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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

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Event Date Mon Oct 17 PDT - Thu Oct 20 PDT (about 2 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Oct 17 3:00am - Thu Oct 20 3:00am
Location Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Region Americas
Details

SOCAP is the largest and most diverse impact investing community in the world- and it is back in-person again!

Our flagship is the vanguard of the emerging global impact economy – convening ideas and capital to catalyze world change. The largest gathering of investors, entrepreneurs, and social impact leaders come together to accelerate progress against the world’s toughest challenges through market-based solutions.

We convene a global ecosystem and marketplace – social entrepreneurs, investors, foundation and nonprofit leaders, government and policy leaders, creators, corporations, academics and beyond –through live and digital content experiences that educate, spur collaboration, and inspire investment in positive impact. SOCAP unlocks the potential of markets to accelerate impact and have convened more than 100,000 people since our first event.

Speakers

2022 Speakers

Monique Aiken
Managing Director, the Investment Integration Project (Tiip)

Walter Alarkon
Senior Associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Llp

Olabayo Allen-taylor
Chief Operating Officer, Impact Experience

Lindsay Androski
Founder & Ceo, Roivant Social Ventures

Jaynemarie Angbah
Director, Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (Redi) Change Learning Journey

Ana Maria Aristizabal
Senior Advisor, Jff Ventures

Myra Arshad
Ceo, Alt Tex

Roslyn Artis
President & Ceo ,benedict College

Jennifer Astone
Principal, Integrated Capital Investing

Binta Ayofemi
Artist/founder, Yard

Sara Bahat
Interim Ceo, Ybca

Daniel Barker
Managing Director, Halcyon

Timothy Baylor
Chief Manager, Jadt Development Group, Llc

Zuleyma Bebell
Co-founder & Coo, Impactalpha

Cheryl Beninga
Co-founder, Fourthwave

Arielle Berghammer-ziegler
Unleash Plus Program Lead & Senior Specialist for Innovation, Investment
Chemonics, Unleash

Eric Berlow
Ceo, Vibrant Data Labs

Ashley Bittner
General Partner, Firework Ventures

Matthew Bishop
Senior Fellow, Sorenson Impact Center

Fred Blackwell
Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco Foundation

Batya Blankers
Ceo & Co-founder, Chancen International

Demetre Booker
Founder & Managing Partner, Elevate Commercial

Allison Boxer
Managing Director, Sorenson Impact Center

Tynesia Boyea-robinson
President and Ceo, Capeq

Margot Brandenburg
Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation

Ryan Brennan
Managing Director, Advantage Capital

Pablo Bravo
System Vice President Community Health, Dignity Health/commonspirt Health

Po Bronson
Managing Director of Indiebio and General, Partner at Sosv, Sosv's Indiebio

Shelley Buffalo (Meskwaki)
Decolonial Pathfinder, Great Plains Action Society

William Burckart
Co-founder, Colorful Capital

Aaron Burris
Director of Business Development, Inside Circle

Noramay Cadena
Managing Partner, Supply Change Capital

Myla Calhoun
Division Vp, Alabama Power

Sophia Carey
Senior Program Manager, Chicago Recovery Plan, City of Chicago Corporate Bank Representative

Gloria Castillo
Executive Director, We Rise Together for an Equitable and Just Recovery

Alejandra Castillo
U.s. Assistant Secretary, U.s. Economic Development Administration

Aarti Chandna
Partner, Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund

Anthony Chang
Co-founder, Manzanita Capital Collective

Nelly Chatue Diop
Ceo, Ejara

Delton Chen
Project Director & Founder, Global Carbon Reward

Jim Chowdry
Sri Advisor

Adrienne Chuck
Manager of Workforce Development, San Diego Workforce Partnership

José Cisneros
San Francisco Treasurer at City and County of San
Francisco, Ccsf - Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector

Cathy Clark
Faculty Director, Duke University

Nalleli Cobo
Co-founder, South Central Youth Leadership Coalition

Tara Colton
Executive Vice President for Economic Security, New Jersey Economic Development Authority (Njeda)

Stephanie Copeland
Managing Partner, Four Points Funding

Amy Cortese
Senior Editor, Impactalpha

Jeffrey Cyr
Managing Partner, Raven Indigenous Capital Partners

Byran Dai
Co-founder & Ceo, Daivergent

Charlotte Dales
Ceo, Inclusively

Richard Hanbury
Ceo, Sana Health Inc.

