Cathy Clark

Named the Social Innovation Thought Leader of the Year in 2020 by the Schwab Foundation and the World Economic Forum, and ranked as the #4 most influential academic in business and society, Cathy Clark has been a pivotal figure in shaping the fields of impact investing and social entrepreneurship for over 30 years. She serves as the Faculty Director at the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where she founded and directs the CASE i3 Initiative on Impact Investing and co-leads the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD). This accelerator focuses on scaling the impact of global health ventures in India and East Africa.