John Sherman, MPH (he/him/his)

Chief Partner
Sherman Impact Consulting
Nashville, Tennessee, United States

John Sherman, M.P.H., is Chief Partner at Sherman Impact Consulting where he leads bespoke teams to design, implement, manage, and communicate right-sized learning, impact assessment and evaluation strategies for social impact investors and funders. He has advised numerous foundations’ strategic planning and evaluation on a host of environmental, climate, food, and public health issues; consulted impact investors on impact management; owned for-profit companies; managed non-profit advocacy organizations; and co-directed a foundation. He currently co-leads evaluations of two social bonds and a guarantee pool; is preparing a series of impact investment case studies; and, advises a pool of local funders on mission investing and evaluation. Committed to building the field, John has published recently on use of foundations’ full balance sheet, stakeholder engagement and impact management, public policy and stakeholder engagement, and public policy and impact management. He serves on the Steering Committee of the American Evaluation Association’s Social Impact Measures working group, is past chair of the Davidson County Solid Waste Region Board, and is a member of the Sustainability Advisory Committee of Metro Nashville.

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Presentation(s):

• Using Most Significant Change Stories in Social Finance System Change Initiatives that Advance Racial Equity

  Thursday, October 12, 2023
  10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

• The Stories we tell ourselves about the big, bad private sector - repositioning the value proposition of evaluation in corporate contexts.

  Friday, October 13, 2023
  3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET