Welcome to the Loeb Center Social Impact page.

Social impact work creates measurable, values-driven outcomes that address socioeconomic challenges and promote equal opportunity and equity.Here, you’ll find a wealth of resources to help you explore or pursue a career in social impact and public service. Engaging in this field fulfills the human impulse to serve both society and oneself—a cornerstone of a strong, democratic republic.

About 10% of the American workforce is employed in the nonprofit sector, largely in small organizations with fewer than 100 employees and budgets under $100,000. Federal, state, and local governments—including subcontractors—employ another 7% of the pre-COVID workforce of 150 million.

We invite you to join this small but influential community of changemakers.

Dear Internship Diaries – Expanding Pathways to Education: A Summer in Education Policy with Rizwan Ayub ’27

Ever wonder how Amherst students land such incredible internships? The Internship Diaries spotlights a recipient of the Charles Hamilton Houston Award from each of the career communities. In this edition, we follow Rizwan Ayub ’27 through his summer working with …

By Dian Kun Yin
Dian Kun Yin Marketing and Events Intern
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Choose the human path for AI

The piece argues that the future of work should use AI to enhance human abilities rather than simply replace workers, urging leaders and organizations to make conscious choices about how they deploy the technology. Drawing on research and management theory, …

By The Loeb Center
The Loeb Center
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How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society

The report explores how Americans view artificial intelligence, revealing a mix of optimism and concern about its impact on jobs, privacy, and society. While many see AI as offering useful benefits, a significant portion worry about risks like job displacement, …

By The Loeb Center
The Loeb Center
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Alumni

Arthur Ago

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Director of Strategic Litigation and Advocacy Southern Poverty Law Center
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Rich André

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Senior Policy Advisor for State and Local Initiatives American Immigration Council
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Julie Babayan

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Head of Policy Development Adobe Inc.
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Jenna Collins

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Director of Supervision and Professional Development; Attornry Community Legal Services
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Jesse Corradi

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Managing Director of Africa U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
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Jennifer Estrada

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Community Program Manager Amnesty International USA
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Jay Gilliam

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Director of the Global Program Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
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Jeremy Koo

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Associate on the Distributed Energy Resources and Electrification team Cadmus Group
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Scott MacMillan

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Director of Learning and Innovation BRAC USA

Charles Myers

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Founder and Chairman Signum Global Advisors
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Chelsea Tejada

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Staff Attorney American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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