HBS Alumnus Named Director of SEI

Harvard Business School alumnus Matthew M. Segneri (MBA 2010) has been named the new Director of the school’s Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI). As Director, Segneri is responsible for working with the Initiative’s faculty co-chairs, Professors Herman B. “Dutch” Leonard and V. Kasturi “Kash” Rangan, to oversee SEI’s strategic objectives and operational goals and manage a range of programs and activities.

The SEI was established in 1993 with the help of a generous gift from John C. Whitehead. The program pioneered the concept of “social enterprise” with the adoption of a problem-focused approach toward understanding the management and leadership challenges facing organizations involved in creating social value regardless of their structure or source of funding.

“We are very pleased to welcome back Matt to direct the Social Enterprise Initiative as it enters its third decade at a time when HBS students are more eager than ever to play a significant role in social enterprises of all kinds,” said Professor Rangan. “From his days as a Harvard MBA student to his work at the highest levels of big city governments, he has made a lasting impact through his vision, strategic and operational skills, and energy and hard work.”

Segneri comes to Harvard Business School with a broad range of leadership experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. His most recent position was at Bloomberg Philanthropies in New York City, where he was a senior leader on the Government Innovation team. In that role, he developed and led initiatives at the foundation founded by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) to promote public and social sector innovation and spread proven and promising ideas among cities.

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