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Carla Harris (MBA 1987) is vice chairman of Morgan Stanley and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview she talks about how her role allows the opportunity to work with nonprofits in a variety of ways.
“Being a banker, I often get the question around, ‘What are you doing for the greater good?’ And I actually think that being a banker has given me a platform to be even more impactful from a social justice or from a philanthropic standpoint.
“Because I've been fortunate enough to do well financially and economically, I've been able to be involved in a lot of nonprofit organizations and able to give my time, my treasure, and my talent––the three things all of us have that we can offer to the greater good. At some points in your life, you have more time and you don't have any treasure. Sometimes you have a lot of talent, and you don't have any time.
“As a banker, I've been able to be philanthropically much more giving than I think I would have. That's number one.
“Number two, I think, because I get exposed to the things that I get exposed to on Wall Street, I've been able to bring a perspective and a network and problem-solving skills to some of the nonprofits that has also been quite valuable. So I think that this has been a great platform to do good.”
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