Helina Teklehaimanot

Helina is an Associate Director, Impact Investments based in Social Finance’s Washington DC office.

Previously, Helina was a senior associate for climate and entrepreneurial finance at Resonance where she supported client engagements focused on identifying and scaling innovative finance solutions for social impact. Prior to joining Resonance, Helina was a vice president at Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) where she was responsible for designing and implementing impact-focused investment programs to drive capital to innovative and impactful small and medium-size businesses. She also managed monitoring and technical assistance support activities.

Helina holds an MBA from George Washington University and a BA from Boston College.

The commitment and rigor with which Social Finance approaches its work and the thoughtfulness of the people here is why I was so excited to join the team.