Benji Bernstein

Benji Bernstein is the Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of ImpactWayv, joining the venture from his previous role as Senior Director of Research and Data Analytics at Changing The World. He leads the technology team at ImpactWayv, with primary responsibility for developing the ImpactWayv™ Social Impact Technology Platform, as well as all of ImpactWayv’s integrated technology and data analytics offerings.

At Changing The World, Benji played a leading role in managing and further expanding the firm’s strategic Research and Data Analytics service offerings, with a particular focus on designing and packaging new, data-driven technology solutions to meet core nonprofit fundraising, as well as impact measurement and program management needs, for major corporates and nonprofits alike.

Benji also has extensive experience in additional nonprofit and for-profit management consulting service areas – from strategic and business planning, to development strategy and campaign implementation. During his tenure at Changing The World, Benji provided data-driven development counsel, and comprehensive market research and analysis, to some of the nation’s most prominent nonprofit organizations and corporations – including The Salvation Army, National 4-H Council, UN Foundation, Hilton Foundation, Conoco Phillips, and Amgen, among several other major organizations and foundations. He also provided strategic development counsel directly to Former Governor of Puerto Rico, Sila Calderón, and her private Foundation – one of the top community economic development organizations working in Puerto Rico.

Outside of his professional work, Benji also has a committed and extensive track record in the social action space. Benji began his career working as a Community Development Fellow with the Yahel Social Change Fellowship – through which he spent a year working with and assisting local community organizers in an underserved community abroad, to improve communal education opportunities, and build positive, sustainable programming for local at-risk youth. He now serves as a Board Member of this growing organization, where he is actively involved in developing its major strategic planning, development and marketing initiatives.

Benji holds his BA, magna cum laude, in Economics and Philosophy from Brandeis University, and recently completed his studies in The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s Business Analytics Program.