Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change

Anna-Lisa Miller is the executive director of Ownership Works, and a long-time advocate of economic inclusion, empowerment, and mobility.

Nike Chief Sustainability Officer Jaycee Pribulsky ‘01 discusses how the company is driving sustainability through product innovation and data-driven decision-making.

Michael Posner, the Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business, is director of the school’s Center for Business and Human Rights, a long-time leader in the field, luminary thinker, advocate, former State Department Official, and the author of the new book, Conscience Incorporated. 

Janno Lieber is the chairman and CEO of New York’s MTA, one of the world’s oldest, largest, and most complex public transit systems. “New York is my passion,” Lieber says, and the throughline of his career.

In this episode of More MPE, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright speak with Ron Gonen ’04, founder and CEO of Closed Loop Partners, a New York-based investment firm composed of venture capital, growth equity, private equity, project finance, and an innovation center focused on building the circular economy. 

In this episode of More MPE, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright speak with Justine Zinkin ’02, CEO of Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners, a national social enterprise providing financial services to low-income workers. 

In this episode of More MPE, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright speak with Kaushik Kappagantulu ’17, co-founder and CEO of Kheyti, on his journey from the conventional career in engineering his parents favored to founding a social enterprise aimed at lifting millions of India’s small farmers out of poverty. 

In this episode of More MPE, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright speak with Mary Jane McQuillen ’07, head of ESG and portfolio manager at Clearbridge Investments, on her journey into sustainable investing, which might not be what you expect. 

In this episode of More MPE, hosts Ray Horton and Sandi Wright speak with Kesha Cash ’10, founder and general partner of Impact America Fund, on her humble beginnings to becoming a trailblazer in impact investing.

A new Columbia Business School study reveals a troubling knowledge gap: most consumers can’t accurately estimate carbon emissions from industries, companies, or behaviors, undermining their ability to make impactful eco-friendly decisions.