Tracy Palandjian

Co-Founder and CEO, Social Finance

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Tracy Palandjian is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Social Finance, an impact investing nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing capital to drive social progress. The organization leads the development of Pay for Success financing tools such as the Social Impact Bond and the Career Impact Bond. Inspired by Social Finance UK, Tracy co-founded Social Finance in Boston in 2011 to build the Social Impact Bond field in the United States. The firm’s innovative financing approach has catalyzed over $150M to address a range of social challenges in criminal justice, early childhood, education, workforce development, health and homelessness.

Prior to Social Finance, Tracy was a Managing Director for 11 years at The Parthenon Group where she established and led the Nonprofit Practice. Tracy serves as vice chair for the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance. She is a trustee at the Surdna Foundation (where she chairs the Investment Committee), a Director of Affiliated Managers Group, and a board member of The Boston Foundation.