Deborah Frieze is an author, entrepreneur and musician. She is co-author (with Margaret Wheatley) of Walk Out Walk On, an award-winning book that profiles pioneering leaders who walked out of organizations failing to contribute to the common good—and walked on to build resilient communities. Deborah founded the Boston Impact Initiative, an impact investing fund working to close the racial wealth divide in New England. The fund takes an integrated capital approach, combining investing, lending and giving to build a resilient and inclusive local economy. Based on her work at BII, Deborah teaches Community-Based Investing to communities around the world, including at Tufts University’s Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. She is also founder of the Old Oak Dojo, an urban learning center in Boston, MA. Learn more at www.deborahfrieze.com.
Areas of Expertise:
- Systems Thinking
- Economic Justice
- Integrated Capital Investing
