Zane Heflin

Zane Heflin is a Senior Associate, Impact Advisory at Social Finance.

Zane has supported innovative outcomes-based initiatives including two workforce funds: the UP Fund and the New Jersey Pay It Forward Fund (NJ PIFF). His work also spans projects serving unhoused populations—such as reducing recidivism in Hamilton County, TN, and preventing family homelessness in Clackamas County, OR—as well as supporting Ukrainian refugee resettlement in Massachusetts through the Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) program. Additionally, he has conducted research on impact investing adoption by private foundations on behalf of Builders Vision.

Before joining Social Finance, Zane was a Policy Analyst at The New Center, a bipartisan think tank, where he led the organization’s economic and foreign policy portfolio. Earlier in his career, he worked in policy research roles focused on Middle East policy and youth unemployment.

Zane holds a MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP) from MIT and dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and International Affairs from George Washington University.

I'm grateful to be a part of the Social Finance team because I have the privilege of working with brilliant colleagues that share my passion for expanding economic opportunity.