Navjeet Bal

Navjeet K. Bal is Managing Director and General Counsel at Social Finance, Inc., a Boston based national nonprofit organization founded in 2011, and dedicated to “mobilizing capital to advance social progress.” Social Finance partners with governments, nonprofits, foundations, impact investors, and financial institutions to create innovative financing solutions to improve social outcomes.

In addition, Navjeet has over 25 years of experience at private law firms as a public finance attorney and as an appointed public official, having served as the Commissioner of Revenue for Governor Deval Patrick from 2007-2011. As Commissioner, she was responsible for overseeing a 2,000 person agency with three lines of business: Tax Administration, Child Support Enforcement and the Division of Local Services overseeing city and town finances.

Throughout her career, she has been a leader in creating innovating financing solutions for social and environmental issues. As bond counsel to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Navjeet created the legal structure for the first issuance of Green Bonds in the municipal finance market, now a multi-billion dollar segment of that market. She is also a pioneer in creating Social Impact Bond financings.

Navjeet has held many leadership positions in legal, community and professional organizations. She is currently on the Board of the Gaudino Fund at Williams College, the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, New Hope Community Capital, South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston, Advisory Board member and the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network. She has also served on the Boston Bar Association Council, the Supreme Judicial Court’s Access to Justice Commission, and was the past Treasurer of the Boston Public Market.

Navjeet has also received several awards including the Grunin Prize in 2019 recognizing legal innovation in social entrepreneurship; the Circle of Excellence from Massachusetts Lawyers’ Weekly recognizing women leaders in the legal profession, the North American South Asian Bar Association Cornerstone Award, and the Williams College Bicentennial Medal in 2011.

Navjeet graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in Philosophy, and received her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law.