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Faculty & Staff
Faculty members who teach in the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise include both professors at the forefront of their academic fields and full-time practitioners in social enterprise who teach as adjuncts. Both are a vital resource for MBA students and graduates. Social enterprise faculty members expose students to new ideas, theory, and research, offer educational and career advice, and provide a starting point for networking with organizations relevant to social enterprise areas in the nonprofit, public, and business sectors.
Faculty members are involved in research projects, external working groups, conference and student club activities, and student organized study trips. Read about other faculty activities in the news section.
Staff members of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise work closely with individual students and student clubs to provide experiential and educational learning opportunities, career advice, and connections between organizations and the social enterprise community at Columbia Business School, across Columbia University and beyond.
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Raymond Fisman Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise, Finance and Economics; Co-Director, Tamer Center for Social Enterprise |
Business in developing countries; Corruption and business; Finance and trade in emerging markets; International development; Nonprofit and Corporate governance; Managerial and Behavioral Economics; Corporate Social Responsibility |
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Bruce Usher Adjunct Professor, Finance and Economics; Executive-in-Residence; and Elizabeth B. Strickler '86 and Mark T. Gallogly '86 Faculty Director |
Finance and Sustainability; Renewable energy; Climate change; Capital Markets and environmental market mechanisms; Investment Management and Socially Responsible Investing; Commercial Banking, sustainable international development, and poverty, International project finance |
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Raymond Horton Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Ethics and Corporate Governance, Management; Director of social enterprise programs in Executive Education; Founder, Social Enterprise Program |
Nonprofit and Public management; Public / Municipal finance and urban affairs; Modern political economy; Business Values and Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility |
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Geoffrey Heal Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Finance and Economics |
Business and the environment; Environmental Conservation; Valuation of environmental assets and market mechanisms; Socially Responsible Investing; Sustainability; Managerial Economics; Risk Management, Derivatives and Insurance and Reinsurance; Homeland Security |
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Joseph Stiglitz Professor, Finance and Economics; Executive Director and Co-founder,The Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD) |
Economics of Information; Globalization and global economic policies; International development; Political economy; Monetary and International economics; and other areas |
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Suresh Sundaresan Chase Manhattan Bank Foundation Professor of Financial Institutions, Finance and Economics |
Microfinance; Microinsurance; Delivery mechanisms for emergency aid relief; Credit mechanisms in the developing world; Asset allocation; Debt markets |
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Linda Green Armand G. Erpf Professor of the Modern Corporation, Decision, Risk and Operations; Founder and co-director of the Columbia Alliance for Healthcare Management |
Healthcare; operational efficiency and effectiveness in health care delivery systems; Operations research and management |
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Medini Singh Visiting Associate Professor, Decision, Risk and Operations |
Service operations in the nonprofit and business sectors; Nonprofit management; Supply chain management; Manufacturing and service systems; Operations management |
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Melissa Berman Adjunct Professor, Management and Social Enterprise |
Strategic Philanthropy and Social Venture Capital; Nonprofit and Foundation Management; Program Evaluations; Nonprofit Governance |
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Jonas Hjort Assistant Professor, Finance and Economics |
International Development and Innovation; Small and Medium Enterprise Development; East Africa, Asia and other Emerging Markets |
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Amy Houston Adjunct Professor, Management and Social Enterprise |
Nonprofit organizational development; Nonprofit consulting; Nonprofit governance |
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Pamela Hartigan Adjunct Professor, Management and Social Enterprise |
Social entrepreneurship and innovation; International development; Multilateral health organizations |
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Doug Bauer Adjunct Professor, Management and Social Enterprise |
Nonprofit management, effectiveness, and innovation in social sector organizations; Philanthropy and foundations; Nonprofit finance and reporting; Nonprofit boards and governance; Fundraising |
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Rick Larson Adjunct Professor, Management and Social Enterprise |
Sustainable Ventures; Social Venture Capital; Social Entrepreneurship; Environment and conservation |
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Tracy Breslin Adjunct Associate Professor, Management and Social Enterprise |
Education and Leadership; Nonprofit consulting and management; Social Entrepreneurship and Education; Public education |
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Sandra Navalli Senior Director |
Curriculum, Research and Program Management E-mail: sn2010@columbia.edu |
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Diana Rambeau Events and Programs |
Speakers; Conferences and Symposia; Annual Reception; Club Events E-mail: ddr2121@columbia.edu |
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Sandi Wright NBLP Program |
Nonprofit Board Leadership Program, New York Nonprofit Partnerships E-mail: sw2049@columbia.edu |
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Gwen Shufro NBLP Program |
Nonprofit Board Leadership Program, Resource Development E-mail: grs2107@columbia.edu |
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Heather Barbakoff Communications |
Communications and Marketing E-mail: hsb2131@columbia.edu |
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Bianca Bellino Administrative Coordinator |
International Development Travel Fund E-mail: bb2715@columbia.edu |
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Research Reports
The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise supports a wide range of research activities by faculty and students on social enterprise areas.
Explore their work through our published reports below. See all.
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Social Venture Network Tamer Center Newsletter SPARK
Social Venture Innovators
Founder and CEO
Kinara Capital
Lending money to entrepreneurs whose endeavors are too large to receive microfinance loans but too small and risky to receive funding from traditional banks.
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Founder and CEO
BlocPower
Hiring unemployed residents of financially underserved communities to install solar and energy-efficient technology for small businesses, nonprofits, and affordable housing.
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Founder
Kangu.org
Leveraging crowdfunding technology to reduce preventable maternal and neonatal deaths and disability.
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Center Brochure
View the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise brochure, Empowering Leaders to Change the World