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Christine Mahoney is a scholar, institution-builder, and policy entrepreneur who has spent more than 20 years proving that investing in refugees, displaced people, and underestimated communities is not charity — it is sound economics.
She has spoken on five continents, including at TEDx, the Vatican, the National Academy of Sciences, SOCAP, Brookings, The Economist, ETH Zurich, the Latin American Investors Forum and the Global Philanthropists Circle.
As UVA Batten's inaugural Chief Innovation Officer, founding director of one of the most recognized social entrepreneurship programs in U.S. higher education, and author of multiple books with top university presses, she translates rigorous field research in over 50 countries into actionable frameworks for impact investors, policymakers, and social entrepreneurs.
Topics
Refugee Lens Investing & Banking on Belonging Book
Impact Investing & Social Entrepreneurship
Appalachian Economic Development & Rural Resilience
Based on fieldwork in conflict zones around the world, and two books with top university presses, Christine speaks authoritatively about the plight of refugees and creative private sector solutions being advanced to help people thrive in economies of belonging.
Having built an award-winning social entrepreneurship program that has taught thousands of students and young professionals, Christine can speak about the most powerful social enterprise models to tackle the world's toughest issues. Teaching impact investing at the graduate level, and helping lead impact investing funds and networks, she can help audiences understand how to use their philanthropic and investment capital in ways to make the world a better place.
Leading a program on impact investing in Appalachia for 6 years, securing multi-million dollar grants and facilitating new private sector investment into struggling communities, has given Christine a unique perspective on reinvesting in rural America. She can share stories and strategies that compel audiences to think in new ways about rebuilding main streets and reviving communities.