Christina Lukeman
Senior Business Development Manager
MCE Social Capital
Education
University of California, Santa Cruz
B.S., Linguistics
Middlebury Institute of International Studies of Monterey
M.B.A., Social Enterprise and Finance
Podcasts
0:32:1161: Hula Hooping to Empowering Social Entrepreneurs With Christina Lukeman, Agora [Main T4C Episode]
Christina Lukeman is Head of Investor Relations at Agora, a Latin American organization founded in 2005 as a modern-day “public square” that brings together key stakeholders to accelerate social entrepreneurship. Christina builds relationships with social entrepreneurs and investors who are looking to put their money toward a worthwhile cause. Since..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“Staying resilient, staying motivated, even in the face of all the uncertainty would be the number one quality I see in successful entrepreneurs.”
Best Career Advice
“Leveraging networks and listening to podcasts, like Time4Coffee is a really great way to learn about positions. But then you can start reaching out to different networks of people and asking how you can get involved and support them and then maybe move into their job one day.”
Career Challenge
“Particularly as an American, so much of our social worth is tied to the contribution that we bring to society, which often translates to our job. And when you don’t have a job, it becomes very easy to be very discouraged. And I think for me, it was definitely a trying time. There were times that I got very discouraged during that period, but I think learning how to stay positive and say, okay got rejected, let’s get up, let’s try again. The biggest lesson I learned there was resilience.”
Skills
Public Speaking, Business Relationship Management, Impact Investing, Venture Capital, International Relations, Social Media, Business Development, Nonprofit Organizations, Project Management, Spanish, Chinese, Leadership, Personal Branding
Professional Interests
University of California, Santa Cruz, Universitat de Barcelona, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Women Impact Investing Network (WIIN), Sustainable International Development & Sustainability, Social Enterprise and Development, Middlebury College
