environmental, and financial returns.