Leslie Crutchfield

Leslie is the executive director of Business for Impact, adjunct professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at Georgetown McDonough, as well as an author and social change expert.

Crutchfield is the author of How Change Happens: Why Some Movements Succeed While Others Don’t (Wiley 2018), noted in The New York Review of Books as offering a blueprint for today’s movement leaders. Crutchfield co-authored the bestselling Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits, recognized by The Economist on its Best Books of the Year list. Also, she co-authored Do More than Give while working at FSG Social Impact Consultants, where she serves as a senior advisor.

Previously, Crutchfield was managing director at Ashoka, the global venture fund for social entrepreneurs. In addition, she co-founded and led a national nonprofit social enterprise. Crutchfield has contributed to Fortune, Forbes, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, and Stanford Social Innovation Review and has appeared on programs such as ABC, FOX, NPR, and PBS. She has served as a trustee of the SEED Foundation and volunteered with Crossroads Africa.

Crutchfield holds an MBA and B.A. from Harvard University. She teaches corporate social responsibility and nonprofit leadership on LinkedIn Learning.