Ladan Manteghi is a champion of social good with business results. Driving social and economic bottom-lines is the guiding principle of her career in the private, public, philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. Currently, she is Senior Advisor to the Public Service and Policy Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania. She also serves as Senior advisor and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Business for Impact Initiative where she previously served as the founding Executive Director, and leads ManteghiGlobal, a private consulting practice.
As a leader and builder who dwells inside and outside “the box”, Manteghi is known for asking “What if…?” She invokes trust and new thinking, inspiring leaders to go beyond the status quo when advising business and philanthropy on social investment and impact strategies, government executives on public-private partnerships and economic opportunity, and when teaching current and future executives corporate responsibility strategy, leadership and nonprofit revenue models. With expertise across start-up and well-established organizations, her focus includes corporate responsibility, cross-sector partnerships, economic mobility, data culture, politics and advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and nonprofit income models.