Social Impact Investing

IX. The White House Office of Social Innovation
and Civic Participation
The Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation is an office
new to the Obama Administration, created within the White House, to catalyze new and
innovative ways of encouraging government to do business differently. Its first director
was the economist Sonal Shah. The current director is David Wilkinson.
History
In 2009, President Barack Obama created the White House Office of Social Innovation
and Civic Participation (SICP) as part of his Domestic Policy Council within the
Executive Office of the President, the office that coordinates White House domestic
policy.
The idea for a White House Office for Social Entrepreneurship was first developed at
the Center for American Progress by then-Senior Fellow and former Ashoka staffer
Michele Jolin.
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