Erika Balbuena

Erika is a corporate sustainability executive who has been at the nexus of technology, corporate strategy, and sustainable business for over a decade. Having built ESG and Impact work at two pre-IPO companies, she thrives on building this work from the ground up. She is the award-winning Head of ESG (environment, social, governance) & Sustainability at Robinhood where she leads Robinhood’s corporate ESG and sustainability strategy. Erika created Robinhood’s ESG strategy, released their first report two months after IPO, continues to build sustainability program, manages investor relationships, present to the Board of Directors, among other responsibilities.

As the former Global Head of Impact Computing at Amazon Web Services, she helped customers and organizations like start-ups, leading web companies, and Global 500 companies leverage the power of cloud computing to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges—whether that meant mapping the world’s water supply, curing cancer, or reducing carbon emissions. Prior to joining Amazon, she headed up Strategic Initiatives at Twilio.org, launching the Twilio.org Impact Fund, where she led early stage investments in social enterprises and nonprofits focused on accelerating their impact through innovative communication technologies. While at Twilio, she also served as a catalyst in building out their crisis response team and aided social impact organizations in utilizing Twilio’s communications platform.

Erika has shared her passion for corporation’s role in solving large, global problems at the Global Philanthropy Forum, the National Association for Security Professionals (NASP), SOCAP, and the NetHope Global Summit, to name a few. She began her career in tech at TaskRabbit and prior to that consulted for large and small nonprofits, including the $600 Million Campaign for UCSF Medical Center. Erika holds ESG and Climate Global Certificates from Competent Boards. She is passionate about creating a seat at her table for underrepresented groups, which she accomplishes as an active member and advisor of several organizations that champion women and social entrepreneurs, such as Clarasight, ANGELS.vc, Raise for Good, and Hipower.