our team
Nathaniel Berkman
Founder and Co-leader
Nathaniel Berkman, a second-year at Harvard College, hails from New York City. He is dedicated to blending his passions for technology and finance with his firm belief in the power of social impact investing.
Nathaniel's commitment to social impact became evident during his internship at the Community Resource Exchange. There, he assisted with the grant-awarding process, evaluated applications, assessed potential returns on investment, and participated in selecting deserving grant recipients. His work helped to reduce poverty, increase equity, and expand opportunities within local communities. He further demonstrated his commitment to his community through his volunteer work at the GO Project and the Bridgehampton Youth Tennis Project.
In tenth grade, in response to the economic fallout from the pandemic, Nathaniel made strides towards democratizing financial knowledge. He developed a website that simplified financial literacy and made it easily accessible. Furthermore, during his time at Grace Church School, he founded the Computer Science Club, helped lead the Investment Club, and served as a Student Ambassador.
Nathaniel's academic pursuits have taken him to the New York Institute of Finance and Wharton, where he focused on global financial systems and quantitative modeling, respectively.
Beyond his academic and social pursuits, Nathaniel is an avid tennis player and programmer who loves to watch basketball.
Jeremy Negrin
Co-Leader
Jeremy Negrin is an 11th grader at Riverdale Country School in New York City where he has lived his whole life. He is also a graduate of the Allen-Stevenson School where he is the alumni representative for his class. He is very interested in social entrepreneurship and has explored this interest by taking a Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation course at Cornell University as well as by being an ambassador for the Junior Economic Club of New York City. He has recently further explored his interest in social entrepreneurship by becoming a high school fellow at the Yale University Entrepreneurship Club. He enjoys playing tennis, playing the cello, and reading books.
Greg Van Kirk
Advisor
Greg is a practicing social entrepreneur, educator, facilitator and consultant. Greg is an Ashoka Fellow and World Economic Forum "Social Entrepreneur of the Year for 2012." He's a former Ashoka Leadership Group Member where he led the Changemaker Schools initiative. Over the course of over 20+ years he’s founded, led and/or consulted for dozens organizations in 20+ countries.
Greg has designed (social) entrepreneurial experiences, taught courses and led workshops for thousands of high school students, university students and professionals. He's led partnerships with universities including Columbia University, Cornell University, Duke University, NYU, University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, Stanford University and many others. He's designed and led professional development/ experiential learning programs for organizations including Deloitte, Levi Strauss & Co. and Warby Parker. He's designed and taught a social innovation course at The American School of Paris.
He also contributes time as “Social Entrepreneur in Residence” at universities and has designed and taught social entrepreneurship and innovation courses at Columbia University, NYU, Miami University, Lehigh University, University of New Hampshire, University of Maryland, and University of Wisconsin. He has served as a strategic advisor for the Miami University Institute for Entrepreneurship.
Greg began working in rural small business development as a Guatemala Peace Corps volunteer in 2001. He worked in investment banking in San Francisco and New York for five years before arriving in Guatemala. Two deals he led at UBS during this time won "Deal of the Year" honors from Structured Finance International magazine. Greg lives with his family in New York City.
