William Pinakiewicz

Bill leads Nonprofit Finance Fund’s consulting practice in the Eastern Region. He specializes in innovative strategic financial management services for nonprofits that support expanded capital access and advance financial sustainability. On the national front, Bill is a senior member of the NFF team working to build the capacity in the U.S. social sector that is required for outcomes-driven, pay-for-success financing approaches, such as the Social Impact Bond. He speaks and writes regularly on these topics, and his commentary has been featured in articles in The New York Times, Institutional Investor Magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and elsewhere. In addition to his experience as an executive and board member in local educational and philanthropic organizations, Bill also brings 20 years of finance and capital markets experience from his career in investment banking and private banking in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and Africa to his work at NFF. Bill currently serves as Treasurer of Boston’s Higher Ground, a collective-impact nonprofit inspired by the Harlem Children’s Zone.