Guided by experience. United by purpose.
Our global board and leadership team bring decades of expertise from business, academia, and the social sector — all dedicated to empowering the next generation of impact leaders.
Net Impact is a member-centered community that mobilizes 250+ global chapters and reaches 100,000+ impact-oriented students and professionals. Net Impact Chapters are a diverse and highly engaged coalition of the responsible business movement.
Net Impact’s experiential education programs, including our longest-running opportunity the Up to Us Leadership Network Campus Competition, offer opportunities for our community to gain skills and real-work experience across a range of social impact topics.
The Leaders Guiding Our Global Impact.
Our Board of Directors brings together leaders from business, academia, and social innovation who share one belief - that people can drive lasting change when purpose and action meet.
John Davies
Trellis Group
Networks President
Chair
Mary Jane McQuillen
ClearBridge Investments
Managing Director, Head of ESG, Portfolio Manager
Secretary
Amanda Gardiner
UN Global Compact Network USA
Executive Director
Jim Hanna
Microsoft
Director, Datacenter Engineering, Procurement and Construction
Katherine Neebe
Duke Energy
Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer
Andrew Lowe
Korn Ferry International
Senior Partner in the Global Corporate Affairs
Monica Poulard Hawkins
Professional Pipeline Development Group (PPDG)
Founder & CEO
Val Smith
Citi
Chief Sustainability Officer, Managing Director
Beth Spurgeon
PwC
Senior Director, Sustainability and Social Impact CoE Lead
Scott McGregor
Cisco
Director of Community Enablement
Chris Benjamin
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
Senior Director of Corporate Sustainability
John Mennel
Deloitte's Global Sustainability Practice
Strategy Partner
The Team Behind Our Mission
From strategy to execution, our dedicated team works together to make Net Impact’s vision real, helping communities, partners, and members create lasting progress.
Karen Johns
CEO
Sam Charner
Managing Director, Programs & Community
Gloria Cartwright
Senior Operations Associate
Eric Jackson
Program Manager
Nyanka Jules
Operations & Project Manager
Hilary Manzo
Associate Director, Programs
Sharon On
Senior Program Manager
Monica V. Rodrigues
Associate Director, Up to Us
Cherrah Barclay
Senior Program Associate
Our Featured
Alumni
Net Impact believes we are stronger as a movement when we work as a system and not in silos. Net Impact Alumni are impact professionals working across industries and business functions.
Jackson Pillutti
Policy & Strategy, Expert Program Manager, PG&E
Supreya Kesavan
Market Insights, The Resiliency Company
Alexandria Lee
Responsible Retail Strategy at Accenture
Eric Lee
Senior Vice President, Aligned Climate Capital
Valerie Smith
Chief Sustainability Officer at Citi, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Over
32 years
of Impact
Over
40 Countries
of Impact
Over
150,000
People engaged
More than
1500+
Chapter Leaders
More than
3000+
Social Impact Events & Projects
For more than 32 years, Net Impact has connected emerging leaders with the skills and networks to drive meaningful change. With 100,000+ members across 300 chapters worldwide, we’ve proven that purpose-driven careers and communities can create measurable impact.
Our work is made possible through collaboration with leading companies and organizations. From Microsoft and Nuveen to Cisco and PG&E, our partners provide resources and opportunities that empower our members to innovate, act, and build a more sustainable and equitable future.
Our Corporate Partners
