Faina Bukher

Faina Bukher is the Director for Changemaker Education at the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Social Innovation and Enterprise, a joint venture of the UNH Sustainability Institute, the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics and the Carsey School of Public Policy. She oversees programs such as the annual New Hampshire Social Venture Innovation Challenge, the annual summer Social Innovation Internship program, the Semester in the City program, as well as organizes events throughout the year to highlight all things at the intersection of business, policy, activism and social, environmental and economic sustainability.

Faina holds a B.A. in Sociology and Women’s Studies from Purchase College and an M.A. in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is currently pursuing her Master of Business Administration. As part of the Social Justice Educator’s team at UNH, Faina facilitates social justice workshops to faculty, staff and graduate students. In her previous role, Faina was the Coordinator of the Social Justice Leadership Project and the Assistant Coordinator of the Women’s Studies Program.  She has also taught a number of undergraduate courses including Introduction to Women’s Studies and Leadership for Social Change through the UNH Women’s Studies Program, and Paul Changemakers in the Paul College of Business and Economics at UNH.

Faina Bukher