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Renaissance Chicago Downtown
Renaissance Chicago Downtown, 1 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601, USA

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Event Date Mon May 14 EDT - Wed May 16 EDT (over 6 years ago)
Location Renaissance Chicago Downtown
1 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
Region Americas
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The Leading National Conference On Impact Investing For Foundations And Their Partners.
Mission Investors Exchange’s 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, and more.

Speakers

2018 Speakers:

Lori Bezahler
President, The Edward W. Hazen Foundation

Dana Bezerra
President, Heron Foundation

Larry Kramer
President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Carol Larson
President and CEO, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Christine Márquez-Hudson
President and CEO, The Denver Foundation

Tracy Palandjian
Founder and CEO, Social Finance

Rip Rapson
President and CEO, The Kresge Foundation

Lata Reddy
Chair and President, The Prudential Foundation

Rajiv Shah
President, The Rockefeller Foundation]

Julia Stasch
President, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Michael Strautmanis
Vice President of Civic Engagement, The Obama Foundation

Kurt Summers
Treasurer, City of Chicago

Darren Walker
President, Ford Foundation

Akasha Absher
Chief Consulting Officer, Syntrinsic Investment Counsel

Sharon Alpert
President, The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Chris Andersen
President & Executive Director, InFaith Community Foundation

Andrea Armeni
Executive Director, Transform Finance

Shena Ashley
Vice President and Director of the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, Urban Institute

Navjeet Bal
Managing Director & General Counsel, Social Finance

John Balbach
Associate Director, Impact Investments, MacArthur Foundation

Catherine Banat
Institutional Portfolio Manager, RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

Jennifer Barksdale
Finance Officer, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

Adam Bendell
CEO, Toniic

Erik Birkerts
CEO, Clean Energy Trust

Jason Blumberg
CEO & Managing Director, Energy Foundry

Bruce Boyd
Principal and Senior Managing Director, Arabella Advisors

Pablo Bravo
Vice President, Dignity Health

Andrew Brower
Program Related Investments Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Antony Bugg-Levine
CEO, Nonprofit Finance Fund

William Burckart
President, The Investment Integration Project

Catherine Burnett
Chief Operating Officer, Phillips Foundation

Laura Callanan
Founding Partner, Upstart Co-Lab

Deborah Campbell
VP, Capital Initiatives, Community Housing Capital

Laura Campos
Director, Corporate & Political Accountability, The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Ellis Carr
President & CEO, Capital Impact Partners

Kesha Cash
General Partner, Impact America Fund

Nicole Chavas
CEO, Fresh Coast Capital

Maya Chorengel
Senior Partner, Impact, The Rise Fund

Cathy Clark
Faculty Director, CASE at Duke University

Lauren Cochran
Managing Director, Blue Haven Initiative

Stuart Comstock-Gay
President and CEO, Delaware Community Foundation

Marla Conley
Founding Partner, Conley Fleming

James Cummings
Trustee, The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Erika Davies
Founder, Racial Equity Asset Lab

François de Borchgrave
Managing Partner, KOIS Invest

Kim Dempsey
Deputy Director, Social Investment Practice, The Kresge Foundation

Sasha Dichter
Chief Innovation Officer, Acumen

Daryn Dodson IV
Managing Director, Illumen Capital

John Duong
Managing Director of Lumina Impact Ventures, Lumina Foundation

Anne Evens
Chief Executive Officer, Elevate Energy

Bert Feuss
Senior Vice President, Investments, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Phillip Fisher
Board Chair, Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation

Cate Fox
Senior Program Officer, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Rodney Foxworth
Executive Director, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies

March Gallagher
President & CEO, Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley

Brinda Ganguly
Managing Director of Catalyst Funds, Living Cities

Bernando Guillamon
Inter-American Development Bank

Lisa Hall
Investment Committee Member, The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Susan Hammel
President, Cogent Consulting

Damion Heron
Vice President, JPMorgan Chase

Calvin Holmes
President, Chicago Community Loan Fund

Chris Hubbard
Program Officer, Health & Housing, California Community Foundation

Tomer Inbar
Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler

Robert Jaquay
Associate Director, The George Gund Foundation

Kenneth Jones
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Maurice Jones
President & CEO, LISC

Sayer Jones
Director of Mission Related Investing, Meyer Memorial Trust

Christopher Jurgens
Director, Impact Investing, Omidyar Network

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

Deborah Kasemeyer
Senior Vice President, Director Community Development & Investments, Northern Trust

Charles King
Founder & CEO, MACRO

Dave Kirkpatrick
Managing Director and Co-Founder, SJF Ventures

Sarah Koch
Vice President, Social Innovation, The Case Foundation

Carolee Kokola
Director of Enterprise Operations, Bubbly Dynamics

Victoria Lakes-Battle
Executive Director, Chicago Region, IFF

Joyce Lee
CFO, Marguerite Casey Foundation

Christina Leijonhufvud
Managing Partner, Tideline

Joshua Levin
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, OpenInvest

David Levitt
Principal, Adler & Colvin

Giselle Leung
Managing Director, Global Impact Investing Network

Connie Lindsey
Executive Vice President, Northern Trust

Christine Looney
Deputy Director, Mission Investments, Ford Foundation

Steve Lydenberg
CEO and Founder, The Investment Integration Project

Robert Manilla
Vice President & Chief Investment Officer, The Kresge Foundation

Patience Marime-Ball
Managing Director, ATP Fund

Angie Marks
Vice President, Real Estate Development, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives

