Business & Society Institute Teaching

Changemaking Nextgen Leaders

We develop next-generation social impact focused, climate-smart leaders through both coursework and hands-on experiences.

We recognize undergraduate and graduate students demonstrating both a deep interest in social and environmental impact and commitment to Institute’s core focus areas. Fellows have access hands-on education, exposure and experiences to develop their capabilities as next generation changemakers in a variety of careers and industries.

Program Benefits

Career coaching and mentorship through Executives-in-Residence and faculty/staff
Cohort-based learning events and activities
Annual stipend to offset the cost of attending a social and/or environmental impact related conference, event, or social impact focused global travel module
Opportunity to apply for summer or post-grad internship stipend funds
Eligibility to participate in social impact directed study projects within Institute

Application Information

Prospective students applying to the One-Year MBA or Two-Year MBA should complete the Social Enterprise Fellows application which includes two short essays. Current BBA, FTMBA, or EvMBA students can apply through our annual application process which takes place in late summer or early fall.

Fellowship Application

Current Student Inquiry

We leverage long-standing relationships with organizations that work across Central America to deliver immersive experiences to more than 300 students centered on the intersection of specialty coffee, climate change, and, and market-based solutions.

Specialty Coffee Farm Storytelling Workshops

As part of our 3-credit Directed Study course, bilingual students travel to Guatemala and Honduras to meet with and support participating specialty coffee growers via multi-day storytelling workshops. Students travel to the region to develop and enhance the stories of coffee farmers, which data indicate enhances economic opportunities for both growers and their local communities.

More About Coffee Experiences & Trips

We sponsor and advise student leaders and club members of the following organizations / initiatives and competitions on campus that are achieving societal impacts right here, right now.

Student-Led Clubs

Emory Impact Investing Group (EIIG): Emory-wide undergraduate club making investments in Atlanta-based microbusinesses including companies participating in the Institute's Start:ME program.
- '25-'26 Club Leader: Gina Wang
Emory Sustainable Business Group (SBG): Emory-wide undergraduate club focused on exposing students to climate-smart careers and green business practices.
- '25-'26 Club Leader: Niels Cohen, Brayden Kranz, Alexis Fliegelman
Goizueta Energy & Clean Tech Association (GECTA): Student-led club focused exposure to climate smart energy solutions and careers.
- '25-'26 Club Leader: Tristan Klein
Goizueta Nonprofit Consultants (GNC): Student-led initiative that partners MBA students with local nonprofit organizations for management consulting projects.
- '25-'26 Club Leader: Maxwell Danquah
Goizueta Impact Investors (GII): MBA student-run investment initiative focused on promoting social enterprises through targeted short-term financing along with impact investing learning activities including student teams competing in The Turner MIINT and The Turner Impact Portfolio Challenge.
- '25-'26 Club Leader: Siddhi Patel
Goizueta Net Impact: Nationally recognized gold chapter that works to inspire and empower the students to act as conscientious future business leaders.
- '25-'26 Club Leader: Alexander Goulakos
Goizueta Gives: Student-led, skill-based, and hands-on volunteerism group leveraging the time, treasure and talents of MBA students in support of Atlanta community.
- '25-'26 Club Leader: Gerrod Gracia
Goizueta Sustainability Initiatives: MBA climate focused club educating and convening students on sustainability and climate-smart business solutions.
- '25-'26 Club Leader: Akshit Singh

Multi-School Collaborations

ClimateCAP Summit: An annual event that brings MBA students and industry leaders together to learn what every MBA needs to know about the business implications of climate change. Goizueta is proud to participate as a lead partner school within ClimateCAP's consortium of business school partners since 2021.

Weekly Listserv Update Newsletter

During the academic year, the Institute distributes a weekly email update to Emory students, faculty, and staff sharing social and environmental impact events, news, competitions, and career opportunities.

