​OUR PHILOSOPHY

​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 provides structure and methods to mission-driven, socially and environmentally-conscious companies that inspire partnership and collaboration to make the world a more harmonious and prosperous place.

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

PHOTO: J. Sonenshine, Bangladesh 2019

Working with like-minded organizations, finding a point of mutual benefit, and collaborating effectively, your commitments will stay on-track.

JOANNE SONENSHINE
FOUNDER + CEO​
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​Joanne Sonenshine is a development economist 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. ​

KELSEY HOLMES
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Kelsey graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a degree in International Studies & Political Science.  She served with the United States Peace Corps in Morocco working in the sectors of youth development and women’s empowerment.  Kelsey founded collaborative social enterprise, Azta, and is committed to social entrepreneurship and cooperation for impactful change from the grassroots to corporate level.  She is currently pursing a master in Media, Communications and Creative Industries at Sciences Po Paris and has a focused interest in international development, rights protection and advocacy in the fields of business growth, communications and design to support creative, impact-driven, purposeful community collaboration.

STEFANIE KRUGLIK
SR DIRECTOR IMPACT + STRATEGY

​Stefanie has over a decade of experience in sustainability and social impact. She is passionate about improving the lives of workers and the environment by collaborating with communities and brands to create responsible supply chain practices. Prior to joining Connective Impact, Stefanie worked across supply chains on behalf of multi-stakeholder initiatives, creating sustainability standards to improve livelihoods of workers and smallholder farmers globally.  A graduate of the University of Massachusetts (B.A.) and Syracuse Maxwell School (M.A. in International Relations), and proud data nerd, she lives with her spouse and daughter in Washington, DC.
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KATERINA BOZHINOVA
ANALYST

​Katerina 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
ADVISOR

​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.  ​

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

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