Allison Shapiro is a seasoned strategist, trusted advisor, and mission-driven leader. Over the past 18 years, she has worked both in-house and as a consultant to Fortune 500, NGO, public-private partnership, and start-up clients to design and launch initiatives, strengthen operations, and build cross-sector partnerships.
Since 2024, Allison has led Build for Good, providing high-touch strategy and operating support to mission-driven teams and organizations seeking to maximize their social, environmental, and economic impact. She works with leaders to design investment strategies, align organizational priorities, and activate cross-sector partnerships.
Prior to founding Build for Good, Allison held leadership roles at JPMorgan, where she structured social impact funds and led a sales & trading business; at Closed Loop Partners, where she built cross-sector sustainability partnerships; at the Brookings Institution, where she advised the economic development on innovation ecosystem building; and at Ecosystem Marketplace, where she was an analyst of ecosystem service markets. Early in her career, she also conducted conservation fieldwork in Belize, grounding her work in on-the-ground environmental impact.
Allison has previously served boards and advisory councils including at Echoing Green, LIFT NY, PeopleFund, DSNY Sanitation Foundation, and Michigan Climate Venture. She holds a B.S. in Science, Technology & International Affairs from Georgetown University (magna cum laude), and both an M.B.A. and M.S. in Sustainable Systems from the University of Michigan. Allison lives in the greater Washington, DC area with her husband and two children.
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