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We appoint Executives-in-Residence (EIRs) to provide guidance to students and alumni who are:

Developing careers with long-term social impacts
Pursuing short-term job placements in the social enterprise sector
Launching new social impact start-up ventures
Making career moves post-graduation

David Kyle

Following his international career with Citibank, Kyle has spent the past 15 years in the social enterprise industry on both the impact investing side with Acumen Fund and Calvert Foundation as well as building companies as an entrepreneur and advisor. Both here at Goizueta and in partnership with social impact organizations worldwide, David coaches and develops the next generation of leaders in business & society.

Sam Moss

After his career with Wachovia, Moss joined Gray Ghost Ventures and Gray Matters Capital which were actively involved in microfinance and social impact investing. He continues to be very involved in philanthropic, social enterprise, social impact investing via the Georgia Social Impact Collaborative (GSIC) and other nonprofit organizations. Both here at Goizueta and in partnership with social impact organizations across Atlanta, Sam coaches and develops the next generation of leaders in business & society.

Learning In Action

Emory Philanthropy Lab

Students Grant $100K to Address ATL Inequity

Emory Philanthropy Lab students partnered with Center for Civic Innovation and United Way to both learn about the role of philanthropy in addressing inequity in Atlanta and take action via grantmaking.

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Specialty Coffee Directed Study

The Power of Farm Stories

Emory students applied insights from coffee market research to support the economic advancement of coffee growers in Guatemala and Honduras via innovative storytelling program.

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#GoizuetaClimateSmart

MBA Insights on Climate Crisis

MBAs share insights on the climate crisis through a special edition of the Goizueta Effect Podcast along with other content. The series has been created by Goizueta MBA students that attended ClimateCAP.

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Goizueta Gold

Award Winning Net Impact Chapter

Congrats to our Goizueta Net Impact Chapter on being awarded Gold Status (again)! Gold status recognizes Goizueta as one of the top Chapters in the country.

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Business & Society Courses

This course is about the corporation in global society, including its culpabilities, responsibilities, and possibilities. What is a corporation? How do corporations maintain legitimacy, acquire resources, and build partnerships as they create, confront, and sometimes attempt to solve complex global problems?

Professor Wes Longhofer

This course provides a critical analysis of current practices in business sustainability reporting and analysis. Topics covered including sustainability initiatives and challenges, reporting practices, frameworks, and standards, regulatory requirements, and role of stakeholders such as NGOs and rating agencies.

Professor Usha Rackliffe

This course surveys the evolving role that social purpose organizations, their leaders (both management and board of directors), and critical stakeholders play in delivering social impact. These purpose-driven organizations, which make up the $6 trillion social solution economy, encompass an array of business models that range from traditional nonprofits to for-profit companies and hybrid organizations focusing on social outcomes. We will also cover the importance of key actors in the sector, including foundations / grant makers, charities, service providers, B corps, impact investors, government entities, and social enterprises.

Brian Goebel

This course allows students to explore the interplay between markets on the one hand, and culture and society on the other. We focus on a connected set of issues that define the past, present, and future of global specialty coffee markets. This should appeal to business students who want to examine the impacts that markets have, and could have, in an important global industry. It should also appeal to non-business students who want to explore how perspectives on culture and society merge with current and potential market practices.

Professor Peter Roberts

Put your business and analytical skills to work on projects that drive real world social change through immersive and interdisciplinary 3-credit Directed Study opportunities led by Professor Peter Roberts:

Case Analysis of Hospital de Ojos Fraternidad (Honduras)
Business Plan Development for EquallyAble Foundation (Guatemala)
White Paper on Equitable & Sustainable Pricing Models for Specialty Coffee
Honduran Coffee Alliance Lending Model (Year 2 Investing)
Specialty Coffee Farmers Storytelling Project

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Professor Peter Roberts

On average, Americans spend 30% of their time at work. In some sense, our work can define us, such that our economic opportunities, quests for fulfillment, and general happiness are heavily affected by what happens at work. Although many life outcomes are determined by workplace experiences, many employees face workplace disadvantages based on their demographic group membership. We will learn how organizations and employees attempt to manage bias and discrimination in organizations. Finally, we will explore tactics students can use to disrupt bias in the workplace.