Fay Darmawi
Founder and Executive Director, Sf Urban Film Fest

Geoff Davis
Ceo, Sorenson Impact Center

Stephen Deberry
Founder & Managing Partner,bronze

Aj Deleon
Ceo, Innovare

John Denniston
Executive Chair, Shared-x

Anjali Deshmukh
Co-founder, Make Justice Normal

Liz Diebold
Managing Director – Portfolio and Investments, Skoll Foundation

Brian Dixon
Managing Partner, Kapor Capital

Tahira@resilience-vc.com
Managing Partner, Resiliencevc

Liz Dozier
Founder & Ceo, Chicago Beyond

Janis Dubno
Managing Director, Impact Finance, Sorenson Impact Center

Thibault Duchemin
Ceo, Ava

Erin Duddy
Director, Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth, North America

Chad Dyer
Co-founder, Future Allies

Jason Eaves
Ceo,discovered Markets

Jake Edwards
Vice President, Impact Investments, Social Finance

Kevin Edwards
General Manager, Real Leaders

Kate Finn
Executive Director, First Peoples Worldwide

Alex Flachsbart
Founder & Ceo, Opportunity Alabama

Aria Florant
Co-founder & Managing Director, Liberation Ventures

Willy Foote
Founder & Ceo, Root Capital

Kerri Folmer
Managing Director, Monitor Institute by Deloitte, Deloitte

Ghian Foreman
Partner, Washington Park Development Group

Cecilia Foxworthy
Ceo, Agora Partnerships

Stacey Fruitman
Founder, Style With Substance Ventures

Claire Gagne
Ceo, Rangecarbon

Camilo Andres Galvis Barrera
Chief Executive Officer, Imperative Advisors, Llc

Mary Beth Gallagher
Director of Engagement, Domini Impact Investments

Natasha Garcha
Senior Director, Innovative Finance and Gender-lens Investing Specialist, Iix

Yusuf George
Managing Director, Engine No. 1

Eric Glass
Advisor & Impact Investor, Justice Capital

Steven Glickman
Founder & Ceo, Develop Advisors

Jaime Gloshay
Co-ceo, Native Women Lead

Reem Goussous
Chief Growth Officer, Village Capital

Lauren Grattan
Chief Community Officer, Mission Driven Finance

Richard Greenberg
Managing Director, Social Enterprise Finance, U.s. International Development Finance Corporation (Dfc)

Cari Hanson
Co-founder, Make Justice Normal

Brigit Helms
Executive Director, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship - Santa Clara University

Ida Hempel
Vice-president, Galvanize Climate Solutions

Christina Hollenback
Ceo, Justice Capital

Eric Horvath
Director of Capital Strategies, Common Future

Ander Iruretgoyena
Vice-president, the Impact Engine

Eldra Jackson Iii
Co-executive Director, Inside Circle

Taj James
Co-founder & Curator, Full Spectrum Capital Partners

Alicia John-baptiste
President & Ceo, Spur

Jasmine Jones
Director, Abundance Movement

Veronica Johnson
Executive Director, Alabama Justice Initiative

Maha Jweied
Chief Strategy Officer, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice

Megan Kashner
Co-founder | Professor, Colorful Capital | Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern Univ.

Sarah Keh
Vice President, Inclusive Solutions, Prudential Financial

Yigal Kerszenbaum
Managing Director, Employment Technology Fund @ Jfflabs

Ayesha Khanna
Managing Director,care Enterprises

Valarie King-bailey
Chief Executive Officer, Onshore Technology Group

Regina ("Gina") Kline
Founder and Managing Partner, Smartjob

John Kohler
Executive Fellow and Director of Impact Capital Innovatio, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University

Joanna Kuang
Vp of Product Development and Impact, Illumen Capital

Gregory Landua
Chief Executive Officer,regen Network Development, Inc

Joan Larrea
Ceo, Convergence Blended Finance

Michelle Lee
Co-founder and Cto, Lypid

Julie Lein
Managing Partner, Urban Innovation Fund

Todd Leverette
Co-founder & Partner, Apis & Heritage Capital Partners

Ted Levinson
Founder/ceo, Beneficial Returns

Kimberlie Li
Co-founder & Ceo, Prime Roots

Stephen Liberatore
Managing Director/head of Esg/impact - Global Fixed Income, Nuveen

Mariah Lichtenstern Lichtenstern
Founding Partner, Diversecity Ventures

Anastasiya Litvinova
Director, Palladium Impact Capital

Shamia Lodge
Fellow, Ceo Action Racial Equity (Massmutual)

Rosario Londono
Founder, One4one Accelerator

Juan Lozano
Founder & Ceo, Innpactia

Kyle Lukianuk
Managing Director, Impact Investing, Upmetrics

Andy Mcmahon
Vice-president, Unitedhealthcare

Leila Makarechi
Chief Business Officer, Merit America

Alicia Maitland
Senior Associate, Convergence

Sergio Marrero
Managing Director, Blue Ridge Labs@robin Hood

Alan Martinez
Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability

Jordan Martinez-mazurek
Founding Member, Canopy Movement Consulting, Llc

Jessica Matthews
Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Private Bank, J.p. Morgan

