How to actually make the business case for corporate social impact

Andrea Wood is the President and CEO of Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals (ACCP). Andrea has more than three decades of experience in corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, nonprofit management, and fundraising. Before joining ACCP, she served in leadership roles at Best Buy and Target.

Andrea holds a M.A. in Public Policy and Nonprofit Management from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and a B.A. in English from Kalamazoo College in Michigan. She currently serves on the board of directors for The Clubhouse Network in Boston, and she is a member of the Advisory Board for the Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

A native of Washington, D.C., Andrea moved to Minneapolis many years ago to attend graduate school and never left. To survive the cold winters, she teaches group fitness classes at Lifetime Fitness and enjoys outings with her all-women’s cross country ski club.

Sam Caplan is the Vice President of Social Impact at Submittable, a platform that foundations, governments, nonprofits, and other changemakers use to launch, manage, and measure impactful granting and CSR programs. Inspired by the amazing work performed by practitioners of all stripes, Sam strives to help them achieve their missions through better, more effective software.

Sam formerly served as founder of New Spark Strategy, Chief Information Officer at the Walton Family Foundation, and head of technology at the Walmart Foundation. He consults, advises, and writes on social impact technology, strategy, and innovation.

Connect with or follow Sam on Linkedin, listen to his podcast Impact Audio, and subscribe to his bi-weekly newsletter The Review.