Joanna Messing
CEO at Growald Climate Fund, Climate Philanthropist
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Growald Climate Fund
- Location
- Brookline, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joanna Messing
Joanna Messing is a climate philanthropy leader catalyzing the global transition to clean energy. As CEO of Growald Climate Fund, she champions climate innovators and solutions, rallies networks for collective impact, and blazes new trails for more effective climate philanthropy. As an early innovator in venture philanthropy – the practice of cultivating an ecosystem of talent and approaches through targeted support to new organizations and ideas – she contributes to shaping and expanding the field.
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Jan 2007 — Present · Brookline, MA
Growald Climate Fund is a high-impact venture philanthropy fund catalyzing the rapid transition to a clean energy future. We believe that philanthropy plays a key role in nurturing new climate solutions, building a vibrant civil society, and supporting objective research and analysis for use by governments as well as NGO and foundation partners.
Education
Oberlin College
BA, Economics/Third World Studies
1991 — 1995
Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst
MBA
1998 — 1999
Skills
- Sustainability
- International Development
- Grants
- Capacity Building
- Program Management
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Non-Profits
- Community Development
- Nonprofits
- Social Enterprise
- Public Policy
- Fundraising
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Management
- Business Strategy
- Public Speaking
- Venture Philanthropy
- Management Consulting
- Venture Capital
- Entrepreneurship
- Grant Writing
- Ngos
- Policy Analysis
- Strategic Planning
- Board Development
- Economic Development
- Philanthropy
- Climate Change
- Start-Ups
- Spanish
- Business Planning
- Strategy
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