Tanya Beja Elias

General Partner

2022 - Current

Managing Partner, AlleyCorp Workforce

2022

Partner

2022 - 2022

Head of Latin America

2019 - 2022

Blue Marble is a startup with a mission of extending socially impactful, commercially viable insurance protection to the underserved. Blue Marble incubates and implements microinsurance solutions that support the economic advancement of underserved populations. Primary responsibilities: • Piloting and scaling new ventures in Latin America by sourcing, developing, and executing on opportunities across the region. • Quadrupled sales in first four months as Head of Latin America. • Contributing to the development of Blue Marble's tech-enabled product offerings and ambitious 3-year global growth plan.

Senior Program Officer

2015 - 2019

Robin Hood is New York's largest poverty-fighting organization, focused on finding, funding and creating programs that generate meaningful results for families in New York's poorest neighborhoods. Primary responsibilities: • Managed portfolio of 17 grants in the homelessness/housing and workforce development space totaling $10M (approx. 10% of foundation's grants). • Restructured entire portfolio: defunded almost half of all existing grants and executed $6.5M in new initiatives with superior poverty-fighting outcomes. • Extended $12.7M in new PRIs (program-related investments) to create or preserve affordable housing. • Supported multiple tech-enabled startups by working closely with Blue Ridge Labs.

Summer Fellow

2014 - 2014

LIIF is a national community capital organization that has invested more than $2 billion to build healthy, vibrant communities and create pathways of opportunity for over 2 million low income people. Primary responsibilities: • Underwrote affordable housing loans and healthy food grants • Developed framework for LIIF’s newest “Equity with a Twist” product • Streamlined monitoring and reporting processes for all lending products

Director of Industry and Investor Relations | Investment Team

2010 - 2014

IGNIA is a pioneer in the impact investing space in Latin America. IGNIA invests in businesses that address an unmet demand for the emerging middle class or that bring a better value proposition for a basic need. Primary responsibilities: • Designed and institutionalized pipeline screening process and assisted in efforts to evaluate 250+ investment opportunities. • Partnered with investment officers and entrepreneurs on targeted strategies to accelerate growth of eight selected portfolio companies including fundraising, recruiting, and institutionalizing corporate governance practices. • Managed all aspects of relationship with 35 Limited Partners in $100M fund, including JP Morgan, Omidyar Network, Soros Economic Development Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, IFC, and IADB among others. • Led IGNIA’s efforts to promote industry development through active participation in industry forums, media publications, partnerships, and strategic initiatives with leading organizations (such as the Global Impact Investing Network, Aspen Institute, World Economic Forum, Latin American Venture Capital Association, and US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce). • Defined and tracked impact metrics for all portfolio companies while positioning IGNIA as the first fund worldwide to be rated by GIIRS (Global Impact Investing Ratings System) and to adopt IRIS (Impact Reporting and Investment Standards). • Developed the communication and fundraising strategy for IGNIA’s newest target $200M fund (expected to close in 2015).

New Product Development

2008 - 2009

Compartamos Banco is the largest microfinance bank in Latin America, serving more than 2.5 million clients. Primary Responsibilities: • Worked concurrently while studying at the Harvard Kennedy School in an analysis of remittance flows in the Mexico-US corridor. • Explored efficiency and productivity parameters to evaluate Compartamos’ microfinance operations versus those of its peers, evaluated quantitative data, conducted interviews, and performed extensive fieldwork in the creation of a report for Compartamos’ Co-CEOs.

Associate

2005 - 2007

NERA Economic Consulting is a global firm of experts dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business and legal challenges. Primary Responsibilities: • Performed both quantitative and qualitative analysis for industries including consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications (20+ cases). • Analyzed industry and corporate information in support of expert testimony.