The MNC works with a broad range of nonprofits to create paid summer jobs that make use of MBA skills. These Summer Associate positions address a variety of issues (e.g., philanthropy, social services, media) in locations across the nation. See examples below of recent Summer Associate placements. The MNC's summer jobs also include Farber Internships, public broadcasting positions, and the Packard Environment Fellows program.
Tyler Baier (Johnson)
Positive Coaching Alliance
Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1998 to create a movement to “transform youth sports so sports can transform youth.” PCA provides training to coaches, parents, youth sports organization leaders, and student-athletes on how to use the youth sports experience to teach young athletes positive character traits and life lessons. Tyler (L, with PCA founder Jim Thompson) worked on marketing and development projects, as well as a program development proposal to accelerate adoption of PCA's "triple-impact" competitor model. Learn more about Positive Coaching Alliance, or view previous placements with Positive Coaching Alliance. (Summer 2009)
Angela Damiano (McDonough)
Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI)
CFSI seeks to transform the U.S. financial services marketplace to help underbanked consumers achieve financial prosperity. Initially funded by the Ford Foundation and housed as an initiative of ShoreBank, CFSI is now an independent non-profit organization. As a member of the Policy Team, Angela analyzed how federal regulations affect underbanked consumers. She worked with colleagues to craft recommendations for increased prepaid card consumer protections and helped identify policies that can create a safe financial services market. Learn more about CFSI. (Summer 2011)
Marcy Guttman (Fuqua)
Benetech
Benetech develops innovative technology solutions to meet the needs of underserved communities. Benetech's Bookshare program offers a variety of literacy-related services, including connecting technology hardware companies that have excess inventory with schools in need of donated equipment. Marcy managed a corporate philanthropy initiative to engage companies looking to derive both business and philanthropic value from charitable donations to Bookshare. She developed a corporate outreach strategy, worked with internal teams to identify program uses for donated technology, and launched several successful projects. Learn more about Benetech and Bookshare, or view previous placements with Benetech. (Summer 2010)
Melissa Iagulli (MIT Sloan)
The Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
The Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund is a private family foundation that seeks to promote equal rights and opportunities for immigrants and gays and lesbians, improve the lives of low-income families and children through education, and invest in the leadership of the fund’s nonprofit partners. Melissa (L), working with a team at Haas, Jr., including Linda Wood (R), led a grants management process review project. She recommended streamlining the process by implementing a new software solution, which would then enable the staff to devote more time to supporting grantees. Learn more about The Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. (Summer 2009)
Min Ki Kim (Fuqua)
International Youth Foundation
International Youth Foundation (IYF) programs are catalysts of change that help young people obtain a quality education, gain employability skills, make healthy choices, and improve their communities. IYF's YouthActionNet program cultivates young social enterpreneurs, giving them access to training, networks, and resources. Min Ki (R, with YouthActionNet Program Director Ashok Regmi) led a business planning project to expand this program to 17 more countries over the next five years, with the goal of supporting over 15,000 young social entrepreneurs. Learn more about IYF and YouthActionNet. (Summer 2009)
Amy Lin (Wharton)
Acumen Fund
Acumen Fund is a nonprofit venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty, combining small amounts of philanthropic capital with large doses of business acumen to build thriving enterprises that serve vast numbers of the poor. Amy researched opportunities for social investing in Kenya. In this picture, she and a potential Acumen Fund investee discuss establishing an affordable health service provider in a low-income area on the outskirts of Nairobi. Learn more about Acumen Fund, or view previous placements with Acumen Fund. (Summer 2008)
Rodrigo Pineda (Kellogg)
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Innovation Exchange
The Innovation Exchange is an EDF Corporate Partnerships Program dedicated to developing new models for accelerating environmental innovation in business. Rodrigo organized the first-ever EDF corporate sustainability workshop in Chicago and convened a working group around a new strategy for “open educational resources” for sustainability. Learn more about the Environmental Defense Fund, or view previous placements with the Environmental Defense Fund. (Summer 2010)
Joe Silver (Columbia)
Living Cities
Founded in 1991, Living Cities is an innovative philanthropic collaborative of 22 of the world's largest foundations and financial institutions. Living Cities aggregates and deploys resources through loans, grants, equity, and other financial mechanisms to help transform the lives of low-income people and the communities in which they live. Joe (center, with colleagues in Living Cities' New York office) worked on the lending team and helped evaluate the existing loan portfolio as well as potential new transactions. He also did research on transit-oriented development and fresh food access. Learn more about Living Cities, or view previous placements with Living Cities. (Summer 2010)
Nirosha Wickremasinghe (Haas)
PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health)
PATH is an international nonprofit dedicated to improving global health by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and encouraging healthy behaviors. Through its Health Innovations Portfolio (HIP), PATH explores and screens novel technologies to build a pipeline of new solutions. Nirosha worked on a HIP project to assess the technical landscape and economic feasibility of fuel cells, which may one day provide energy to low-resource health settings, especially in developing countries. Learn more about PATH. (Summer 2009)
Patricia Wong (Ross)
Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI)
CFSI seeks to transform the U.S. financial services marketplace to help underbanked consumers achieve financial prosperity. Initially funded by the Ford Foundation and housed as an initiative of ShoreBank, CFSI is now an independent non-profit organization. As a member of the Market Services Team, Patricia conducted research on companies/organizations, initiatives, innovations, and products in support of CFSI’s mission. She is also provided support to CFSI’s groundbreaking nonprofit grant fund, the Financial Capability Innovation Fund. Learn more about the Center for Financial Services Innovation. (Summer 2011)
Sarah Young (Booth)
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has become a global force working to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs in 17 countries. Sarah worked on an in-depth benchmarking analysis of the foundation and its peers to be used in interpreting financial ratios and increasing transparency to donors. She also produced a study of the Foundation’s investment policy as compared to peers and industry trends. Learn more about the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, or view previous placements with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. (Summer 2011)