CEO Insights It’s the shoes. (It’s not the shoes.) There’s a saying when someone great moves on to a new opportunity, the person behind them “has some big shoes to fill.”... 3.1.22 By Maria Kim
CEO Insights When a sandwich board becomes a manifesto On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I sit in the imbalance of two truths: deep admiration for how Dr. King changed the world with his life and deep... 1.12.22 By Maria Kim
Impact Investing, News REDF Impact Investing Fund December 2021 Newsletter New Investments Fuel RIIF’s Work: REDF Impact Investing Fund (RIIF) recently received two exciting investments. RIIF was selected as part of the... 12.20.21
Farber Fellows Employment Social Enterprise: A Win-Win-Win – Lissa Marten, The Wharton School I first heard of the social enterprise model through a project I worked on as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The project was for a... 12.14.21
News December Newsletter: Gift Guide, Impact Lending Updates, and More! This giving season, invest in an economy that works. For everyone. Your gift to REDF fuels our investments in businesses that break down barriers to... 12.7.21
Farber Fellows Lessons in Empathetic Leadership – Rebecca Lang, MIT Sloan School of Management I knew I wanted to launch a career in workforce development when I came to MIT Sloan, but I didn’t know how to start. But after attending a webinar for... 12.6.21
Farber Fellows Finding New Pathways to Success – Dan Segal, Harvard Business School I was excited to be a Farber Fellow with REDF this summer to leverage my existing consulting skillset to benefit employment social enterprises, and to... 12.1.21
Farber Fellows Pursuing a “Career of Impact” – Amy Yu, University of Chicago Booth School of Business My goal in business school is to find a meaningful, purpose-driven career. I knew I wanted to blend the experiences I had pre-Booth—management... 11.16.21
CEO Insights How Milestones Nudge Us Into Who We Are Becoming Milestones have been on my mind lately. Likely because I’m hitting one this year: 50 years young. Or because REDF is hitting one too: 25 years... 11.11.21 By Maria Kim
Farber Fellows From Barriers to Building Blocks: My Farber Summer – Marissa Uchimura, University of Michigan Ross School of Business & Ford School of Public Policy I came to Michigan to pursue a dual MBA/MPP after four years in the education sector, hoping to discover new ideas and solutions I felt were lacking... 11.9.21
News Social Enterprise Gift Guide Presents that Propel Change This holiday season, give meaningful gifts that move the needle on the issues that move you. Featuring products from... 11.4.21
Farber Fellows Rediscovering and Redefining Value – Meg Rudy, Duke Fuqua School of Business This summer I worked at Tech Dump, an electronics recycler and refurbishing employment social enterprise based in Minnesota’s Twin Cities. Some... 11.2.21
