Skip to main content
Northwestern University

Sustainability & Social Impact During COVID-19

Date: Tuesday, May 12th, 2020

Time: 1-2 p.m. CT

Location: Virtually Via Zoom

Join the Waldron Student-Alumni Connections Program for a talk with Joanne Sonenshine ’99 about her work in sustainability & social impact. Joanne founded Connective Impact, an organization that facilitates partnerships and fundraising on a wide variety of sustainability and social impact issues within key focus areas like climate change, food security, and water (among many more).

Joanne will talk about her personal career path from finance to sustainability along with how she sees the industry changing through the COVID-19 outbreak.

activity Schedule

1-1:40 Joanne will share more about her personal career journey.
1:40-2 Students will be able to ask their questions and engage in conversation with Joanne about how COVID-19 is impacting the sustainability space.

Get to know the speaker

joanne-headshot.jpg

Joanne Sonenshine '99 (Economics) CEO of Connective Impact: Partnership Strategy and Collaboration in Sustainability & Social Impact

Joanne advises mission-driven companies and purpose-oriented organizations in creating more effective partnerships and collaborations to address social, environmental, and economic development challenges. She is a development economist with the ability to synthesize nonprofit-speak and technical information into actionable recommendations for industry.

event Registration 

REGISTER NOW

questions? 

Contact Cassie Petoskey, Director of the Waldron Student-Alumni Connections Program, at cassie.petoskey@northwestern.edu.

Back to top