Advancing Social Impact Investments Through Measurement
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
March 21, 2011
Georgette Wong
Georgette Wong is the CEO, Creator & Curator of the Take Action! Impact Investing Conference series and President, Correlation Consulting. Now celebrating Correlation's fifth year of catalyzing impact investing, Take Action! is the premier gathering of impact investors focused on premium returns. Ms. Wong currently is assisting the U.S. State Department, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's Center for Community Development Investments to catalyze impact investing across the government, private and public sectors. She is considered a leading speaker and advisor on trends in impact investing. Georgette's most recent work has been published in Community Development Investment Review, produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Solutions for Impact Investors: From Strategy to Implementation, produced by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Financial Planning Magazine.
Over the last 18 years, Ms. Wong has: advised families, foundations and Fortune 100 businesses on public and private investments; developed and funded early stage companies; and created organizations focused on strategic philanthropy and partnerships between the business and social sectors. Before starting Correlation Consulting, she was a Director of Client Relationships for Sterling Stamos, a multi-billion dollar private investment firm. Prior to that, she was a Financial Advisor at Piper Jaffray and the Development Director for the Asian Law Caucus, the nation's oldest legal and civil rights organization for Asian Pacific Americans. Georgette earned her MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the UCLA and her BA magna cum laude from Amherst College.
