​OUR PHILOSOPHY

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​As our planet approaches its limits of water availability, food production and population growth, urgent action to improve how we utilize resources and advance economically is critical. 

Connective Impact keeps commitments on track and brings like-minded organizations together to make progress effective and lasting. 

OUR CLIENTS

Our clients are mission-driven organizations intent on making our planet a sustainable, safer and more productive home by leveraging partnerships. 

They are forward thinking innovators, willing to take risks, and are confident that sustainability and economic development is tightly linked and not mutually exclusive. 
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​We facilitate partnerships on a wide variety of sustainability issues within key focus areas:

​​Climate change
Food security
Water
Responsible sourcing  
Supply chains 
Agriculture and land use
Health and nutrition
Income diversification
Poverty alleviation

Joanne Sonenshine
Founder + CEO​

Joanne Sonenshine is a trained development economist and has been living and working in the Washington, D.C. area since 2004.  With a passion for partnership development, and experiences working with government agencies, large and small corporations, and nonprofits, Joanne focuses on collaboration approaches to solve some of our world's biggest problems. Passionate about societal change, Joanne has devoted her career to helping decision makers, corporate leaders and entrepreneurs coalesce to create more formidable impact in their work.  ​Joanne is also author of Purposeful Profits: Inside Successful Businesses Making a Positive Global Impact, and ChangeSeekers: Finding Your Path to Impact. Joanne lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and two boys. 

Katarina Bozhinova
Research Intern

Katerina Bozhinova holds a Master of Science in sustainable resource management from the Technical University of Munich, with a concentration in agriculture and environmental policy. Katerina is based in Bulgaria and is passionate about social entrepreneurship, local land rights, and zero waste practices. 

​Zach Weismann​
Partner

Zach Weismann ​is founder of MAG Collective, and has worked with major brands, NGOs, Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, healthcare organizations, and startups on sustainability, conservation, corporate social responsibility, technology adoption, and business development, helping advance creative messaging, grant-making, leading global media campaigns and partnerships for a more sustainable and healthy future. On the weekends, you can find Zach on the basketball court, finding the best local coffee shop, or enjoying live music!  Zach is also Co-Founder & CEO of CancerQ, a health-tech start-up that builds innovative products and services for families facing cancer. He also serves as a Board Member for the National Board of Medical Advisors (NBME) as an at-large member (one of only 25 selected nationally) and a member of the Public Stakeholders Committee. 

​Connective Impact is proud to be a founding partner
of the MAG Impact Collective.

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