Impact Investing Forum North 2018 | Opal Group | 12 September 2018 | New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019, US

Opal Group is happy to announce its Inaugural Impact Investment Forum North. Slated to take place in the heart of one of the largest centers for impact investing, New York City, this will mark the 2nd event in Opal Group’s Impact Investment Series. Impact investing is an approach that seeks to create positive social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. This mission-driven and communication-based strategy continues to attract a value-based workforce, strong investor base, and like-minded consumers for companies worldwide. Impact investing strategies are also proving to generate returns in line to their traditional counterparts.

2018 Speakers

Tami Kesselman
Chief Strategist, Aligned Investing Global

Hon. Joshua Gotbaum
Guest Scholar, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution

Jennifer Murtie
Chief Operating Officer, Pathstone (MFO)

Abigail Noble
CEO, The ImPact

Richard Zimmerman
Advisor, WE Family Offices (MFO)

Kevin McGovern
Chairman and CEO, McGovern Capital LLC (SFO)

Geraldine Watson
Vice President, Finance and Operations, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc. (SFO)

Liesel Pritzker Simmons
Co-Founder and Principal, Blue Haven Initiative (SFO)

Josh Roach
Managing Partner and Family Principal, Lloyd Capital Partners (SFO)

Susanne Bregy
Managing Director, Rhodanus Capital

David Shantz
Director, Advisor Relations, Calvert Impact Capital

Carol Pepper
CEO & Founder, Pepper International LLC (MFO)

Tucker Pribor
Associate, Flat World Partners

Kirsty McGuire
Deputy General Counsel, StepStone Group

Gautam Dhingra
CEO, High Pointe Capital Management, LLC

Frances E. Tuite
CFA, Portfolio Manager, Fairpointe Capital

Ron Cordes
Co-Founder, Cordes Foundation

Marcia Nelson
Managing Director, Alberleen Family Office Solutions (SFO)

Peter Blaney
President, Induran Ventures

Steve Cowan
Managing Director, 57 Stars, LLC

Andrew Hodges
Managing Member, Value Investment Professionals (MFO)

Rachel Bass
Senior Associate, Research, Global Impact Investing Network

Michael Fallon
Senior Portfolio Manager, Solomon Hess

Scott Perry
Partner, NEPC, LLC

Ron Diamond
CEO, Diamond Wealth Strategies

Steve Glickman
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Economic Innovation Group

Jeremy Keele
Senior Advisor, Sorenson Impact Foundation

TBA
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

TBA
EJF Capital

James Rosebush
Founder and CEO, Intersection Impact Fund / The Wealth and Family Office Management Group

Carol Schleif
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Abbot Downing (MFO)

Robyn Polansky Morrison
Director, Impact Advisory, Align Impact

Eugena Oh
President & CEO, “I Have A Dream" Foundation

Richard Marker
Co-Principal, Wise Philanthropy; Faculty Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy

Juanita James
President & CEO, Fairfield County Community Foundation

Ellen Israelson
VP of Philanthropic Services & CMO, Jewish Communal Fund

Alex Neckles
Regional Director of Distribution of the East Coast Region, ImpactAssets

Julapa Jagtiani
Special Advisor, Supervision Regulation and Credit, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Howard Nochumson
Executive Director, Washington Square Health Foundation

Laurie Lane-Zucker
Founder & CEO, Impact Entrepreneur, LLC

Anne Ferola
Director, Education & Strategic Partnerships, Center for High Impact Philanthropy

John Schaetzl
Supervisory Board Chair, Access to Medicine Foundation

Andrew Siwo
Investment Director, Head of Mission Related Investments, Colonial Consulting

Amrita Sareen-Tak
Senior Advisor, International Endowments Network

Stan Bronson
Executive Director, Florida Earth Foundation

Kaarsten Turner Dalby
Senior Vice President, The Forestland Group, LLC

John Gilbert
Executive Vice President and CFO, The Conservation Fund

Carolyn Kim Allwin
Managing Director, Elysian Advisers

Lara Driscoe
Managing Director, OPIC (Overseas Private Investment Corporation)

John Grossman
Managing Director and General Counsel, Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc.

Christine Mendonça
Founder and Managing Director, Shore to Shore Advisory

Ernesto Villarini
Associate/Advisor, Consultiva Internacional, Inc.

2018 Sponsors and Partners

GENERAL SPONSORS
• 57 Stars
• Enterprise
• Jewsish Communal Fund
• Solomon Hess
• The Forestland Group

SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION
• GIIN
• Intentional Endowments Network

MEDIA PARTNERS
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• Focus Economics
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