Sam Marks
Executive Director, LISC NYC

Mary McBryde
Project Director, Liquid Assets Project

Holiday McKiernan
Executive Vice President , Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Lumina Foundation

Stephanie Mercier
Director, Impact Investment, Corporation for Supportive Housing

Jamie Merisotis
President and CEO, Lumina Foundation

Sandra Mikush
Co-Founder, Just Transition Fund

Margaret Minnich
Chief Operating and Financial Officer, The California Wellness Foundation

Joshua Mintz
Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Joel Moore
Senior Portoflio Advisor, Merrill Lynch

Belinda Morris
Program Officer, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Mike Muldoon
Associate Director, The Rockefeller Foundation

Cynthia Muller
Director of Mission Investing, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Rehana Nathoo
Principal, Spectrum Impact

Greg Neichin
Director, Ceniarth

Eileen O'Rourke
Chief Financial Officer, The Abell Foundation

Veronica Olazabal
Director of Measurement, Evaluation and Organizational Performance, The Rockefeller Foundation

Nancy Pfund
Founder, Managing Partner, DBL Partners

Deval Patrick
Managing Director, Bain Capital

Noel Poyo
Executive Director, NALCAB

Olivia Prentice
Manager, Impact Management Project, Bridges Fund Management

Susan Phinney Silver
Mission Investing Director, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Coralie Pledger
CFO, Austin Community Foundation

Irene Pritzker
President & CEO, IDP Foundation

Joohee Rand
Vice President of Community Investment for Strategy, Santa Fe Community Foundation

Stephanie Randolph
Program Director, Cassiopeia Foundation

Raul Raymundo
CEO, The Resurrection Project

Jane Reisman
Founder and Senior Advisor, ORS Impact

Natalie Revelle
Deputy Director, Program-Related Investments, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Amanda Sheldon Roberts
Senior Community Development Analyst, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Amy Rosenthal
Director, Keller Science Action Center, The Field Museum

Jacqueline Russell
Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Chicago Children's Theatre

Kelly Ryan
President and CEO, Incourage

David Sand
Chief Impact Strategist, Community Capital Management

Jocelyn Sargent
Executive Director, The Hyams Foundation

Kathy Schneider
Superintendent, Pullman National Monument

Debra Schwartz
Managing Director, Impact Investments, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Karen Seabury
Executive Vice President, Director of Ratings and Analysis, Aeris

Fran Seegull
Executive Director, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

Tasha Seitz
Partner, Impact Engine

Spenser Shadle
Vice President of Real Assets, New Island Capital

Julia Shin
Vice President, Innovation & Managing Director, Impact Investing, Enterprise Community Partners

Shuaib Siddiqui
Director, Impact Investing, Surdna Foundation

Anil Soni
Head of Global Infectious Diseases, Mylan

Jim Sorenson
Chairman, Sorenson Impact Foundation

Frank Sperling
Chief, Strategic Risk Management, Inter-American Development Bank

Doug Stamm
CEO Emeritus, Meyer Memorial Trust

Kate Starr
CIO, Flatworld Partners

Robynn Steffen
Senior Manager, Impact Investing, Omidyar Network

Linda Stephans
Managing Director, Institutional Consulting Director, Graystone Consulting

Eric Stephenson
Portfolio Director, Cordes Foundation

Lenora Suki
Board Member and Chair, Finance Committee, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Roy Swan
Director, Mission Investments, Ford Foundation

Heidi Vanni
Managing Director, Boston Trust/Walden Asset Management

Jalonne White-Newsome
Senior Program Officer, The Kresge Foundation

Gladys Washington
Deputy Director, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation

Tom Woelfel
Director of PCV Insight, Pacific Community Ventures

David Wood
Director, Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard Kennedy School

Michael Wilson
CFO, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

Richard Woo
Chief Executive Officer, The Russell Family Foundation

Lisa Herrera
Senior Vice President, MB Financial Bank

Hilda Polanco
FMA

Eva Brown
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, U.S. Bank

Randy Chambers
CFO, Self-Help Federal Credit Union

Joel Wittenberg
Chief Investment Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Jessica Droste Yagan
Trustee, Yagan Family Foundation

Amy Huang
Senior Director of Programs, LEAP Innovations

Nicole Yeary
Founder & President, Ms. Tech

Sponsors & Partners

2018 Sponsors:

PRESENTING:
• MacArthur Foundation

EVENING:
• Northern Trust

PLATINUM:
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation
• The Kresge Foundation
• Lumina Foundation
• The David Lucile Packard Foundation
• Walton Family Foundation

GOLD:
• The California Endowment
• Margaret A. Cargill
• Mission Throttle
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation

TRUSTEE FORUM:
• The Fink Family Foundation
• M&MFisher

TRUSTEE FORUM CO-SPONSORS:
• Danville Regional Foundation
• PATH Foundation
• Richmond Memorial Health Foundation
• Robins Foundation

SILVER:
• Arabella Advisors
• Cambridge Associates
• Gary Community Investments
• Glenmede
• Institute for Responsible Investing at Morgan Stanley
• RBC Global Asset Management

BRONZE:
• Brown Advisory
• Community Capital Management
• LiquidNet
• U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

SUPPORTING:
• Adler & Colvin
• Bader Philanthropies
• The Patricia Kind Family Foundation
• LOCUS Impact Investing
• Tideline
• Walden Boston Trust