Catherine Godschalk

Catherine Godschalk manages Calvert Impact’s Investments team supporting the Community Investment Note portfolio, invested through and alongside mission-driven financial intermediaries, funds, and enterprises advancing solutions to inequality and climate change across the US and in more than 100 countries around the globe. Catherine also manages teams across the Calvert Impact platform supporting Syndications, Access small business program and Equity for Impact. Catherine has led a more than doubling of the portfolio over her 14 years at Calvert Impact, driven by the creation and growth of new portfolio strategies in climate sectors of renewable energy, environmental sustainability, and sustainable agriculture, as well as expansion in the portfolio’s traditional sectors of community development, affordable housing, and micro- and small business finance.

Catherine is board chair for Coastal Enterprises, Inc., board member for ROC USA, and member of Appalachian Community Capital's investment committee.

Before joining Calvert Impact:

Catherine has spent more than 30 years working at the intersection of private capital and social impact, with policy, product development, deal structuring and origination roles across a variety of institutions, including SH Cowell Foundation, the White House Office of Management and Budget, Fannie Mae Corporation, and Self Help Ventures Fund prior to joining Calvert Impact. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and received her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University.