Mark Newberg

Overview

Mark Newberg is Managing Director of Impact Investment Strategies for 5 Stone Green Capital. Mark designed and leads the firm’s “layered impact” strategy, incorporating impact principles into each project, in ways that support the core business while producing tangible external benefits. Mark also serves as Deputy Director of the Global Innovation Summit, a gathering of global thought leaders spurring the creation of innovation ecosystems, and an advisor to T2 Venture Creation, based in Silicon Valley. He was previously a Senior Policy Advisor at the US Small Business Administration, where he led impact investing policy efforts and the Startup America: Reducing Barriers series as part of his high-growth entrepreneurship and innovation portfolio. Prior to his time at SBA, Mark was a post-Katrina Advisor to the New Orleans City Council, focusing on big picture policy issues in the recovery. Currently based in Washington, DC, he is a frequent speaker on issues of impact, has written occasional opinion pieces for various outlets, including the recent Spectrum of Impact in America, and advises several high-growth, high-impact startups. Mark holds a BA from Tulane University, a JD from Tulane Law School, and was a Visiting Student at Harvard Law School.

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