Debra Schwartz
Debra Schwartz
Overview
Debra is the Managing Director of Impact Investments and serves on the Executive Leadership Team at MacArthur which has dedicated $500 million of its assets to impact investing. Debra s group serves as a Foundation wide resource and engages deeply with selected teams to help develop strategy and devise impact investments that advance key goals. A former investment banker Debra also leads the creation of new impact investment products and platforms that foster easier more efficient and more productive connections among multiple impact investors and social sector organizations.She joined MacArthur in 1995 having worked at a Chicago based child welfare agency. A frequent speaker and guest lecturer Debra has also served on the United States Treasury Department Community Development Advisory Board and the founding board for the Mission Investors Exchange.
