Tracy Palandjian is CEO and Co-Founder of Social Finance, a national nonprofit and registered investment advisor. Since 2011, the firm has pioneered impact-first investments including the Social Impact Bond and the Career Impact Bond. To date, Social Finance has mobilized over $350 million in new investments to deliver measurable outcomes in workforce and economic mobility, health, and housing. Prior to Social Finance, Tracy was a Managing Director for eleven years at The Parthenon Group, where she established and led the Nonprofit Practice. She also worked at Wellington Management Company and McKinsey & Company. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, Tracy is a frequent speaker and writer on ESG and impact investing, social innovation, and results-oriented policymaking. Tracy co-founded the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, where she serves as Vice Chair. She is member of the board of the International Foundation for Valuing Impacts and a Trustee of the Global Steering Group on Impact Investing. Tracy is a member of the Harvard Corporation and serves on the boards of The Surdna Foundation, The Barr Foundation, and The Boston Foundation. She is also an Independent Director of Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE: AMG). A native of Hong Kong, Tracy is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. She graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. magna cum laude in Economics and holds an M.B.A. with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar.