Adam Maxwell
Founder & Ceo, Voyage Foods

Ben Mcadams
Senior Fellow, Sorenson Impact

Michael Mcafee
Ceo & President, Policylink

Jake Mckinstry
Principal, Spectrum Development Solutions

Dr. James Mcleary
Board Member, Mentor and Executive Producer, the Work, Inside Circle

Deldep Medina
Executive Director, Black & Brown Founders

Rick Meisner
Facilitator & Moderator, Inside Circle

Kwasi Mitchell
Chief Purpose Officer, Deloitte

Abdulkarim Mohamed
Head of Education, East Africa, Acumen

Kindra Mohr
Financial Services and Human Rights Manager, Bsr

Maia Monell
Founding Partne, Moda Partners

Alfredo Montoya
Founder, Colaborativo

Toran X. Moore
Co-founder, Hbcux

Victoria Moore
Founder, Tinyispowerful

Karla Mora
Founder & Managing Partner, Alante Capital

Sandra Moore
Managing Director and Chief Impact Officer, Advantage Capital

Tei Mukunya
Co-founder & Executive Director - Nutrition Solutions Africa, Naturelock Foods

Patrick Mullen
Director of Opportunity Zone Planning and Implementation, Utah Association of Counties

Richard Muller
Senior Advisor and Peer Leader, Impact United, Svx

Lucretia Murphy
Director of the Center for Justice and Economic Advancement, Jobs for the Future

Kate Murray
Director, Impact, Tas

Scott Nance
Vice President, Impact Investing, Fidelity Charitable

Sandhya Nakhasi
Executive Director,community Credit Lab

Rehana Nathoo
Founder & Ceo, Spectrum Impact

Eliot Nelson
Ceo, Wayside Press

Jenna Nicholas
Ceo, Impact Experience

Sikowis Nobiss
Executive Director, Great Plains Action Society

Lolita Nunn
Director of Program and Investor Relations, Potlikker Capital

A Jay Nwachu
Innovation Works and Ignite Capital, President and Ceo

Ezinne Nwankwo
Board Member, Black in Ai

Chelsea Peters
Chief Strategy Officer, Walton Family Foundation

Veronica Olazabal
Chief Impact and Evaluation Officer, the Bhp Foundation

Ken Oliver
Executive Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Checkr

Laura One Feather
First Food Steward, Great Plains Action Society

Carmen Palafox
Founding Partner, 2045 Ventures

Jason Palmer
General Partner, New Markets Education Partners

Evan Paul
Senior Director, Product Impact, Salesforce

Derek Peebles
Director of Policy & Advocacy, Inclusive Economy, American Independent Business Alliance

Alan Perlstein
Co-founder & Ceo, California Cultured

Andrea Phillips
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Maycomb Capital

Nijeul X. Porter
Co-founder,hbcux

Anne Price
President, Insight Center for Community Economic Development

Benjamin Prinz
Managing Partner, Asili Agriculture

Caroline Pugh
Partner, 8090 Origin

Nasir Qadree
Founder & Managing Partner, Zeal Capital Partners

Janay Queen Nazaire
Senior Fellow, Policylink

Rex Raimond
Director, Transformational Investing in Food Systems

Pratap Raju
Founding Partner, Climate Collective Foundation

Nirvaan Ranganathan
Program Manager, Climate Collective

Timothy Rann
Managing Partner, Mercy Corps Ventures

Elaine Rasmussen
Ceo, Social Impact Strategies Group

Darryl Ratcliff
Founder, Gossypion Investments

Taylor Randall
President, University of Utah

Keneshia Raymond
Director of Programs & Access to Capital, Startup Tucson

Phil Reeves
Managing Partner, Apis & Heritage Capital Partners

Cathy Reines
President & Ceo, Koz Development

Natalie Reitman-white
Ownership & Governance Design Advisor, Alternative Ownership Advisors

Adesuwa Rhodes
Founder & Ceo, Aruwa Capital Management

Solana Rice
Co-founder, Co-executive Director, Liberation in a Generation

Serena Rivera-korver
Analyst, Ulu Ventures

Patrick Robinson
Founder & Ceo, Paskho Inc.

