The BRITTINGHAM SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LAB at USC Marshall is pleased to announce the appointment of Christine Margiotta as the 2022-2023 social entrepreneur-in-residence (SEIR). Executive Director of Social Justice Partners Los Angeles (SJPLA), Margiotta is the lab’s sixth SEIR working one-on-one with students in the USC MARSHALL MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP (MSSE) program as well as with program alumni.
"I'm thrilled to serve as the social entrepreneur-in-residence this year. I appreciate the creativity and commitment of MSSE students and alums I've met over the years, and I look forward to being a support on their journeys,” Margiotta said.
Margiotta will help students develop and assess social entrepreneurial ideas and goals. Passionate about channeling our collective power to create enduring justice and community, she brings people together in her own work to fuel systemic transformation and seeks to cultivate liberatory workplace practices within SJPLA and beyond. Margiotta launched SJPLA’s SYSTEMS CHANGE ACCELERATOR to bolster early-stage social justice initiatives and ANTI-RACISM FOR WHITE PEOPLE to support leaders in championing racial justice.
Throughout her career, Margiotta has leveraged a blend of community organizing, grantmaking and policy change to create progress on racial and economic justice, homelessness, and LGBTQ+ rights. Christine designed and led HOME FOR GOOD at United Way of Greater LA, an initiative to end homelessness that leveraged over $1 billion to create housing for 35,000+ Angelenos in her time there.