In this course, we will explore how social and environmental challenges can be addressed through market-based approaches—namely, through social entrepreneurship. The first part of the course focuses on the social entrepreneur’s perspective, examining how entrepreneurs identify and evaluate opportunities for impact, design sustainable business models, and attract the resources needed to sustain their ventures. We will discuss questions such as: Where do social entrepreneurs get their ideas? When are entrepreneurial approaches most effective in tackling social problems? And how do social entrepreneurs sustain their missions over time? In the second part, we will turn to the investor’s perspective, analyzing the growing field of impact investing. We will consider what it means to be an impact investor, explore the challenges of assessing the impact of social ventures, and discuss the role impact investing plays in financing, supporting, and shaping the growth of social enterprises.

Professor Ludovica Castiglia

Fall 2026 Courses

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We are looking forward to enrolling students in the Institute’s slate of Spring elective courses and immersive directed study projects.

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Social Enterprise Fellows

Grace Ahn

Grace (MBA26) works to improve equity for underserved communities through advocacy, education, and mentorship.

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Hannah Chiou

Hannah (MBA26) is committed to advancing health equity on a larger scale.

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Lauren Cofield

Lauren (MBA27) aims to demonstrate how business principles and social impact can work in tandem to equitably transform public PK-12 education.

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Michael Coyne

Michael (MBA26) is focused on leveraging management principles to improve human flourishing and quality of life in the Global South.

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Breanna Ellis

Breanna (MBA26) is focused on supporting educational equity and community development through corporate social responsibility.

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Tyler Fortenberry

Tyler (MBA26) supports conservationist and sustainability efforts to ensure the great outdoors is preserved for future generations.

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Elizabeth (Liz) Kufour

Liz (JD/MBA28) leverages her roots in public policy and youth organizing to build a social enterprise that transforms Black artists' cultural power into coordinated community investment.

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Jasmin Lopez

Jasmin (MBA26) works at the intersection of sustainability, food and consumer good innovation, and community engagement to deliver impact for people and the planet.

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Catherine Ly

Catherine (BBA26) is dedicated to using business for social, environmental, and economic impact, rooted in forward thinking and community driven focus.

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Aahil Makhani

Aahil (MBA27) is an advocate for racial inclusion and diversity in supply chain leadership and is passionate about immigrants' rights in the United States.

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Anna Moceyunas

Anna (MBA27) is committed to uplifting economies and communities by working at the intersection of business, social impact, and finance.

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Sakina Neemuchwala

Sakina (MBA26), a physician-in-training, is passionate about leveraging clinical expertise and business strategy to reduce disparities and improve outcomes.

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David Nguyen

David (BBA26) is committed to serve and uplift marginalized communities.

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Siddhi Bharat Patel

Siddhi (MBA26) works to integrate business with social impact to create meaningful and positive change.

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Juan Quintero

Juan (BBA26) is driven by a commitment to social impact through a multicultural lens, fostering inclusivity and opportunity for all.

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Elisa Nesi Rocha

Elisa (MBA27) is passionate about marketing, innovation, and transforming business into a catalyst for social change while striving to open doors and break barriers for those too often left behind.

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Natalie Ronen

Natalie (BBA26) is dedicated to promoting social impact and sustainable change through a blend of volunteerism, business, and law.

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Titi Shehu

Titi (MBA26) leverages finance and social impact to create practical solutions that help organizations grow stronger while opening doors for underrepresented communities to thrive.

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Wenlu (Wendy) Yu

Wendy (EvMBA26) works to foster inclusive environments and leveraging the benefits of diverse teams.

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Claudia S. Zanjanchian

Claudia (EvMBA26) is committed to fostering inclusive campus environments and creating meaningful change at the intersection of business and social impact.

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