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Fundraising for International Development

Profile Summary

Joanne Sonenshine, is Founder + CEO of Connective Impact, an advisory firm aiding organizations in partnership strategy and fundraising diversification to address social, environmental and economic development challenges through collaboration. Joanne is a trained development economist and has been living and working in the Washington, D.C. area since 2004. With a passion for partnership development, and experiences working with government agencies, large and small corporations, and nonprofits on sustainability strategy, social impact, partnership engagement and collaboration, Joanne has devoted her career to helping decision-makers, corporate leaders and entrepreneurs coalesce to create more formidable impact in their work. Author of Purposeful Profits: Inside Successful Businesses Making a Positive Impact, and, ChangeSeekers: Finding Your Path to Impact, Joanne documents how some of our most promising leaders take risks to truly make a difference and improve our planet.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Agricultural Technology
• ☆ Agribusiness
• ☆ Farm Management
• ☆ Agronomy & Crop Science
• ☆ Diplomacy & International Relations
• ☆ Development Economics
• ☆ International Business
• ☆ Public-Private Partnership
• ☆ Small Business
• ☆ Economics
• ☆ Sustainable Development
• ☆ International Economics

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Founder and CEO

Connective Impact

January 2014 - Present

Director

Conservation International

January 2009 - January 2014

Sr. Manager

Consumer Technology Foundation

November 2006 - January 2009

International Economist

U.S. Department of Commerce

February 2005 - November 2006

Finance Analyst and Associate

ABN AMRO Bank, N.V.

August 1999 - May 2002

Education

Masters in Development Economics

University of South Carolina Moore School of Business

August 2002 - December 2003

Bachelors of Arts Economics

Northwestern University

June 1995 - June 1999

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.