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Tracy Palandjian is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Social Finance, a national nonprofit and registered investment adviser. In 2011, she co-founded Social Finance to seed the Pay-for-Success field and build new funding models to tackle systemic challenges and drive measurable impact. Since then, Social Finance has mobilised over $500 million in investments designed to achieve improved outcomes across a range of issue areas, including economic mobility, health, and housing. In 2023, the organisation launched the Social Finance Institute to advance the field through actionable research and educational outreach.
Prior to Social Finance, she was a Managing Director for eleven years at The Parthenon Group, where she established and led the Nonprofit Practice to support foundations and NGOs to accomplish their missions in the US and globally. She also worked at Wellington Management Company and McKinsey & Company.
A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, she is a frequent speaker and writer on impact investing, social innovation, and results-oriented policymaking. She co-founded the US Impact Investing Alliance, where she serves as Vice Chair.
She is a member of the Harvard Corporation and serves on the boards of The Barr Foundation and The Boston Foundation. Previously, she served as Board Chair of Facing History and Ourselves. She also served on the boards of The Surdna Foundation, RFK Human Rights, Milton Academy, and Mass General Brigham. She is a 2019 recipient of Harvard Business School’s Alumni Achievement Award, and a 2026 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
A native of Hong Kong, she is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. She graduated from Harvard College with a BA Magna cum Laude in Economics and holds an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar.
Prior to Social Finance, she was a Managing Director for eleven years at The Parthenon Group, where she established and led the Nonprofit Practice to support foundations and NGOs to accomplish their missions in the US and globally. She also worked at Wellington Management Company and McKinsey & Company.
A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, she is a frequent speaker and writer on impact investing, social innovation, and results-oriented policymaking. She co-founded the US Impact Investing Alliance, where she serves as Vice Chair.
She is a member of the Harvard Corporation and serves on the boards of The Barr Foundation and The Boston Foundation. Previously, she served as Board Chair of Facing History and Ourselves. She also served on the boards of The Surdna Foundation, RFK Human Rights, Milton Academy, and Mass General Brigham. She is a 2019 recipient of Harvard Business School’s Alumni Achievement Award, and a 2026 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
A native of Hong Kong, she is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. She graduated from Harvard College with a BA Magna cum Laude in Economics and holds an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar.
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