Greg Payne

Greg Payne is the treasurer at Child Start, a position they have held since January of 2017. Prior to that, they were an impact manager at Quantified Ventures LLC from June 2016 to January 2017. In that role, they led client engagements in health, education, and social welfare sectors as a part of a startup focused on directing private capital to evidence-based, proven interventions. Greg conducted deep-dive analyses on client program operations, identified opportunities for program scale, and guided client leadership through structuring Pay For Success (PFS) transactions.

During their time at Quantified Ventures LLC, Greg directed feasibility studies for a $13M place-based youth development non-profit and for a $18M national non-profit serving aging adults living independently, in order to assess their programs’ feasibility for a PFS transaction. Greg conducted programmatic review, evaluated the strength of program evidence, created financial and economic models, assessed program operations, and identified the full range entities who benefit from clients’ services. Greg's recommendations included areas for improvement of program, operations, and impact, as well as a go/no-go determination for a PFS transaction.

Greg also guided the effort to secure $500k worth of transaction-structuring services for a PFS transaction focused on reducing rates of unintended pregnancies among teens and on increasing in-school rates. In addition, they managed business development processes focused on securing $1.5M in social and environmental impact contracts

Greg Payne has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business, with a specialization in finance and social entrepreneurship. Greg also holds a BA from the University of Virginia, where they graduated summa cum laude in anthropology and Spanish. In addition, Greg has a certification in marketing from the General Assembly.