Catherine Clark

Helping entrepreneurs & investors impact the world as Duke Business Prof of #socent and #impactinvesting, Social Innovation Thought Leader of the Year, #Thinklist Faculty Influencer, and B the Change Champion.

Catherine Clark is a prominent figure in the field of impact investing and social entrepreneurship with over 20 years of experience as a business school professor at Duke and Columbia Universities.

She is the Faculty Director at CASE at Duke and has dedicated her career to helping entrepreneurs and investors create impactful outcomes.

Catherine has played a pivotal role in educating MBA students and establishing an impact investing fellowship program at Fuqua, producing global impact investors.

As a field-builder, she simplifies complex concepts through research to aid practitioners in making informed decisions, evident through her widely-used B Impact survey and co-authored book.

Her online toolkit, CASE Smart Impact Capital, has empowered numerous individuals and entrepreneurs to understand and access impact capital effectively.

During the pandemic, she created covidcap.com, connecting over 40,000 entrepreneurs with global capital relief totaling $1 trillion.

Catherine's contributions have earned her recognition as a Social Innovation Thought Leader of the Year by the World Economic Forum and Schwab Foundation in 2020.

While she does not offer individual coaching, Catherine enjoys engaging with large groups through speaking engagements and teaching.

To learn more about her work and initiatives, visit www.CASEi3.org and follow her on Twitter @cathyhc.