Jackson To Lead Rockefeller Foundation Study of Impact Investing

Over the next year, Dr. Ted Jackson will lead a strategic assessment of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Impact Investing Initiative.  Impact investors seek to create social or environmental value while also generating financial return. Managed by the Foundation’s Evaluation Office, the assessment will include an analysis of the evolution of the field of impact investing as well as an evaluation of the work of the effectiveness, influence and sustainability of the impact investing work supported by the Foundation.  An expert in both evaluation and impact investing, and a faculty member in the School of Public Policy and Administration, Professor Jackson will direct a team that will undertake fieldwork in India, Kenya, Mexico and the United States.  “This is a unique opportunity.  It’s a real privilege to be able to do this work,” he said.