SIEX11 Blog Team

Geri Stengel
Ventureneer

Geri Stengel is founder and president of Ventureneer, which connects nonprofit execs, social entrepreneurs, and socially responsible small business owners with the knowledge they need to make the world a better place and to thrive as sustainable organizations. She has her own blog, Vistas, which is about the insights, strategies, techniques, and solutions that help values-driven businesses realize their social-change missions. Her experience includes:

  • Reviewer for the first Social Innovation Fund, part of the White House initiative to better fund nonprofits.
  • Member of Knowledge Work Group Social Impact Exchange, a sector-wide collaboration to scale effective nonprofits and consultant for its business plan competition. 
  • Former adjunct professor of Social Entrepreneurship at The New School in New York City. 
  • Serial board member. Currently fundraising chair of a $10 million homeless organization in New York City.