From day-to-day fund operations and investment decisions to scouting and diligence activities, Chicago Booth MBA students bring their collective experiences and classroom learnings to lead a world-class impact fund investing in companies with the potential to help solve some of the pressing challenges of our time. The team is guided and mentored by leading practitioners, investors, and academics.
As the founding leadership team for the Tarrson Fund, the Student Investment Committee drives day-to-day operations and investment decisions for the Tarrson Fund. This diverse group includes students from across Booth MBA programs with experience as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators in sectors as wide-ranging as software development, executive leadership, diplomacy, nonprofits, workforce development, wealth management, early-stage investing, actuarial science, urban development, and consulting, making it one of the world鈥檚 most intellectually diverse student-led impact fund teams.
Tarrson Fund Members serve as scouts and associates, performing critical sourcing, diligence, and portfolio management functions. Team members hail from all sectors and receive foundational training in impact investing from our Impact Investor-in-Residence, Priya Parrish, when they join the Fund.
Academic advisors provide strategic, tactical, and operational guidance to the Tarrson Fund. From leading Booth鈥檚 impact investing and social entrepreneurship courses to facilitating co-curricular training in impact investing, academic advisors empower students to translate investment theory into practice on the Fund and vice versa.
Joel F. Gemunder Professor of Strategy and Finance; John Edwardson Faculty Director Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation
Robert H. Gertner
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Strategy
Priya Parrish
Director, Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program
Will Colegrove
Associate Director, Impact Investing & Sustainability Programs
Gina VairoThe Tarrson Fund External Advisory Board (EAB) supports student learning and development in multiple ways. Invited to join for their experiences in impact investing, EAB members may closely advise diligence teams, counsel portfolio support teams, and provide critical checks for the Student Investment Committee to ensure that the Tarrson Fund鈥檚 investment process and approach mirrors that of an independent fund.
Jim Casselberry, 鈥�01 (XP-70)
CEO and Cofounder, Known
Brittany Henry, 鈥�17
Senior Associate, Impact America Fund
Ander Iruretagoyena, 鈥�21
Senior Associate, Impact Engine
Renee Marongwe
Lead Philanthropic Advisor, Philanthropy Strategy & ESG at William Blair
Ronald Tarrson, 鈥�72 (XP-31)
Managing Partner and Director, Santa Fe Aero Services
