Emily Rasmussen

Emily brings more than 15 years of financing for impact, nonprofit, and social enterprise leadership experience to Grapevine, the only platform dedicated to giving circles and the collective giving movement, which she founded and runs. Previously, she was the founding executive director of NYU’s Center for Ballet and the Arts, launched the Lincoln Center at the Movies global media initiative, and developed innovative financing models for impact at Enterprise Solutions to Poverty. Emily has consulted on event cinema for Disney Theatrical Group, taught Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at SUNY Purchase, and spent two years developing microfinance and fair trade programs in India. She is a board member and co-chair of the membership committee of the Harvard Business School Women’s Association and a member of the LISC Emerging Leaders Council. Emily holds a B.A. from Occidental College in Diplomacy, World Affairs, and Economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School.