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September 2016, Cathy Clark, Faculty Director of CASE I got the call from the White House, in May 2014. “We’re going to have some major new commitments of impact investment capital at the meeting in June. Would you be interested in helping us track how the money is spent?” What do you say to a […]

This post was written by Tiffany Hsieh, a 2018 Fuqua MBA in August 2016. For the past three years, she conducted impact evaluations of education programs at the non-profit, independent research institute SRI International. She previously taught middle school special education in Colorado as a Teach for America corps member. Tiffany received her undergraduate degree […]

This post was written by Julia Korn, Daytime MBA 2017, in August 2016. Julia came to Fuqua from a career in healthcare. Most recently, she worked for North Shore-LIJ Health System (now Northwell Health). At Fuqua she is a CASE Fellow and the co-lead of the Net Impact Careers Cabinet. She graduated magna cum laude […]

This post originally appeared on B the Change Media in August 2016. Cathy Clark, Faculty Director of CASE The other day my 8-year-old daughter sat at the barstool in front of our kitchen island and asked me to explain to her what impact investing is. She knew my book was on this topic, that I […]

July 2016 This month’s CASE Chat features Bonny Moellenbrock, Executive Director of Investors’ Circle. Durham-based Investors’ Circle is the largest and most active early-stage impact investing network in the world. To date the network has connected over 300 social enterprises with nearly $200 million in capital. In the CASE Chat, Bonny discusses the need for […]

July 2016 The growth in interest in impact investing has been steady over recent years, with a newly released study by U.S Trust showing that 93% of millennials interviewed saying social impact is key to their investing decisions. Despite this, multiple barriers still exist that inhibit many investment managers from entering the field. These barriers can […]

July 2016 This month’s CASE Chat features Ticora Jones, Division Chief of the Higher Solutions Education Network (HESN). HESN is a partnership between USAID and seven top universities, including Duke University, designed to channel the ingenuity of university students, researchers, and faculty towards global development. In the CASE Chat, Ticora discusses the need for tri-sector leadership, the importance […]

This post was written by CASE Executive-in-Residence and Sproxil Co-Founder Alden Zecha in June 2016. He has over 25 years of experience in more than 35 countries and has founded several companies, including SEAD Innovator Sproxil, Inc., a social venture that provides a consumer SMS and app product verification service to help consumers avoid purchasing […]

This post was written by Loree Lipstein, founder of Thread Strategies and Fuqua MBA 2015 alumnus, in June 2016. During her time at Fuqua, Loree was a CASE Scholar and Co-President of the Net Impact and JBA Clubs. She founded Thread Strategies as a solution for small and medium-sized nonprofits struggling to significantly grow revenue […]

May 2016 Bigger isn’t always better. That’s one key headline global health entrepreneurs offered staff of USAID’s Center for Accelerating Innovation & Impact  and Higher Education Solutions Network during a recent panel discussion titled Lessons Learned on the Journey to Scale. During the panel SEAD innovators from ayzh, Forus Health, Operation ASHA, and Noora Health […]