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The Purpose Pivot - Alumni in Social Impact

What does it take to step away from a successful corporate career and redirect your skills toward social impact? Across industries and generations, many Yale SOM alumni have made that choice, embracing what some call a purpose pivot.

In our first two articles of PSEII's Purpose Pivot series, PSEII explores the decision to take years of experience in fields like finance and consulting and apply them to a new mission. Through alumni stories, we explore what sparked the shift, what it required, and how Yale SOM shaped both acts of these alumni's careers.

The Purpose Pivot: Rebuilding Local News, One Town at a Time

Bob Rifkin ’89

Newspapers rolling off the presses

The Purpose Pivot: Activating Business Strategies to Reshape Systems 

Ravneeta Consul ’06

Ravneeta in a purple wrap standing next to Yale staff member in a white shirt

The New SOM & Society Professional Alumni Group (PAG)

The SOM & Society Alumni Group grew out of a simple recognition: alumni working in social impact needed each other. SOM & Society is a group where alumni active in or curious about social impact can learn together, exchange ideas, and build community. All Yale SOM alumni are invited to connect and help shape what comes next — for the field and for the next generation of SOM students.

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