Allison Boxer is the Managing Director of Impact Academics at the Sorenson Impact Institute and the James Lee Sorenson Presidential Endowed Chair in Applied Research. In this role, she leads all academic programming and program development related to Impact Investing and social impact, with the goal of embedding Impact Investing and social impact into academic programs and content. She is also on faculty as an Asst. Professor (Lecturer) in the Entrepreneurship and Strategy Department at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, where she teaches the courses Social Impact Strategy and Innovation, Global Ventures, and Social Entrepreneurship, among others.

Additionally, Allison serves as Strategic Advisor to the Dean of the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. In this role, she leads strategic planning for the Business School.

Previously, Allison was a Partner at Wellspring Consulting, where she led strategy and management consulting for nonprofit and mission-driven clients.

Allison received her Doctor of Education degree from the University of Southern California (USC), Rossier School of Education, where her dissertation research focused on the role of higher education institutions in social and economic development. Allison graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA and St. Olaf College with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology/Anthropology.