Malini Ram Moraghan
Advisor
(she, her, hers)
Malini has spent years balancing margin and mission working at the intersection of impact investments and food & agriculture. She is former Managing Director of Investments at Wholesome Wave, where she launched and led a small Impact Investments team that structured and orchestrated millions in patient, flexible investment into regional food enterprises. She has worked with a variety of businesses and across a range of investor types focused on balancing financial viability and mission/social impact. Malini also closely advises family funds, national foundations, and USDA leaders on emerging opportunities and needs of agricultural entrepreneurs. She has been nationally recognized as an expert, speaking at many conferences including USDA's AgOutlook, the White House Rural Council's ROI Summit, Southern SAWG, OFN, and SARL. Malini is also a founding member of the Red Hills Online Market and Small Farm Alliance, a Tallahassee, Florida based organization where she now serves on the Board.
Before she owned farm-grade rubber boots, Malini spent a decade in the private sector. She was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Co., served her community as an AmeriCorps VISTA and cut her teeth as an investment banker at JPMorgan in New York. She has an MBA from University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cooper Union. She is based in Chicago.
Advisor
(she, her, hers)
Malini has spent years balancing margin and mission working at the intersection of impact investments and food & agriculture. She is former Managing Director of Investments at Wholesome Wave, where she launched and led a small Impact Investments team that structured and orchestrated millions in patient, flexible investment into regional food enterprises. She has worked with a variety of businesses and across a range of investor types focused on balancing financial viability and mission/social impact. Malini also closely advises family funds, national foundations, and USDA leaders on emerging opportunities and needs of agricultural entrepreneurs. She has been nationally recognized as an expert, speaking at many conferences including USDA's AgOutlook, the White House Rural Council's ROI Summit, Southern SAWG, OFN, and SARL. Malini is also a founding member of the Red Hills Online Market and Small Farm Alliance, a Tallahassee, Florida based organization where she now serves on the Board.
Before she owned farm-grade rubber boots, Malini spent a decade in the private sector. She was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Co., served her community as an AmeriCorps VISTA and cut her teeth as an investment banker at JPMorgan in New York. She has an MBA from University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cooper Union. She is based in Chicago.
