Social Enterprise News

Roy Swan is the director of mission investments at the Ford Foundation and a national leader in the fields of sustainable finance, impact investing, and community and economic development.

Cheryl Dorsey is a trailblazer in the social entrepreneurship movement and the president of Echoing Green, a global nonprofit that supports emerging social entrepreneurs and invests deeply in their ideas and Leadership & Strategy.

Wes Moore — bestselling author, combat veteran, social entrepreneur, and chief executive officer of the Robin Hood Foundation — is one of the country's leading voices on issues of economic opportunity and social and racial equity.

Wes Moore — bestselling author, combat veteran, social entrepreneur, and chief executive officer of the Robin Hood Foundation — is one of the country’s leading voices on issues of economic opportunity and social and racial equity.

Sally Susman, executive vice president and chief corporate affairs officer at Pfizer, talks about Leadership & Strategy, innovation, breakthroughs, and partnerships in these extraordinary times.

Lisa Mensah, president and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network, discusses economic and community development finance institutions (CDFIs), finance justice, and ways the Biden-Harris Administration can support CDFIs to "finance hope" and help struggling communities build back stronger.

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.

Eleven projects at the intersection of climate change and business were awarded the Three Cairns Climate Fellowship during the 2019-2020 academic year.

Seven 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.

In November 2019, the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise and Social Investment Managers & Advisors (SIMA) hosted a day-long summit at MetLife in New York, focused on sharing and operationalizing best practices for institutional investors to move into impact investing in a more meaningful way.