OutcomesX Team
Phyllis Kurlander Costanza
Cofounder & President
Phyllis cofounded OutcomesX, with long-time collaborator Jason Saul to create the first marketplace to buy and sell, standardized and verified social outcomes.
She joined OutcomesX from UBS where she served more than a decade as CEO of UBS Optimus Foundation and Global Head of Social Impact. With her team, she built the foundation’s social impact portfolio around social finance, increasing grantmaking from $10m to almost $200m per year. The foundation’s innovations included implementing the first-of-its-kind development impact bond in education and social success note. Prior to joining UBS, Phyllis was a senior executive and board member of the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF). She also worked in management consulting and the public sector, serving as New York City Representative for New York State Governor Mario Cuomo.
Phyllis has volunteered extensively as: the board chair of Educate Girls US; board member of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), and UBS Optimus Foundation UK; an advisory board member to the Education Outcomes Fund for Africa and the Middle East; and a member of the Council of Foreign Relations.
She holds a masters degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where she and cofounder Jason first collaborated.
Phyllis can be reached at phyllis@outcomesx.com
Jason Saul
Cofounder & CEO
Jason Saul cofounded OutcomesX with long-time collaborator Phyllis Costanza as a natural next step in his quest to improve global measurement of social impact. He also serves as founder and executive director of the Center for Impact Sciences at The University of Chicago and co-founder and lead consultant for the Impact Genome Project@Mission Measurement.
Jason has authored numerous books and articles on social impact measurement and strategy, including: Benchmarking for Nonprofits: How to Manage, Measure and Improve Performance (Fieldstone Press 2006); Social Innovation, Inc.: Five Strategies to Drive Business Value through Social Change (Jossey-Bass, October 2010); and The End of Fundraising: How to Raise More by Selling Your Impact (Jossey-Bass, February 2011).
Jason’s awards include receiving the Harry S. Truman scholarship for leadership and public service, and being named a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow. In 2008, Crain’s Chicago Business recognized Jason as one of “40 under 40” business leaders, and in 2010, Businessweek named him one of the Nation’s 25 Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs.
Jason holds a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, a masters degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he first collaborated with cofounder Phyllis, and a bachelors degree in Government and French Literature from Cornell University.
Jason can be reached at jsaul@missionmeasurement.com
Caroline Herriman
Director
As a Director at OutcomesX, Caroline brings passion and experience to creating market solutions that advance social change. She manages social outcomes trades, supports the sales team in executing transactions and assists in recruiting nonprofits into the OutcomesX marketplace.
Caroline’s prior roles included work at both large international financial institutions and small nonprofits, where she gained experience in project management, financial analysis, social finance, fundraising, and data analytics,
Based in New York City, Caroline is an active member of her community and volunteers with several local organizations including New York Cares and PAWS NY. When she’s not working or volunteering, Caroline spends her free time reading, cooking, and exploring her neighborhood. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science and business management from Columbia University and is a certified ScrumMaster.
Caroline can be reached at caroline@outcomesx.com
Izzy Costanza
Director
At OutcomesX, Izzy brings her background in economics, her passion for social impact, and her experience in product management and emerging technologies to help build mechanisms that enable the market for social outcomes.
Before joining the founding team at OutcomesX, she worked as a product manager at EY, building blockchain applications and helping clients launch digital assets. She was drawn to blockchain technology’s ability to create intangible, composable assets, and clever mechanisms to incent good governance, all highly relevant to creating social impact.
Since childhood, Izzy has worked with nonprofits as a founder, volunteer, or advisor. She has long thought about how she could help solve social problems ranging from parasites among children in Ghana to preparing American youth for post-secondary success.
Izzy is based in New York, and when she’s not working, she enjoys skiing, running, and listening to live music. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics with a minor in East Asian studies from Cornell University.
Izzy can be reached at izzy@outcomesx.com
