Mara van Loggerenberg

Mara van Loggerenberg is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Associate Director for Social Impact Programming at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. She joined NYU Stern in 2018 and is based at the Kaufman Management Center in New York, NY. Her work bridges business education with sustainable development and social impact initiatives.

• Adjunct Professor, NYU Stern School of Business
• Senior Associate Director, Social Impact Programming
• Teaches: Social Impact Consulting (experiential seminar)

Her academic background includes:

• EMPA, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
• BA, Duke University

Mara's research and professional focus lies at the intersection of business and global sustainability. She specializes in sustainable development policy, with an emphasis on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), financing for development, and multilateral diplomacy. Her work promotes integrating social and environmental impact into business practices through experiential learning and strategic partnerships.

Her professional experience prior to NYU Stern includes significant roles in international policy institutions. She served as Deputy Director for Global Policy and UN Relations at the UN Foundation, advised stakeholders on diplomatic negotiations, and worked with organizations such as the OECD in Paris, the WFM-Institute for Global Policy, and the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University. These experiences inform her teaching and program development in social impact at Stern.

Mara has not been listed with any scientific awards or peer-reviewed publications in the provided text. However, her leadership in social impact programming reflects a commitment to applied, real-world change through academic-business collaborations.

She advises on and leads program development in social impact but there is no mention of formal graduate student mentorship or doctoral advising. Her work involves managing partnerships and experiential learning initiatives rather than traditional research grants or laboratory teams.

There is no indication of lab or research team affiliations in the provided material. Her contributions are primarily programmatic and educational within the Stern School’s social impact framework.