Mission Investors Exchange National Conference 2024 | Cvent | 7 May 2024 | JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, 900 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA

The biennial Conference is one of the most anticipated events for impact investors in philanthropy, offering an action-focused and collaborative space for foundations to build partnerships, experience on-the-ground impact investments, hear from the leading voices in the field, and more

Key Themes
The National Conference will focus on the unique leadership role of philanthropy in the impact investing marketplace and highlight bold innovations in the field. The National Conference will explore all the tools in the impact investing toolkit — from grants and program-related investments to the use of catalytic capital and mission-related investments out of the endowment. Our conference will include four key themes, reflecting discussions at the forefront of impact investing and the unique role played by foundations and their partners.

Activating for Equity:
• What does it take for foundations and philanthropic asset owners to intentionally incorporate equity into all investing and operations in light of an ever-changing landscape?
Building Community & Environmental Sustainability:
• How can impact investors continue to focus on climate change and environmental justice while fostering even more resilient and sustainable communities?
Utilizing the Entire Endowment:
• After decades of industry growth, what are the leading strategies for investing more mission-aligned capital and unlocking the entire endowment for good?
Leveraging Capital & Partnerships:
• How can foundations and philanthropic asset owners design partnerships with aligned institutions and better leverage public and private capital?

2024 Speakers

Tonya Allen
President, McKnight Foundation

Oscar Alvarez
Sr. Manager of Community Planning, Community Coalition

Kunle Apampa
Director and Head of Client Solutions, Capricorn Investment Group

Obi Asiama
Director, Member Experience, Mission Investors Exchange

Beth Bafford
CEO, Climate United

David Bank
Editor and CEO, ImpactAlpha

Gaurab Bansal
Executive Director, Responsible Innovation Labs

Andrea Barrios
Senior Impact Investment Manager, Vancity

Karen Bass
Mayor, City of Los Angeles

Charis Blackmon
Executive Director, West Side Community Land Trust

Courtney Bolinson
Impact Evaluation Consultant, Head and Heart Evaluation

Janis Bowdler
Counselor to the Secretary (Racial Equity), U.S. Department of Treasury

Margot Brandenburg
Senior Program Officer, Mission Investments, Ford Foundation

Patrick Briaud
Principal, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Gayla Brockman
President and CEO, Michael Reese Health Trust

Jay Brown
Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, RocNation, Marcy Venture Partners

Ben Bynum
Senior Director, Impact Investing, Colorado Health Foundation

Rosa Cabrera
Senior Manager, Chan Zuckerburg Initiative

Noramay Cadena
Co-Founder and General Partner, Supply Change Capital

Laura Callanan
Founding Partner, Upstart Co-Lab

Kristin Carlson Vogen
AVP, Philanthropic Strategies and Innovation, The Chicago Community Trust

Jim Casselberry
Board Chair, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator

Tina Castro
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Avivar Capital

Danny Chan
Investment Officer, The California Endowment

Kurt Chilcott
Chair, The California Endowment Board of Directors

Amy Chung
Managing Director, Impact Investing, The California Endowment

Allison Clark
Associate Director, Impact Investing, MacArthur Foundation

Austin Clements
Managing Partner, Slauson & Co.

Joanna Cohen
Head of IMM, Builders Vision

Joanne Cohen
Head of IMM, Builders Vision

Adam Connaker
Director, Impact Investments, Surdna Foundation

Charles Coustan
Portfolio Manager, Impact Investments, MacArthur Foundation

Jeffrey Cyr
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Raven Indigenous Capital Partners

Flozell Daniels, Jr.
CEO, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

Kenya Davenport
Senior Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, Southern Bancorp Community Partners

Jonalyn Denlinger
Impact Consultant, Syntrinsic Investment Counsel LLC

Dante Desiderio
CFO and Economic Strategist, Native Americans in Philanthropy

Tom DeSimone
President and CEO, Genesis LA

Javon Dobbs
Communications Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Andrea Dobson
Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

Daryn Dodson
Managing Partner, Illumen Capital

Mark Doherty
Senior Director of Investments, San Francisco Foundation

Kathleen Doll
Partner and COO, Intention 2 Impact, Inc.

Cheryl Dorsey
President, Echoing Green

Kirsten Dueck
CEO, NESsT

Catherine Dun Rappaport
Vice President, Impact Investing, Social Finance

Ava DuVernay
Award-Winning Filmmaker

Evette Ellis
Co-Founder and Chief People Officer, Chargerhelp!

