Booth Impact Investing Club

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About Us

We are an inclusive community of Booth MBA students passionate about impact investing and its potential to fundamentally reshape finance.

Members Experience

Networking
• Students for impact networking lunches • Meet an impact investor networking nights • Boothies for impact networking nights • Impact investing career treks • Annual Social

Tarrson Fund Experience
• Deal sourcing workshops • Financial due diligence workshops • Impact due diligence workshops • Portfolio operations trainings • Deal pitching events • Deal review workshops

Focused Student Discussions
• Community Development Finance • Impact VC • Alternative Ownership Structures • ESG & Public Markets • Tradeoffs Economic vs. Impact Returns

Educational Sessions
• Impact 101: an introduction to impact • Impact measurement workshops • Leaders in impact fireside chats • Impact across the capital spectrum panel discussions • The evolution of ESG

Daniel Buckman

Head of Student Investment Committee
dbuckman@uchicago.edu

Nick Bourke

Co-Chair of Rustandy Relations
nbourke@chicagobooth.edu

Gaby Gonzalez

Co-Head of Sourcing and Due Diligence
ggonzale@chicagobooth.edu

Young Kwak

Co-Chair of Membership and Recruitment
ykwak0@chicagobooth.edu

Melinda Wang

Co-Chair of Education & Career Development
mwang65@chicagobooth.edu

Jaya Sharma

Head of Fund Strategy and Operations
jsharma0@chicagobooth.edu

Kelly Thompson

Co-Head of Sourcing and Due Diligence
kmt22@chicagobooth.edu

Harriet Spears

Co-Chair of Education & Career Development
hspears@chicagobooth.edu

Michelle Zhang

Co-Chair of Social Activities
michelle.zhang@chicagobooth.edu