Leadership & Investors

Meet Jeff Sheinbein
Co-Founder & CEO

In 2011, Bloomberg Business Week named Jeff Sheinbein “America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneur.” As a guest speaker, Jeff delivers a passionate message about the power of social business to change lives, transform society, and create healthy, expansive business cultures.

Jeff serves on the Advisory Council of Meridian International Global Service Leaders. A two-time Investors Circle finalist, he has led three highly successful social enterprises in the US and abroad.

Jeff started his career as managing director of AI, a non-profit screen printing and embroidery company in San Francisco that hires from an at-risk adult population. Under Jeff’s leadership, AI became one of the country’s most successful nonprofit enterprises of its size, and one of the most profitable businesses in the US screen-printing industry.

The Community Action Network (UK) hired Jeff to replicate his highly successful business model in London. While in the UK, Jeff also led social enterprise workshops for hundreds of aspiring young social entrepreneurs.

Jeff has enjoyed a second career as an independent consultant helping nonprofits and social enterprises find their identity and grow. His clients include Golden Gate Community Inc., The Body Positive, ShareForward, East West Holistic Center, and the Borders Books Free Classes Program.

Jeff received a B.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley with a minor in Business Administration.

Meet Our Investors

Mike Hannigan

President of Give Something Back

A native of Pensacola, Florida, Mike Hannigan earned his B.A. in Philosophy from UC San Diego and an M.A. in Criminology from UC Berkeley. He began his career at Xerox Corporation and spent a decade in management at business products companies before starting GSB.

James Lincoln

CEO of Illuminated Funds

James has long experience in investment management, money management, fund management, real estate investment, real estate management, real estate development, and all aspects of venture capital, with operational and executive experience and expertise in all the above. James also serves on numerous for-profit and non-profit corporate boards.

Josh Mailman

Founder of Serious Change, Founding investor of Stonyfield Farms

Mr. Mailman started Social Venture Network, a nonprofit that unites hundreds of business leaders to help build a just and sustainable economy.

Henry Vandermark

Solar Wave Energy, Inc.

Mr. Vandermark managed Solar Wave Energy, Inc. a company that as of 2017 had designed, installed, and serviced solar hot water and heating systems for more than thirty years. He has taught solar thermal classes to trade school students and at professional conferences.

Rachel Sheinbein

Managing Director at Makeda Capital

Rachel is an experienced angel investor in women-led companies, and a private equity investor at CMEA Capital, with operating experience at Intel. She received her Bachelor’s in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s in Environmental and Civil Engineering and an MBA from MIT.