Leticia Emme
Founder and Managing Partner, North & Sur

Shawn Escoffery
Chief Executive Officer, Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation

Rudy Espinoza
Executive Director, Inclusive Action for the City

Saul Ettlin
Senior Advisor to the President, Community Vision

Stacey Faella
Executive Director, The Woodcock Foundation

Victoria Faust
Senior Learning and Evaluation Officer, Colorado Health Foundation

Rebecca Foster
Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund

Robert Foster
Managing Partner, Courage Housing

Dave Foster
CEO/Fund Manager, BDP Impact Real Estate & Community Solutions

Rodney Foxworth
CEO and Co-Founder, Worthmore

Clare Fox
Executive Director, SAFSF

Ryan Francis
Associate General Counsel, David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Meredith Freeman
Director, Impact Investing and Alignment, Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation

Mindy Frye
Institutional Portfolio Manager, RBC Global Asset Management

Ruth Gao
Associate General Counsel, Impact Investments, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Sam Gill
President and CEO, Doris Duke Foundation

Dorcas Gilmore
Co-Founder, Gilmore Khandar LLC

Marcos Gonzales
Managing Partner, Vamos Ventures

Daniel Gould
Vice President of Investments and Operations, Marguerite Casey Foundation

Jada Grandy-Mock
Chief Community Impact Banking Officer, Fifth Third Bank

Lauren Grattan
Chief Community Officer, Mission Driven Finance

Tracy Gray
Founder and Managing Partner, The 22 Fund

Fabiola Greenawalt
Senior Program Officer, The Russell Family Foundation

Patrice Green
Program Director, Inclusive Economies, Surdna Foundation

Travis Green
Project Director, Community Investment Project

Kate Guedj
Senior Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer, The Boston Foundation

Bulbul Gupta
President and CEO, Pacific Community Ventures

Susan Hammel
President, Cogent Consulting PBC

Erin Harkless Moore
Managing Director, Pivotal Ventures

Mellody Hobson
Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments

Eric Horvath
Vice President - Community-engaged Investing, Earlystone Management

Carolina Huaranca
General Partner, First Close Partners

Chris Hubbard
Program Related Investments Officer, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Tomer Inbar
Partner, Morgan Lewis

Troy Johnson
CFO, Georgia Health Initiative

Tracy Kartye
Director, Social Investments, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Deborah Kasemeyer
Senior Fellow, Impact and Community Investment, Dogwood Health Trust

Jennifer Katz
Director, Investments and Head of Mission-Aligned Investing, Doris Duke Foundation

Alan Kelley
Managing Director, SJF Ventures

Laura Kernaghan
Senior Director of Investments, The Chicago Community Trust

Philip Kim
CEO, Michelson 20MM Foundation

Mari Kuraishi
President, Jessie Ball duPont Fund

Holly Kuzmich
Managing Director, DRK Foundation

Deborah La Franchi
Founder and CEO, SDS Capital Group

Laurie Lane-Zucker
Founder and CEO, Impact Entrepreneur

Tamara Larsen
Partner, US Values-Aligned and Sustainable Investments Leader, Mercer

Gerri Lawrence
Chief Operating Officer, Community Coalition

Joanne Lee
Manager, Thriving Communities Fund

Daniel Lemm
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Charles K. Blandin Foundation

Wilson Lester
Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Partners In Equity

Christine Looney
Deputy Director, Mission Investments, Ford Foundation

Natalie Ludaway
Former Chief Deputy Attorney General of the District of Columbia, Democratic Attorney’s General Association

Earl Lui
Managing Director of Programs, The California Wellness Foundation

Melinda Manning
Director of Development, Thrive International

Dwayne Marshall
Board Member, Mission Investors Exchange

Elizabeth McGeveran
Director of Investments, McKnight Foundation

Bruce McNamer
President, Builders Initiative

Kathlyn Mead
Chief Impact Officer, BQuest Foundation

Lorenzo Mendez
Principal, The Rockefeller Foundation

Camilo Mendez
Chief Financial Officer, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Karla Miller
Senior Program Officer, Northwest Area Foundation

Joshua Mintz
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, MacArthur Foundation

Jillian Misrack
VP Development, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator

La June Montgomery Tabron
President and CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Camarrah Morgan
Program & Network Partner, Fisher Foundation

Cynthia Muller
Director, Mission Investment, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Malik Murray
Senior Vice President, Head of Business Development, Institutional Marketing, Ariel Investments

Allen Narcisse
Founder and CEO, Gigs

Mark Newberg
Founder and President, Stockbridge Advisors, LLC

Veronica Olazabal
Chief Impact and Evaluation Officer, The BHP Foundation

Matt Onek
President and CEO, Mission Investors Exchange

Tim Ortez
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Weingart Foundation

Funlola Otukoya
Investment Manager, McKnight Foundation

John Palfrey
President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Allison Parker
Managing Director, Head of Endowments and Foundations, Sonen Capital

Deb Parsons
Managing Director, Business Development, ImpactAssets

Kim Pate
NDN Fund Managing Director, NDN Collective

Michael Pearce
Managing Director, Cambridge Associates

Matt Petersen
President and CEO, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator

Elizabeth Phillips
Executive Director, Phillips Foundation

Sam Polk
Founder and CEO, Everytable

JaNay Queen Nazaire, PhD
Co-Founder and CEO, Blk Grvty

Santhosh Ramdoss
President and CEO, Gary Community Investments

Stephanie Randolph
Deputy Director, Cassiopeia Foundation

Joohee Rand
Director, Impact Principles / Head of Secretariat for Operating Principles for I, GIIN

Valerie Red-Horse Mohl
President, Known Holdings

Jane Reisman
Social Impact Advisor, Jane Reisman PhD.

