A Visit from Darby Hobbs – An Expert on Social Entrepreneurship & Social Impact Investing
On February 5th, Ms. Darby Hobbs, Lecturer in Strategy and Innovation at the Questrom School of Business stopped by the second seminar of the Spring semester to speak to the Fellows about a book she is currently writing on social impact and financial inclusion.
As a social innovator, educator, motivational speaker, change agent, marketing strategist and visionary, Professor Hobbs has participated in leading global platforms to educate and motivate senior managers in CSR/SRI/ESG and Impact Investing as well as branding, innovation and creative thinking. She is also an author in the area of business social responsibility and consumer sustainability value drivers. She is the CEO and founder of SOCIAL3 which cultivates the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Impact Investing and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) storylines and helps ensure that a firm’s vision and strategy align with its marketplace engagement.
Professor Hobbs spoke to Fellows about her background, research and upcoming book. There is a great potential for Fellows to contribute to Prof. Hobbs’s book on social impact and financial inclusion by writing articles, case studies or other project profiles. We are very excited by this possibly wonderful opportunity to collaborate with Prof. Hobbs on this very valuable project and we look forward to discussing the project with Professor Hobbs further.