Woody Tasch

Prior to his role as Chairman and CEO of Investors' Circle, Woody Tasch served as the Treasurer of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, an environmental grant maker that has pioneered strategies for integrating philanthropic mission and asset management. He currently manages the foundation's venture capital portfolio. Woody has worked as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and consultant. He was on the start-up management team of Healthdata International and was a Principal at Prince Ventures, a healthcare venture fund. He was founding Chair of the Community Development Venture Capital Alliance and the Nantucket Sustainable Development Corporation. He has also served on the Boards of CERES (the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economics), National Mentor, Greenway, the Nantucket Education Trust and Chelsea Green Publishing.

Investors' Circle

Investors' Circle (IC) is a non-profit national network of angel and institutional investors, foundation officers and entrepreneurs who seek to balance financial, social and environmental returns. IC is dedicated to catalyzing the flow of capital to private companies that deliver commercial solutions to social and environmental problems. Each year IC sponsors venture fairs and a national conference, in addition to circulating deal flow to its members. Since 1992, Investors' Circle has facilitated the investment of over $80 million in 120 socially responsible companies and small venture funds. Behind each of these investments is the belief that business -- not government or philanthropy -- must lead the transition to a sustainable economy.