Witnessing the Power of Proximate Leadership – Liz Kanovsky, Haas School of Business December 8, 2022 By REDF Admin This August, before starting my second year at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, I re-visited the gigantic Google doc where I had taken notes on my internship search. In the middle of pages of bullets on REDF and the Farber program – I had done my research! – was a list of the different … Continue reading Witnessing the Power of Proximate Leadership – Liz Kanovsky, Haas School of Business
Employment Social Enterprise: A Whole Person Approach – Ben Harris, Booth School of Business December 1, 2022 By REDF Admin Prior to business school, I spent my entire career in the US public healthcare system. Throughout my time at a community health center and state Medicaid agency, I saw how healthcare could be a stabilizing force in the lives of many individuals who have been underserved and marginalized by the broader society. But I was … Continue reading Employment Social Enterprise: A Whole Person Approach – Ben Harris, Booth School of Business
Four Takeaways From My Farber Summer: Neethi Nayak, Booth School of Business & Harris School of Public Policy November 18, 2022 By REDF Admin My interest in REDF began even before I set foot in a business school classroom. As a joint policy and business student, I always valued an interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving. My prior work as a sustainability and future of work consultant had me cross paths with REDF prior to starting grad school! In learning more … Continue reading Four Takeaways From My Farber Summer: Neethi Nayak, Booth School of Business & Harris School of Public Policy
Press Release: REDF Accelerator Brings Together Emerging Social Enterprise Leaders with a Focus on Lived Experience in Overcoming Employment Barriers November 17, 2022 By REDF Admin CONTACT: Lori Warren Director of Marketing & Communications lwarren@redf.org (415) 561-6683 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE REDF Accelerator Brings Together Emerging Social Enterprise Leaders with a Focus on Lived Experience in Overcoming Employment Barriers A new cohort of 18 employment social entrepreneurs from across the U.S. joins the REDF Accelerator to experiment with sustainable strategies for … Continue reading Press Release: REDF Accelerator Brings Together Emerging Social Enterprise Leaders with a Focus on Lived Experience in Overcoming Employment Barriers
Using Feedback as an Evaluation and Capacity-Building Tool November 14, 2022 By REDF Admin This post was originally published by the American Evaluation Association (AEA). It shares reflections and lessons learned from a 2021 evaluation of employment social enterprise’s impact on employment and life stability conducted by RTI International. Explore the findings from that research here. Hello, we are Dina Wilderson (Director of Learning & Evidence at REDF), Pablo Gaxiola (Director of Reintegration … Continue reading Using Feedback as an Evaluation and Capacity-Building Tool
Farbers, Where Are They Now? A Conversation with Anne Marie Burgoyne November 9, 2022 By REDF Admin For over 20 years, REDF has hosted MBA students and graduates from across the country that are passionate about the power of business to transform lives, communities, and our economy. These interns, known as Farber Fellows, are matched with a REDF grantee and work directly with the employment social enterprise staff on a project to support … Continue reading Farbers, Where Are They Now? A Conversation with Anne Marie Burgoyne
What the REDF Team is Adding to Their Holiday Shopping Carts November 7, 2022 By REDF Admin Whether it’s your closest family members, a dear friend, or a great colleague – the Social Enterprise Gift Guide has handcrafted products that are perfect for everyone on your shopping list. The REDF team is already shopping the guide for their own holiday purchases. Take a look at some of their go-to gifts for the … Continue reading What the REDF Team is Adding to Their Holiday Shopping Carts
REDF Impact Investing Fund November 2022 Newsletter November 3, 2022 By REDF Admin RIIF Welcomes New Board Members Terry Ing is a Managing Director at KKR, where he is a portfolio manager for KKR’s leveraged credit funds and a member of the U.S. Leveraged Credit Investment Committee and KKR Credit Portfolio Management Committee. Cedric D. Thurman is Executive Vice President at Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, where … Continue reading REDF Impact Investing Fund November 2022 Newsletter
Farbers, Where Are They Now: Lalu Beré November 3, 2022 By REDF Admin Each summer, REDF hosts MBA students from across the country that are passionate about the power of business to transform lives, communities, and our economy. These interns, known as Farber Fellows, are matched with a REDF grantee and work directly with the employment social enterprise staff on a project to support the business and its … Continue reading Farbers, Where Are They Now: Lalu Beré
Farbers, Where Are They Now: Michael Fu October 19, 2022 By REDF Admin Each summer, REDF hosts MBA students from across the country that are passionate about the power of business to transform lives, communities, and our economy. These interns, known as Farber Fellows, are matched with a REDF grantee and work directly with the employment social enterprise staff on a project to support the business and its … Continue reading Farbers, Where Are They Now: Michael Fu