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
Consulting Director, New Strategies & 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