The Wharton Impact Podcast

Paul Reville is the former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), and the founding director of EdRedesign Lab at HGSE. Paul discusses the limitations of the decades-long education reform movement, and why school alone is not enough to level the playing field for students. He highlights the need to address “the Iron Law correlation of socioeconomic status and achievement” with a holistic system of opportunity and support and the crucial role of cross-sector collaboration.

In this episode of the Wharton Impact Podcast, we discuss with Tom Adams, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of 60 Decibels, a leading global impact measurement firm that brings powerful customer insights to the world’s largest impact investors, companies, foundations, corporations, NGOs…you name it. Tom has held various leadership roles across the public, private and charitable sectors. Immediately before founding 60 Decibels, he was the Chief Impact Officer at Acumen. Join us as we talk about everything from social impact measurement to intrapreneurship and building a purpose-driven career.

David Auerbach is the co-founder of The Sanergy Collaborative, an alliance of organizations determined to utilize circular economy approaches to solve the sanitation and food insecurity challenge in emerging markets. Previously, David worked at Endevour to support high impact entrepreneurs, and also worked in the Education sector in China. David holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a BA from Yale University.

In this episode, we’re conversing with David about the challenges in providing access to safe sanitation in impoverished communities, how to approach building partnerships with governments and why should we realize value from insects and insect-based animal protein.

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In this episode of the Wharton Impact Podcast, we discuss with Mr. Cory Donovan how social impact has evolved in Philadelphia. Join us as we talk about the growth of social impact in Philly, how ImpactPHL helps impact investors think "local" and the upcoming Total Impact Summit.

Cory is the Executive Director of ImpactPHL, an organization that is pioneering social impact in Philly by connecting impact investors with investible social enterprises within Philly. Previously, Cory worked in the Tech sector and was the founder of FurAlert.

In this episode of the Wharton Impact Podcast, we’re speaking with Regina “Gina” Kline, Founder and Managing Partner of Enable Ventures and Founder of SmartJob. Together, we dissect the role of investing and startups in reducing the disability wealth gap, how organizations today approach DEI and what is the right way to address people with disabilities.

Gina is an entrepreneur, civil rights lawyer, and thought leader dedicated to building the future of work by advancing the rights and interests of people with disabilities as innovators, workers, business owners, and consumers. For nearly 15 years as a civil rights attorney, Gina led efforts to dramatically improve working conditions and the employment of people with disabilities. As a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Gina successfully fought for workers with disabilities in segregated workplaces, where they were often paid pennies per hour, helping secure court orders to support and move over 11,000 workers to competitive integrated employment.

Gina received awards from Attorney General Eric Holder and Attorney General Loretta Lynch for her work. During the Obama administration, Gina also served as Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, where she provided legal and policy counsel regarding efforts to implement the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Supreme Court’s landmark Olmstead v. L.C. decision. She then represented students and workers with disabilities in civil rights matters across the country as a Partner at the law firm of Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP. While at the firm, she was the Co-Leader of a national disability consulting practice that she co-founded.

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In this episode of the Wharton Impact Podcast, we’re talking with Amy Wang, Managing Director and Head of Credit Strategies at Blue Earth Capital, a global impact investment firm. Together we discuss the key ingredients to properly measure impact, the role of private credit in impact investing in emerging markets and which are the most promising sectors and developing economies to watch out in the next 10 years.

Amy joined Blue Earth Capital in 2016 and has 14 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Blue Earth Capital, she worked as an Assistant Vice President for Deutsche Bank’s Global Social Finance group where she led the group’s clean energy and South/Southeast Asian financial services social enterprise investing activities. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA in International Affairs from the Lauder Institute from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Shaurya Malhotra hosts Ms. Julia Fish, Vice President, Sustainable and Impact Investing at Glenmede, a wealth and investment management firm with $40B in AUM that’s based in Philadelphia. Julia is an impact investor and strategist, providing strategic oversight of the firm's Sustainable & Impact Investing program, with a focus on ESG integration, portfolio construction, shareholder engagement, and investing in products with a thematic focus, including climate change, gender diversity, and racial equity. Together they discuss the differences between sustainable and impact investing, the key considerations of an impact oriented public market strategy and where the industry is heading in the future.

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