
Team
- Elizabeth Berry Gips
- Jim Bildner
- Shelyna Brown
- Shariff Carlos
- Norbert Cichon
- Silmara Connors
- Heather Crain
- Abby Crocker
- Mobola da-Silva
- Michelle De La Isla
- Matthew Denn
- Danielle Dhillon
- Robin Richards Donohoe
- Margo Drakos
- William H. Draper
- Emily Edwards
- Sue Gordon
- Kristin Groos Richmond
- Reneè Hall
- Jeremy Heimans
- Nancy Huang
- Kristina Hudelson
- Pam Ingebrigtson
- Lisa Jordan
- Sylvie Kahl
- Robert Steven Kaplan
- Stephanie Khurana
- Cheyenne Kooijman
- Kim Koontz
- Dipak Kumar
- Holly Kuzmich
- Mary Lachnit
- Sarah Lau
- Craig Lee
- Rachel Macauley
- Steve McCormick
- Nicco Mele
- Lara Metcalf
- Kanini Mutooni
- Ashley Plaga
- Oliver Rothschild
- Meg Rudy
- Zeryn Sarpangal
- Kathleen Sebelius
- Kathryn Shehade
- Ruth J. Simmons
- Shan Soe-Lin
- Rob Tashima
- Anika Warren Wood

Norbert Cichon
Principal
Norbert works with the team to identify and support innovative social entrepreneurs.
Prior to joining DRK Norbert spent ten years working as an investment analyst at Carlson Capital, where he focused on evaluating and structuring privately negotiated transactions across insurance and specialty finance. Most recently he worked as an MBA Investment Associate at Acumen America, focusing on sourcing, diligence, financial valuation, and post-investment support, most keenly focused on the team’s financial inclusion efforts.
Norbert received his MBA from the Yale School of Management, where he worked with a local non-profit focused on serving adults living with mental illness and co-led the MIINT program, an experiential global impact investing competition. He has a bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University, where he majored in Finance.