Maya Winkelstein

Brainstormer, Care taker, Environmentalist, Investor, Parent, Philanthropist, Social entrepreneur, Startup

Maya Winkelstein is Executive Director of Open Road Alliance where she is responsible for the organization’s overall investment strategy and management of both Open Road Alliance and Open Road Ventures. Founded in 2012, Open Road Alliance serves the social sector by Keeping Impact on Track in an unpredictable world. Open Road provides short-term solutions by disbursing fast grants and loans to nonprofits and social enterprises facing discrete, unexpected roadblocks during project implementation. It also conducts research and advocates for the adoption of long-term, system-wide risk management practices across the social sector. Open Road Ventures is a fund established in 2017 by Open Road Alliance to disburse below market-rate loans to nonprofits and social enterprises. The fund has an initial commitment of disbursing $50 Million over the next five years.

A better world balance: profit & impact; work & life; self-care & caring for others; mom & self; present & future.