Ben is a trusted impact advisor to families, boards and executive teams. His counsel draws upon three decades as a founder, chief executive, university lecturer and strategist in the areas of economic mobility, civil society, social innovation, strategy and leadership.

Ben’s career began leading public/private consulting engagements at EY. He used these experiences to found and lead the award-winning nonprofit EARN (now called SaverLife), a fintech pioneer that shifted the American narrative on savings among the poor, and is currently helping over half a million low-income workers to save, in all fifty US states. Ben brought these experiences to the UC Berkeley Haas Center for Social Sector Leadership where he served as Executive Director and distinguished professional faculty. In that role he launched a global online learning platform for NGO leaders  and founded a learning community for UHNW families. More recently, Ben led the advisory work at Arabella Advisors, where he served on the executive team and helped some of California’s largest family philanthropists and impact investors address our most complex challenges.

Ben’s work has been featured in the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, NPR’s Morning Edition and many other news outlets. He is the winner of Fast Company’s Social Capitalist of the Year Award and the Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Ben is currently a Senior Fellow for the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program and holds degrees from Vassar College and Harvard Kennedy School. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and son and can often be seen rowing on the Bay in the early morning hours.