About
Our Mission
Business for Impact is a center of excellence on corporate purpose and societal impact at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. We operate as a teach, think, and do tank working with business to help all people prosper and the planet thrive. Our work spans three pillars:
- Educate and empower Georgetown students to lead purposeful careers and lives through experiential and academic learning.
- Partner with businesses to advance corporate purpose thinking and practice through multi-sector collaborations, convenings and research.
- Accelerate nonprofit success and small business prosperity so local communities can thrive.
Founded by corporate purpose pioneer Bill Novelli with a group of Georgetown MBA students as the Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) in 2010, Business for Impact has grown to become a leading center for corporate responsibility and societal impact in the United States. For more than a decade, Business for Impact has helped solve pressing worldwide problems by delivering leading-edge education and research; building cross-sector partnerships with corporations, nonprofits and government; and creating impactful opportunities for students to advance the common good. While our programs have grown and adapted over the years, our founding belief remains the same. Businesses can prosper and help solve world problems through balancing the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profit.
Business for Impact Team
Business for Impact Staff
Business for Impact Executive Director & New Strategies Managing Director
Distinguished Professor of the Practice Emeritus
Senior Partner
Director of ESG Initiatives
Director of New Strategies and New Strategies Rising
Assistant Director of Finance
Mona Sharaf
Assistant Director Events & Communications
Adriana Casilla
Program & Communications Coordinator
Advisors/Consultants
Senior Advisor and Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Professor & Executive in Residence
Executive-in-Residence, Leadership Solutions for Health and Prosperity