Ajay Relan
Managing Partner, Slauson & Co.

Roxy Rivas
Planning Director, Pacoima Beautiful

Nina Sabarre
Founder and CEO, Intention 2 Impact, Inc.

Archana Sahgal
Founder and President, Hyphen Partnerships

Shanaysha Sauls
President and CEO, Baltimore Community Foundation

Arjan Schütte
Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital

Fran Seegull
President, The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

Erika Seth Davies
CEO, Rhia Ventures

Cristina Shapiro
Chief Strategy Officer and President, UNICEF USA's Impact Fund for Children & UNICEF Bridge Fund, at UNICEF USA

Taylor Shead
Founder and CEO, STEMuli

John Sherman
Advisor and Collaborator, Sherman Impact Consulting

Barri Shorey
Refugee and Disaster Initiative Lead, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Kathleen Simpson
CEO, The Russell Family Foundation

Michele Siqueiros
Board Member, The California Endowment Board of Directors

Shivani Siroya
Founder and CEO, Tala

Josh Sledge
Chief Investment Officer, Kalamazoo Community Foundation

Jim Sorenson
Chairman, Sorenson Impact Foundation

Erik Stegman
Chief Executive Officer, Native Americans in Philanthropy

George Suttles
Executive Director, Commonfund Institute

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

Roy Swan
Director, Mission Investments, Ford Foundation

Nicole Taylor
President and CEO, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Daniel Tellalian
Founder and CEO, Angel City Advisors

Ben Thornley
Managing Partner, Tideline

Catherine Toner
Managing Director, Impact Investing, Gary Community Ventures

Danielle Torain
Founder, Torain Advisory

Scott Tritt
Impact Investor

Jennifer Trivelli
Senior Director, Communication and Marketing, Mission Investors Exchange

Leandro Tyberg
President and Co-Founder, Primestor

Alba Velasquez
Executive Director, LA Food Policy Council

Miljana Vujosevic
Partner and Head of Custom Strategies, Maycomb Capital

Kevin Walker
President and CEO, Northwest Area Foundation

Prophet Walker
Founder and CEO, Treehouse

Frances Wang
Senior Program Director, Enterprise Community Partners

Christopher Warman
Program Officer, The Baltimore Community Foundation

Olivia Watkins
Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Black Farmer Fund

Karim Webb
Board Member, California Community Foundation

Ebony P White
Senior Director of Programs, Prosperity Now

Gary White
CEO and Co-Founder, Water.org and WaterEquity Inc

Cindy Willard
Head of Capital Activation, Impact Charitable

Lawrence Williams III
Partner, The De-Carceration Fund

Sarah Williams
Co-Founder and CEO, Propel Capital

Janelle Williams
CEO and Co-Founder, Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative

Rochelle Witharana
Chief Financial Officer, The California Wellness Foundation

Aishatu Yusuf
Vice President of Innovation, Programs, Impact Justice

Lindsay Zizumbo
Executive Director, Sorenson Impact Foundation

Sasha Zoueva
Director, Strategic Learning & Impact, The Rockefeller Foundation

2024 Sponsors and Partners

FORMAL RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• Annenberg Foundation

PRESENTING PARTNER:
• The California Endowment

ANCHOR PARTNERS:
• Builders Initiative
• MacArthur Foundation

PREMIER PARTNERS:
• The Annie E Casey Foundation
• The California Wellness Foundation
• The Kresge Foundation
• The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• WK Kellogg Foundation

SELECT PARTNER:
• Lumina Foundation

FEATURED PARTNERS:
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• California Community Foundation
• The Colorado Health Foundation
• Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
• Dogwood Health Trust
• Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
• Mission Throttle
• Weingart Foundation

PARTNERING PARTNERS:
• Cambridge Associates
• Glenmede
• Jessie Ball duPont Fund
• Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation
• McKnight Foundation
• Pathstone
• Surdna Foundation
• Veris Wealth Partners
• Visa Foundation
• Walton Family Foundation

CONTRIBUTING PARTNERS:
• Baltimore Community Foundation
• BlueMark
• Brown Advisory
• California Health Care Foundation
• Gary Community Ventures
• RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.
• The Rockefeller Foundation
• Sonen Capital
• Soros Economic Development Fund
• Stewart Investors
• Tideline

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• Advance Global Capital
• Ariel Investments
• Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
• Community Investment Management
• FEG Investment Advisors
• J.P. Morgan US Private Bank
• Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
• Morgan Lewis
• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
• Schroders
• Weissberg Foundation
• Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation