Impact Investor Summit 2023 - North America | PEI Group | 31 October 2023 | The Westin New York at Times Square, 270 W 43rd St, New York, NY 10036, USA

This event is the leading conference to learn how investors are engaging in the transition to an environmentally sustainable and socially equitable world.

Ensure your capital generates the highest returns and impact. Hear from leaders on strategies, challenges and allocation approaches to impact investing so you are equipped to make informed decisions in this growing market.

Make your impact fund first-class. Advance your fundraising by networking with 350+ attendees from across the US and Canada, and share best-practices in impact management, measurement, and reporting.

What can you expect at summit?

1. Event content with value
The summit will explore investment opportunities across the impact market’s different thematic buckets, and how to build strategies that are measurable, scalable and deliver real-world outcomes.

Featuring sessions on impact benchmarking across the portfolio, institutional investors’ allocation priorities, investment opportunities in climate, water, circular economy, employee ownership, DE&I, emerging markets, and many more.

2. Build a valuable network
Connect with industry participants in all aspects of impact investment and benefit from our expansive global community. Network in-person at interactive workshops, networking breaks, evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts. Build lasting relationships and compare best practices with your peers.

3. Meet institutional investors
Hear from institutional investors who are looking to increase their exposure to impact funds. Investors registered to attend include APG Asset Management, CDPQ, Foundation for the Carolinas, Keller Family Office, Kirchner Impact Foundation, Manulife, QIC, United Nations, William Casper Graustein Memorial Fund, and many more.

Themes for 2023 include
• Clearly delineating the difference between impact and ESG investing: understand how impact investing is evolving in the US and Canada, and its distinction with other forms of sustainable investing
• Investor allocation priorities: what sectors, strategies and investment themes are resonating most with the growing pool of impact-orientated capital?
• Impact & the Inflation Reduction Act: digesting the landscape of investment opportunities opened up for climate and environmental investing
• Capitalism 2.0 and solutions to inequality: what are the innovations, models and impact funds that are meaningfully addressing inequality?
• Future of fiduciary duty in US pensions: how can pension funds make more impact investments?
• Deploying capital to address social issues: how is capital being deployed in tackling issues such as affordable housing and healthcare, sustainable communities and financial inclusion?
• Impact washing and regulatory outlook: how can you best comply with regulations such as SFDR and the upcoming rules coming from the SEC?
• The future of corporate investors in the impact market: understand why and how corporates are investing into impact funds
• Next phase of diversity, equity, and inclusion investing: what investable models of change are taking DE&I investing to the next level?
• Deep dives into emerging investment themes in circular economy, healthcare, employee ownership, climate investing, energy transition, food and Ag tech, water and beyond!

Daniel D'Ambrosio
Partner – ESG ＆ Impact, Kirkland & Ellis

Diane Damskey
Head of Secretariat, Operating Principles for Impact Management

Anna Dayn
Managing Partner, New End

Lucas de Breed, PhD MBA
Director, Investments, BrightEdge

Jessie Duncan
Lead Program Officer, Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing

Michael Eisenberg
Partner, ESG Integration & Impact Investing Lead, ERM

Temple Fennell
Principal, Keller Family Office

Melanie Fornes
Climate Change Investment Specialist, Glenmede

Peter Fox-Penner
Chief Impact Officer, Energy Impact Partners

Mark Hays
Managing Director, Director of Sustainable & Impact Investing, Glenmede

Steve Hellman
Managing Partner, Mobility Impact Partners

Jonathan Hirschtritt
Managing Director, Sustainability, GCM Grosvenor

Michael Hokenson
Partner, Community Investment Management (CIM)

Ali Humphrey
Managing Partner, Arna

Kent Insley
Head of Portfolio Construction, Wealth Management, AlTi Tiedemann Global

Brad Jakeman
Founding Managing Partner, Rethink Food

Semiray Kasoolu
Head of Impact Solutions, Y Analytics

Jennifer Kenning
CEO and Co-founder, Align Impact

Brian Kernohan
Chief Sustainability Officer, Private Markets, Manulife Investment Management

Micah Kotch
Partner, Blackhorn Ventures

Maria Kozloski
Senior Vice President of Innovative Finance, The Rockefeller Foundation

Diane Kulju
Associate Director of IMM and Research, Impact Capital Managers

Andrew Lee
Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing, UBS Global Wealth Management

Christina Leijonhufvud
CEO, BlueMark & Co-Founder, Tideline

Cassidy Leventhal
Principal, Achieve Partners

Brandon Lewis
Director, Sustainability, Timberland, and Agriculture, Manulife Investment Management

Matthew Lobach
Partner, Decarbonization, ERM

Alexandra Lunt
Principal, Armonia

David Lynn
Co-Founder & CEO, Mission Driven Finance

Salome Makharadze
Managing Director, Alternatives Capital Markets and Strategy Group, Goldman Sachs

Anne Matusewicz
Co-Head of ESG & Impact Strategy, Cority

Mike McCreless
Founder and Executive Director, Impact Frontiers

Toby Mitchenall
Senior Editor, ESG & Sustainability​, New Private Markets

Jennie Morawetz
Partner, ESG & Impact, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Jack Moriarty
Executive Director, Lafayette Square Foundation

Matt Onek
Chief Executive Officer, Mission Investors Exchange

Jessica Pan
Senior Portfolio Manager, APG Asset Management

Priya Parrish
Partner and Chief Investment Office, Impact Engine

Genevieve Pinto
Partner, Renewal Funds

Dawn Powell
Principal, StepStone

Edward Powers
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners

Roraj Pradhananga
Partner and Director of Impact Investment Research, Veris Wealth Partners

Jennifer Pryce
President and CEO, Calvert Impact

Philip Reeves
Founding Partner, Apis & Heritage Capital Partners

Jason Scott
Entrepreneur In Residence, Spring Lane Capital

Fran Seegull
President, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

Snehal Shah
Reporter, New Private Markets, PEI Group

Greg Shell
Head of Inclusive Growth Strategy, Goldman Sachs

Andrew Siwo
Director of Sustainable Investments and Climate Solutions, New York State Common Retirement Fund

Tazia Smith
Chief Operating Officer & Head of Capital Partnerships, Closed Loop Partners

Marieke Spence
Executive Director, Impact Capital Managers

Megan Starr
Global Head of Impact, The Carlyle Group

Sheena Strawter-Anthony
Director of Impact Investment Strategy, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

Chavon Sutton
Senior Investment Director, Sustainable and Impact Investing Research, Cambridge Associates

Chris Walker
Senior Advisor, Sustainable Retirements, Intentional Endowments Network

Amy Wang
Managing Director, Head Credit Strategies, Blue Earth Capital

Nate Wong
Partner, The Bridgespan Group

Katie Wu
Associate Director, Sustainable Investing, Private Markets, Manulife Investment Management

Brandon Zeigler
Director of Impact Investments, Global Endowment Management

Danny Zouber
Managing Director, North Sky Capital

2023 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSORS:
• ERM
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Manulife Investment Management

SPONSORS:
• Bain Capital Double Impact
• Cority
• Community Investment Management
• Kirkland and Ellis
• Ultra Capital

PRINCIPLE SUPPORT PARTNER:
• The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Impact Capital Managers
• International Endowments Network