Social Enterprise Associates is a confederation of consultants united by a common desire to offer affordable professional services that solve real problems. We are well versed in for-profit, non-profit and government models that bring about social betterment.

Management

Drew Tulchin, Managing Partner, defines his career making new ideas reality. Drew brings nearly 15 years experience overcoming "The Doubting Thomases" to achieve successful results and build lasting organizations in the US and abroad. He currently serves as Executive VP/CFO for the NM based medical device start-up EMVolution.

His professional experience spans the for-profit, non-profit, public, & banking sectors. He has helped launch 15 start-ups. His work has generated more than $100 million for triple bottom line efforts. Consulting has taken him across the U.S., to numerous Native American nations, and to nearly 40 countries.

He has written dozens of socially entrepreneurial business plans. Prisma Microfinance's co-written plan was a Global Social Venture Competition award winner, published, and used to raise $1.2 million in private equity capital.

He was Director of a U.S. microfinance organization, the CDFI called ECDC/Enterprise Development Group, which served immigrants and low-income people.  He was also Program Officer for Grameen Foundation, serving as the founding staff person of the Capital Markets Group.

Previous experience includes a Bluetooth wireless firm, socially responsible businesses, and an environmental NGO. He began his career in National Community Service, as a VISTA (US domestic equivalent of the Peace Corps) and an AmeriCorps Team Leader in Oakland, California.

Drew completed his MBA from the University of Washington in Seattle. He finished his BA, Cum Laude, in History and International Relations from Washington University in St. Louis. His studies included a year abroad at Sussex University, UK.

In his free time, Drew plays ultimate Frisbee anywhere he can, hikes to get lost, eats food he doesn't recognize, and enjoys bad puns more than he should.

Sunny Yi-Han Lin, Associate, began with Social Enterprise Associates as an Intern.

After undergraduate studies in Public Administration and Law in Taiwan, she completed a Masters in Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, specializing in management, social entrepreneurship, and policy.

She joined a policy research project in grad school, which researched and developed an outcome assessment tool for evaluating child advocacy centers throughout Texas.

Sunny has also been a research intern with the first social venture fund in Taiwan, analyzing global social venture capitalists and assessing the venture philanthropy market in Taiwan.

In her free time, she enjoys traveling and volunteering.

Lauren Simkulak, Analyst, has more than five years of development and non-profit experience. She recently returned from three years in Africa - Peace Corps in Uganda and Planet Finance in Ghana.

Her expertise is in microfinance and social enterprise, with projects including agriculture value chains, social performance, ICT, small business development, and financial education. She also has experience with social return on investing (SROI) and with US CDFIs.

Lauren graduated from Gettysburg College with a BA in Economics and plans to attend graduate school in the fall. She has working knowledge of Spanish.

She has visited more than 35 countries and hopes to expand this to professional experiences, especially in the Middle East and Asia.

Advisory Board

Social Enterprise Associates draws upon its relationships with industry and thought leaders to solve problems. Clients do not just hire a project consultant, they gain access to the Social Enterprise Associates Network-- a reservoir of exclusive resources.

Strategic Partnerships

Thought Leadership

These organizations are at the forefront of developing innovative social business strategies while encouraging creative and sustainable business practices.