Priya Parrish is Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Impact Engine, an institutional venture capital and private equity investor driving positive impact in economic opportunity, environmental sustainability and health equity. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Strategy and Impact Investor in Residence at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Priya is the author of The Little Book of Impact Investing: Aligning Profit and Purpose to Change the World, published by Wiley.
Prior to joining Impact Engine, Priya served as Chief Investment Officer at Schwartz Capital Group, a single-family office investing across global markets. Previously, she was Strategy Head at Aurora Investment Management, a multibillion-dollar hedge fund, and managed development of investment products that incorporated environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) at Northern Trust Asset Management and KLD Research & Analytics. Crain’s Chicago Business named her to its list of 40-Under-40 and Notable LGBTQ Executives. Priya holds a B.S. in Business Management from Babson College and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.