Social Enterprise News

In this episode of More MPE, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright speak with Lindsay Kruse ’06, CEO of All Means All, on her inspiring journey from management consulting to becoming a passionate advocate for equitable education, especially for students with disabilities and other marginalized groups.

In this episode of More MPE, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright speak with Phoebe Boyer ’93, president and CEO of Children's Aid — one of the oldest and largest of New York City’s nonprofit social welfare agencies.

In this episode of More MPE, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright speak with Kesha Cash ’10, founder and general partner of Impact America Fund, on her humble beginnings to becoming a trailblazer in impact investing.

In the first episode of season two, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright speak with Rohit “Rit” Aggarwala ’00, the chief climate officer and commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) of the City of New York, a position he has held since being recruited in 2022 to the administration of Mayor Eric Adams. 

Three 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 the Columbia Business School course Investing in Social Ventures, and a final pitch to the fund’s investment board.

The Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change Will Address Urgent Need for Business Climate Research and Education

In the final episode of the season, host Professor Ray Horton speaks at a live event with Professors Glenn Hubbard and Tano Santos, the faculty who teach the popular course Modern Political Economy at Columbia Business School.

Three inspiring leaders in women’s health — Erika Seth Davies, Jade Kearney, and Flory Wilson — are pioneering advances in reproductive and maternal health and are using business, investment, engagement, and advocacy as levers for social change.

Host Professor Ray Horton speaks with Sandra Navalli OAM ’03, managing director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise, on the increasing importance of social entrepreneurship and the unique role the center plays in supporting social entrepreneurship in the United States and around the world.

In another session devoted to climate change, host Professor Ray Horton talks about an unconventional way of halting global warming — known as solar geo-engineering — with Professor Gernot Wagner, faculty director of the Climate Knowledge Initiative at the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise and senior lecturer at Columbia Business School.