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Joy Anderson ’89

Joy Anderson ’89, founder and president of Criterion Ventures, landed on Fast Company’s 2011 list of “100 Most Creative People in Business.” Through her leadership of Criterion and its initiatives that shape markets to create social and environmental good, she is working to change the rules of our economy. As faculty on the leading social innovation award programs, Anderson advises the next generation of leaders. Her insights have shaped hundreds of ventures, including Good Capital, a social investment firm she co-founded in 2006, and Village Capital, where she chairs the board. A political science major at Wesleyan, she earned her Ph.D. in American history from NYU.
Joy Anderson ’89, founder and president of Criterion Ventures, landed on Fast Company’s 2011 list of “100 Most Creative People in Business.” Through her leadership of Criterion and its initiatives that shape markets to create social and environmental good, she is working to change the rules of our economy. As faculty on the leading social innovation award programs, Anderson advises the next generation of leaders. Her insights have shaped hundreds of ventures, including Good Capital, a social investment firm she co-founded in 2006, and Village Capital, where she chairs the board. A political science major at Wesleyan, she earned her Ph.D. in American history from NYU.