George Serafeim is the Faculty Chair of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project and the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has taught courses in the MBA, executive education and doctoral programs, and is currently teaching the elective course “Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems” in the MBA curriculum, which received the Ideas Worth Teaching Award from the Aspen Institute and the Grand Page Prize. He has presented his research in over 60 countries around the world, including to world leaders in government and business at events such as the World Economic Forum at Davos and the Aspen Ideas Festival. He ranks among the top 20 most popular authors out of over 12,000 business authors on the Social Science Research Network.

Ethan Rouen is an assistant professor of business administration in the Accounting and Management Unit, where he teaches the elective course Reimagining Capitalism. His current research interest focuses on understanding what gives rise to income inequality and how best to measure inequality to develop better strategies for addressing this issue. In 2018, he was awarded the Best Dissertation Award from the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association. In 2017, he was awarded the Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal from the American Accounting Association for recent research that has had the greatest impact on the practice of accounting. His research has been published in The Accounting Review, Management Science, and Review of Accounting Studies, and his journalism and opinion articles have appeared in the Boston Globe, HuffPo, The Hill, CEOWORLD Magazine, and Fortune.com, among others. He appears frequently in national and international media outlets, discussing income inequality and issues related to corporate taxes. Professor Rouen earned a BA in history and English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MS in journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. From Columbia Business School, he received an MBA in finance and accounting, an M.Phil. in accounting, and a PhD in accounting.

Rob is the Program Director and Senior Researcher for Multi-Faculty Sustainability and Impact Investing Special Projects, including The Impact-Weighted Accounts Project, the Social Impact Collaboratory, and the Project on Impact Investments at Harvard Business School. Previously, Rob was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs where he had roles in Investment Product Innovation, Strategy & Development, Alternative Investment Strategies, and Private Wealth Management. Rob has consulted with the National MS Society and the World Wildlife Fund and was a 2019 Three Cairns Climate Fellow focused on mitigating the environmental effects of charcoal use in Mozambique. Rob received his MBA from Columbia Business School in the Executive Program where he concentrated on Social Enterprise and Impact Investing, graduating Deans Honors with Distinction (top 10%). He was featured in Poets and Quants annual 100 Best & Brightest Executive MBAs list. Rob is the 2019 recipient of the Carson Family Changemaker Award which recognizes commitment to the field of social enterprise. Rob earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Georgetown University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Katie is the Project Manager for the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project. Prior to joining the team, she worked with accelerators, social enterprises, institutional investors, and field-building organizations addressing global challenges through market-based approaches. Katie’s earlier work included HIV prevention and control, global health finance, and human resources for health. She earned a Master of International Business from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a Bachelor’s from Brown University where she focused on Development Studies and Global Health. Katie is driven by the IWA’s goal to think creatively and rigorously about the integration of impact within corporate financial accounts.

Gladys is a Research Associate for the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project. Prior to joining the team, she was a Senior Technical Instructor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gladys’ primary research interests lie at the intersection of using data science tools to efficiently understand, and thereby quantify, the environmental effects within corporate operations. Gladys is working towards designing systems that can efficiently implement environmental metrics into modern accounting standards that will accurately capture a corporation's value, as well as cost, to society. Gladys received a BA in Astronomy from Columbia University. Her core astrophysics research was focused in analyzing high energy particle physics within active galaxies in the search for dark matter. At MIT, Gladys developed techniques for experimental data analysis, statistics, and machine learning within physics laboratory research, as well as lead interdepartmental initiatives to design and integrate environmental & sustainability studies into the required curriculum.

Ryan is a Research Associate for the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project. Prior to joining the initiative, he worked in grassroots organizing, advocating for increased public disclosure in state government and building chains of accountability between elected officials and constituents. Before his time in advocacy, Ryan worked for Goldman Sachs in the investment banking and private equity divisions. Ryan earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S.B.A. in Accounting and Finance from the Ohio State University.

Adel is a Research Associate for the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project. Prior to this role, Adel worked as a teaching assistant at Northeastern University for several courses viz., Healthcare Systems Modeling, Probabilistic Operations Research, Simulation, Logistics and Warehousing, and Sequencing. His research interests are in the areas of environmentally conscious manufacturing, supply chain engineering, data analysis, operations management, optimization, systems sustainability, and weighted network modeling. He co-authored several peer-reviewed journal papers, presented papers at various national and international conferences, and published papers in their respective proceedings. He won the best track paper award at the 2019 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Adel earned his BS and M.S. degrees majoring in Industrial Engineering and Applied Mathematics from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. From Northeastern University, he received a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering