FT Investing for Good USA 2017 | Financial Times | 5 December 2017 | 10 on the Park, 60 Columbus Circle 10th Floor New York 10019 US

The idea that capital markets could help solve global problems such as poverty and climate change is acquiring a new urgency as government spending is constrained and the US administration starts to focus on national interests, rather than global development. For those working on social and environmental challenges, private sector financing and impact investing could therefore provide a critical part of the capital needed to develop solutions. At the same time, appetite is growing among donors and investors to use both their investment funds and their skills to address challenges ranging from climate change to lack of access to healthcare and education, while also generating a financial return.

Darren Walker
President, Ford Foundation

Jim Sorenson
Founder, Sorenson Impact Foundation

Jean Case
CEO, Case Foundation

Amit Bouri
CEO and Co-founder, Global Impact Investing Network

Jennifer Bender
Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors

Jolyne Caruso
CEO, The Alberleen Group

Kuni Chen
Director, Impact Investment, The Nature Conservancy

Matt Christensen
Global Head of Responsible Investment, AXA Investment Managers

Kevin Davis
CEO and Co-founder, Rebound Technologies

Matthew DiGuiseppe
Vice President, Head of Americas on the Asset Stewardship Team, State Street Global Advisors

Kevin Duffy
Founder, Winnow

Mary Ellen Iskenderian
President and CEO, Women's World Banking

Patricia Farrar-Rivas
CEO and Founding Principal, Veris Wealth Partners

Andi Phillips
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Maycomb Capital

Georgia Levenson Keohane
Executive Director, Pershing Square Foundation

Mike Muldoon
Associate Director, Program Related Investments, The Rockefeller Foundation

Jacqueline Novogratz
Founder and CEO, Acumen

Barbara Samuels
Executive Director and Founder, Global Clearinghouse for Development Finance

Debra Schwartz
Managing Director, MacArthur Foundation

Jason Scott
Co-managing Partner, Encourage Capital

Priya Sharma
Senior Policy and Innovative Financing Advisor, Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, USAID

Meredith Shields
Managing Director, Sorenson Impact Foundation

Shari Spiegel​
Chief of the Policy Analysis & Development Branch, Financing for Development Office, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Derek Strocher
Chief Financial Officer, Calvert Impact Capital

Nicole Van Der Tuin
CEO and Co-Founder, First Access

Jackie VanderBrug
Managing Director and Investment Strategist, US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

Miljana Vujosevic
Director, Prudential Impact Investments group

Gillian Tett
US Managing Editor, Financial Times

Andrew Jack
Head of Curated Content, Financial Times

Stephen Foley
Deputy US News Editor, Financial Times

Sarah Murray
Specialist Writer on Sustainable Development, Financial Times

2017 Sponsors:

• State Streets Global Advisor
• Sorenson Impact Foundation
• McArthur Foundation
• Prudential
• AXA Investment Managers
• Freshfields Brickhaus Deringer