Warren Tranquada, Contributing Editor, Revenue Diversification

Warren Tranquada is a Partner and Managing Director of Pepin, Tranquada & Associates. He works with nonprofit clients in the US and Canada, helping organizations diversify their revenue through commercial ventures, venture philanthropy and other social entrepreneurship tools.

Warren has an MBA from Harvard Business School (distinction), and a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University (great distinction). While at Harvard, he focused much of his classroom research on nonprofit entrepreneurship and performance management, including projects with the management teams of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NY), the Fulton County School District (Atlanta), BayCove Human Services (Boston) and Building Blocks International (Chile).

Prior to co-founding Pepin, Tranquada & Associates, Warren was a vice-president in the small business group at The Chase Manhattan Bank. In this role, he managed and created strategic partnerships for the bank with partners in technology and financial services. He also has consulting experience with Bain & Company, an internationally recognized strategic consulting firm, where he worked with leading Canadian companies in the aerospace, transportation, financial services, forest products and principal investment industries.

Warren serves on the boards of Friends of Canadian Education and Building Blocks International. Warren has volunteered as a guest teacher in New York City and Boston public schools through Junior Achievement and Citizen Schools.