Turner Impact Learning Experiences (TILE) provide students across Penn and Wharton with the ability to learn from leading faculty and professionals in the impact and sustainability space. Endowed by K. Robert Turner, W’84 and Lauren Golub Turner, W’85, TILEs encompass speaker sessions, career panels, hands-on skill-building workshops, networking events, and more. All currently-enrolled students across Penn and Wharton are invited to participate!
Fall 2025 TILE Opportunities include:
September 3, 2025 – Wharton Impact Presents: Careers in Impact & Sustainability Finance
September 15, 2025 – Wharton Impact Presents: Careers in Impact & Sustainability Consulting
October 29, 2025 – Valuations Workshop Part 1
November 10, 2025 – Wharton Impact Presents: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Immigration
November 12, 2025 – Valuations Workshop Part 2
Registration and more details will be available soon. Check back regularly as events will be added throughout the year.
Past speakers include, but are not limited to:
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The support and vision of impact investor Bobby Turner, W’84, catalyzed the launch of Turner Impact Learning Experiences.
The “Turner” in Turner Impact Learning Experiences is Bobby Turner, Principal and Chief Executive Officer at Turner Impact Capital, and his wife Lauren Golub Turner. Bobby is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (B.S., Finance) where he serves on Wharton’s Board of Advisors and where he has inspired and powered initiatives focused on social impact and impact investing.
In 2015, Bobby saw the power of – and potential in – nascent social impact event programming emerging at Wharton and he and Lauren transformed the future of the program with a gift to help it grow and ensure it continued. “The Turners’ involvement with [Wharton Impact] over the years has served to amplify its mission and have greatly raised awareness of the work being done at Wharton.” said Dean Erika James.
“I’ve had the privilege of working with Bobby at Wharton for over a decade, and he walks the talk,” said Sandi Maro Hunt, Wharton Impact’s Managing Director, “He’s been professionally successful doing this work, and pays it forward to the next generation by fostering – through his philanthropy, his vision and his personal engagement – programs that give today’s students access to this mindset and toolkit, like TILE.” Bobby not only enables the operations of the TILE through his philanthropy but also strengthens it by directly engaging with the students in the program every year. Witold Henisz, Vice Dean of Wharton Impact, adds that “In every visit, Bobby imparts upon the next generation of impact investors, consultants and corporate leaders the need for fanaticism in the quest for rigorous financial analyses identifying business cases that address society’s greatest challenges.”
“We passionately believe profits are not the only element in the measure of success, and wanted to support social impact programming at Wharton,” Turner said. “We benefited as students because the alumni who preceded us gave back and made sure Wharton continued to lead. The same is true today. If we don’t step up, few others will. It’s our turn.”
Learn more about Bobby Turner’s approach to impact investing in this interview, and about additional Turner-supported Wharton Impact programs here: the Turner MBA Impact Investing Network & Training (TMIINT) and the Turner Impact Portfolio Challenge (TIPC).