• Coleman Social Impact Lecture Series
• Levy Social Impact Lecture Series
• Wharton Ethics Program Seminar Series

Mr. Coleman and his wife, Lois Coleman, started and funded a program in The Wharton School offering prizes for the best essay in business ethics, which ran for a number of years. In 2002 the Colemans generously launched the Coleman Social Impact Lecture Series. Past speakers have included those listed below.

Joel Coleman is an attorney who practiced law in both a law firm and corporate environment for over forty years, including twenty-five years as Vice-President and General Counsel of Playtex Products, Inc. He is a graduate of both The Wharton School and the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Funding from Robert and Diane v.S. Levy strengthens Wharton’s prominent position in the increasingly critical global field of social impact. It is designed to provide opportunities for non-traditional students, educate the next generations of ethical and responsible business leaders, and help private enterprises create innovative solutions to urgent global problems.

The Levy Social Impact Fund, launched with a gift of $2 million, will fund student, faculty and institutional initiatives in such areas as social impact management and business ethics, including summer internships for students who want to work in either the public or non-profit sectors.

The Levys’ additional gift of $2.75 million expands the existing Levy Fellowship Fund to support students interested in careers in the nonprofit sector. Now the second-largest such fund at Wharton, it currently supports women, underrepresented minorities, and students who come to Wharton with less than three years of work experience.