Philanthropy Lab
Taught by Brian Goebel, Tené Traylor, Wesley Longhofer
Department of the Goizueta Business School

Brian Goebel serves as the Managing Director for the Business & Society Institute, a research center within Emory University’s Business School that addresses complex challenges confronting people, the planet, and businesses through academic discovery and purposeful action.  

He oversees the Institute’s growing portfolio of programs focused on climate change and energy systems; inequalities in organizations, markets, and communities, purpose-driven entrepreneurship and innovation, transparent trade, impact investing, and reimagined corporate responsibility. Additionally, Brian is a Lecturer in Organization & Management teaching BBA and MBA courses focused on philanthropy, social impact management, and certified B Corps.  

Prior to joining the Goizueta Business School, Brian worked in both the private and nonprofit sectors as a management consultant at Deloitte Consulting LLP and community builder at United Way of Greater Atlanta. He has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Emory University and a Bachelors of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Michigan. 

Tené Traylor is a Lecturer in Organization and Management at Emory Goizueta Business School. She also is philanthropic professional overseeing The Kendeda Fund’s Atlanta portfolio, focusing on equitable access to high-quality K12 education and economic opportunity (emphasis on long-term affordability, community wealth building, and accessible quality transit) for historically marginalized populations and Black and brown people in metro Atlanta. She also manages a national portfolio dedicated to restoring and reclaiming dignity to work for people living with a current or old criminal conviction. Her career in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector spans 20 years. Before Kendeda, Tené worked at The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, United Way, and The Zeist Foundation. She has experience in community development, neighborhood transformation, HIV/AIDS, interfaith relations, affordable housing, education justice/reform, criminal justice, and economic justice/community wealth building.

Tené has a Master of Public Administration (MPA) with a concentration in public policy and nonprofit administration from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Georgia State University.  She is on the board of The Center for Community Progress, Georgia Grantmakers Association, and the co-founder and current board chair for the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative.

Wesley Longhofer is Associate Professor of Organization & Management in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, where he also holds appointments in sociology, ethics, and the Emory Global Health Institute. He is the Academic Director of Social Enterprise @ Goizueta and the forthcoming Roberto C. Goizueta Institute for Business and Society. Some of his published work on charitable organizations, environmental protection, and international law has appeared in the American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Social Forces. His research on climate change and the energy sector has been funded by the National Science Foundation and his co-authored book, Super Polluters: Tackling the World’s Largest Sites of Climate-Disrupting Emissions, will be published this summer by Columbia University Press. More recently, Wes has been examining the nonprofits and social enterprises that high school students start as they prepare for college. Wes received his PhD in sociology from the University of Minnesota in 2011.