Alan Quasha: Economic Leader and Philanthropist

Many successful business leaders are successful in another – seemingly unrelated – sphere, namely, philanthropy. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are just two examples of people who realize that their talents and successes can also be channeled into helping others.

The executive director of the Brain Trauma Foundation, Alan G. Quasha, investment manager and leading Harvard chairman and director is another example. Quasha has joined the Brain Trauma Foundation in its mission of saving and improving the lives of head injury patients, those who suffer Traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI, also termed intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when physical trauma causes brain damage.

Of course the financial aid offered by leading business personalities is essential for the existence of many charitable causes, yet it is most impressive when financial leaders, lawyers, financial analysts or investment managers, like Quasha,for example, who is all of the aforementioned, invest of their own time as directors of these organizations.

Another example of Quasha’s social involvement is his membership of the Overseers Committee on University Resources at Harvard University. His alma mater, where he went to the Business and Legal schools, and where Quasha earned his MBA, Harvard, also benefits from the investment manager and economic analyst’s time and knowledge