FORA.tv Speaker - Brian Trelstad

Brian Trelstad is the Chief Investment Officer at Acumen Fund, overseeing a portfolio team of 15 professionals working in four countries with $28 million in approved investments in social enterprises in health, water, housing, and energy. Before joining Acumen Fund, Brian Trelstad spent four years at McKinsey & Company as a consultant in the healthcare and non-profit practices and as an editor of the McKinsey Quarterly. Prior to McKinsey, he worked as a case writer at Stanford University's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and advised a number of early-stage technology companies. He was the lead environmental staffer for President Clinton's AmeriCorps program, and co-founded and directed the Center for Environmental Citizenship. Brian holds an MBA from Stanford University, an MA in City Planning from UC-Berkeley, and a BA from Harvard University.