Ben Thornley

Bio

Ben Thornley is the Director of Insight – Pacific Community Ventures’ thought leadership practice in high-impact investing. Ben is responsible for PCV’s policy research and social performance measurement initiatives, advising some of the country’s most prominent institutional investors and philanthropic foundations. Prior to joining Insight, Ben worked for over a decade in the public, for-profit, and non-profit sectors – always with a focus on the critical role of the financial services sector in economic development. This included as editorial director and New York correspondent for Australia’s leading investment industry publisher, as a policy associate with the United Nations Association of the U.S.A., responsible for coordinating Wall Street’s formal participation in the UN’s Financing for Development conference, and as an investment director in the Australian Consulate-General, New York, charged with positioning the country as a regional financial services center. Ben received a Masters of Public Policy from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. in Communications from the University of Technology, Sydney. Ben is the Board President of Centerforce, the 501(c)(3) based in San Rafael, CA, providing health and education services to individuals, families, and communities impacted by incarceration. Ben has also provided independent consulting services to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and to Bay Area non-profits including REDF, SF Works, and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability.

Career

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Pacific Community Ventures Director Email: [email protected]