Finance + Sustainable Global Enterprise Colloquium Presents Taryn Goodman (MBA '09), Director, Impact Investing, RSF Social Finance

Lecture open to all Cornell faculty, students and staff.


Taryn Goodman is the Director of Impact Investing at RSF Social Finance, a nonprofit financial institution offering investing, lending, and giving services that support social and spiritual renewal. Inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, RSF has made over $275 million in loans and over $100 million in grants since 1984 to social enterprises in the areas of Food & Agriculture, Education & the Arts, and Ecological Stewardship. At RSF, Taryn manages the $40 million Donor Advised Fund Impact Investing Portfolios as well as the Program Related Investing Fund focused on food & agriculture. She also serves as a moderator for the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders' Finance & Investing for Social Change Group, as a mentor for Hub Ventures and has served as a lecturer at Cornell University's Johnson School of Business and the University of Virginia. Taryn first became involved with impact investing as an MBA candidate at the Johnson School where she helped launch BR MicroCapital, the first MBA student managed microfinance fund providing business and financial support to Tompkins County, NY. Taryn was a recipient of a Park Fellowship for leadership and service. She has traveled extensively and lived abroad in both Europe and Africa.

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