Havell Rodrigues
Founding Partner, New Majority Capital

Christopher Roll
Global Accelerating Environmental Sustainability - Assistant Director, Ey

Paul Ryan
Deputy Executive Director, Funders' Committee for Civic Participation

Juan Saldana
Principal, P3 Markets

Akobe Sandy
Impact Investment Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Joseph Scantlebury
President & Ceo, Living Cities

Matt Schaar
Partner, Accion Venture Lab

Astrid@zebrasunite.com
Co-founder and Capital Lead, Zebras Unite

Fran Seegull
President, U.s. Impact Investing Alliance

Jake Segal
Vice-president, Social Finance

Lauren Sercu
Partner, Sorenson Impact Funds, Cio, Sorenson Impact Foundation

Erika Seth Davies
Ceo, Rhia Ventures

Valerie Shen
Partner & Chief Operating Officer, G2 Venture Partners

Meera Siva
Shelter Venture Fund Director, Shelter Venture Fund Director, Habitat for Humanity International, Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Housing

Lindsay Smalling
Head of Sales, 60 Decibels

Jim Sorenson
President, Sorenson Impact Foundation, Founder, Sorenson Impact Group

Luke Sorenson
Partner & Ceo, Sorenson Impact Group

Aarthi Sowrirajan
Senior Portfolio Manager - Blackrock Impact Opportunities (Bio) Fund, Blackrock

Keith Spears
General Partner, Include Ventures

Gina Spitz
Associate Research Professor, Center for Urban Research & Learning, Loyola University

Joseph Spence
Co-founder, We Are Makers - Global

Francesca Spoerry
Head of Training & Partnerships, the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth

Pete Stavros
Partner & Co-head of Americas Private Equity, Kkr

Justin Steele
Director, Americas, Google.org

Julia Strong
Head of Business Development, Ncx

Tia Subramanian
Gender-based Violence Program Director, Criterion Institute

Carol Tan
Director, Policy & Coalitions, the Rockefeller Foundation

Martin Tan
Ceo, the Majurity Trust

Reuben Teague
Executive Director, Impact and Responsible Investments, Pgim Real Estate

Kandace Thomas
Executive Director, First 8 Memphis

Sydney Thomas
Founder & General Partner, Impressionism Capital

Melissa Tickle
Investment Manager, Finca Ventures

Jenny Toomey
International Program Director, Technology and Society, Ford Foundation

Jonathan Tower
Managing Partner, Arctaris Impact Investors

Nina@catalystoz.com
Vp of Investor Relations, Impact & Communications, Catalyst Opportunity Funds

Tom Uhlman
Founder and Managing Partner, New Venture Partners

Josefina Uranga
Graduate Research Assistant, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability

Clyde Valentin
Co-artistic Director, One Nation/one Project

Casey Van Der Stricht
Principal, Mit Solve

Hilda Vega
Director of Philanthropic Practice, Hispanics in Philanthropy

Miljana Vujosevic
Founder & Ceo, Next Wheel Consulting

Christopher Wayne
Associate Director, Investing in Agriculture, Acumen

Aaron Walker
Ceo | Founder, Camelback Ventures | Ruthless for Good

Andrew Wallace
Ceo, Chanzi

Anthony Warrior
Chef/owner/educator, Warriorspalate Catering and Consulting

Erica Washington
Founder + Partner, Clarkeboone + Clarke Street Fund

Erin Washington
Founder | Partner, Soulcenter | Clarke Street Fund

Kate Wharton
Head of Natural Capital Advisory, Crossboundary

Lem White
Co-ceo, Possibility Labs

Lisa Willems
Board President, Alphamundi

Kathryn Wortsman
Managing Partner, Amplify Capital

Shu Dar Yao
Founder & Managing Partner, Lucid Capitalism

Yasmina Zaidman
Chief Partnerships Officer, Acumen

Julianne Zimmerman
Managing Director, Reinventure Capital

Maayan Ziv
Founder & Ceo, Accessnow

Gretchen Zucker
Senior Advisor, Ashoka and Elevate Commercial

Sponsors & Partners

2022 Partners

SUCCESS PARTNER:
• FORDFOUNDATION
• THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION

LAUNCH PARTNER:
• W.K KELLOGG FOUNDATION
• Macarthur Foundation
• SKOLL
INVESTMENT PARTNERS
• ADVANTAGE CAPITAL
• EY
• JEFF
• Prudential

INNOVATION:
• Miller Center
• BARK
• Cartier Women INTIATIVE
• KORN FERRY
• SORENSON

PITCH PARTNER:
• INSTITUTE
• ARCTARIS
• AVIVAR
• BIG PATH CAPITAL
• Domini
• GARY
• IMPACTPHL
• Krane Share
• PRESIDIO
• S0SV
• RISING
• Tyton
• WELLS FARGO
• WES MARIAM FUND

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• IMPACT ALPHA
• Real Leaders
• IMPACT
• Stanford SOCIAL INNOVATION

IN -KIND PARTNERS:
• BANSHEE
• Dr. HOPS
• NUMI
• R. Cup
• SEBASTIANI