Ben Hecht

Working with Courageous Leaders to Dream Big & Do Big Things

MY EXPERIENCE

I am currently the Principal/Founder of Reclaiming the Dream LLC, an advisory services firm that works with courageous social change leaders across the United States. Most recently, I was President and CEO of Living Cities, a long-standing collaborative of 18 of the world’s leading foundations and financial institutions.
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MY FOCUS

I am working with courageous leaders across the nation to revive America as the land of opportunity–to reclaim the American Dream for all. The systems that influence overall life outcomes — that result in better education, more income, increased wealth, and greater access to opportunity, –are deeply interrelated, broken and must be fixed.
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Fixing Broken Systems with Courageous Leadership

I’ve spent the last 14 years working to understand what it takes for communities to move from incremental to transformational change.

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Centering Opportunity for All

In addition to working together in new ways to create systemic change, partners must be able to develop, adopt, adapt, and execute strategies that overcome obstacles that have limited economic opportunity, especially in rural and urban communities. This means moving beyond Band-Aid fixes and addressing problems at their roots.

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Transforming Capital and Capitalism

Impact investing has come of age. We must make it easy for the capital of a growing number of investors seeking to generate social, environmental, and financial impact to super-charge the closing of gaps in income and wealth.

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DO BIG THINGS, TOGETHER

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I provide strategic advice to a wide range of clients, from philanthropic and local government leaders to investors and fund managers seeking greater social impact. I also design and deliver trainings and courses, from half-day corporate workshops to semester long courses. Please contact me below if you would like to explore working together.