Venue
Convene City View
Convene City View, 30 South 17th Street Philadelphia, PA, 19103 USA

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Event Date Mon May 1 ADT - Tue May 2 ADT (over 1 year ago)
In your timezone (EST): Sun Apr 30 11:00pm - Mon May 1 11:00pm
Location Convene City View
30 South 17th Street Philadelphia, PA, 19103 USA
Region Americas
Details

How are your investments currently impacting people, planet, and places? Investments are not simply financial maneuvers that return a profit, but consequential actions that shape the diverse and complex world we live in today - and are creating for future generations. Your investments have the opportunity to support thriving local communities, alter the course of climate change, or cultivate resilient local economies in the places you love.

From catalytic capital into neighborhoods to ESG alignment in public equities portfolios, investors hold significant power to transform the nation’s most pressing challenges and impact communities across towns, cities, regions, and rural areas in the U.S. This events dynamic event for individual investors, family offices, foundations, fund managers, and financial advisors to connect with aligned peers and partners, learn about proven and new investment tools, meet leaders of investable opportunities, and move toward investment action.

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Akasha Absher
President, Syntrinsic

Frederick Alexander
CEO, The Shareholder Commons

Mindy Aldridge
President, The Nelson Foundation

Nick Ashburn
Managing Director & Head of Responsible Investing, PNC Asset Management

Beth Bafford
Vice President, Strategy, Calvert Impact

John Balbach
Director, Impact Investments, MacArthur Foundation

Leroy Barber
Executive Director, Neighborhood Economics

Stefania Di Bartolomeo
Founder and CEO, Physis Investment

Margaret Berger Bradley
VP, Strategic Initiatives, Ben Franklin Tech Partners

Richard Binswanger
Experienced Leader in Impact, Non-Profits, and Philanthropy

Tynesia Boyea-Robinson
President & CEO, CapEQ

Antony Bugg-Levine
Co-head, Community Impact, Lafayette Square

Michelle Carrera
Executive Director, Norris Square Community Alliance

Laura Campos
Director, Corporate & Political Accountability

Jenny Chan
Chief Investment Officer, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Michael Cosack
Principal, ImpactWise LLC

Cory Donovan
Executive Director, ImpactPHL

Erin Duddy
Founding Director, The Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth

Patrick Duggan
Executive Director, UCC Church Building & Loan Fund

Jorge Fontanez
CEO, B Lab U.S. & Canada

Rodney Foxworth
CEO, Common Future

Ivan Frishberg
Chief Sustainability Officer, Amalgamated Bank

Lauren Grattan
Co-Founder & Chief Community Officer, Mission Driven Finance

Steve Hargreaves
Sr. Director, Sustainable Finance, Climate Nexus

Melina Harris
Analyst and Capital Access Coordinator, The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia

Lisa Hayles
Director, International Shareholder Advocacy, Trillium Asset Management

Witold Henisz
Vice Dean and Faculty Director, ESG Initiative; Deloitte & Touche Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Pedro Henriques da Silva
Director, Shifting Trillions

Stephanie Humphrey
Technology and Lifestyle Expert, Fox 29’s Good Day Philadelphia, Cheddar TV, and other broadcast outlets

Amanda Joseph
Consultant, Social Impact Advisor

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster
Executive Vice President, ICCR

Nimrit Kang
Co-Chief Investment Officer, NorthStar Asset Management

David Kemper
CEO, Trust Neighborhoods

Elizabeth Killough
Co-CEO, UnTours Foundation

Joanna Kuang
VP of Product and Impact, Illumen Capital

Wilson Lester
Co-Founder/Managing Partner, Partners in Equity

Emilie Linick
Director of Impact Lending, REDF Impact Investing Fund

Tova Lobatz
Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships, SOCAP Global

Vanessa Lowe
Trustee, Valentine Foundation

Stuart Mackintosh
Executive Director, Group of Thirty

Wallace Macon
Chief Visionary Officer, Opportunity Construction, LLC

Tamer Makary
Founder, Ethica Partners

Melody Maravillas
CFO, Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace

Raffi Mardirosian
Managing Partner, Izuba Energy

Jeff Marrazzo
Co-Founder and Former CEO of Spark Therapeutics

Megan McFadden
Director of Strategy, ImpactPHL

Clara Miller
Advisor, Social Finance

Naiana Miranda
Principal, MSH Partners

Umar Moghul
Principal, Threshold Equity Management

John Moore
Executive Board Chair, Investors Circle Philadelphia & ImpactPHL

Amantia Muhedini
Executive Director, Sustainable and Impact Investing Strategist, UBS Chief Investment Office Americas

Craig Muska
Principal, Independent Advisor - Sustainable and Community Investing

Elizabeth Nguyen
Economic Opportunity Practice Lead, Village Capital

Sarah Norman
Director, Head of CIO ESG Thought Leadership, Bank of America

Kerry O'Neill
CEO, Inclusive Prosperity Capital

Matt Patsky
CEO and Lead Portfolio Manager, Trillium ESG Global Equity

Andi Phillips
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Maycomb Capital

Marc Rand
Managing Partner, Community Capital Advisors

Y. Elaine Rasmussen
CEO, Social Impact Now!

Jason Ray
Founder & Investment Director, Zenith Wealth Partners

Judilee Reed
President & CEO, United States Artists

Eric Rice
Head of Impact Investing, BlackRock

Rachel Robasciotti
CEO & Founder, Adasina Social Capital

Homer Robinson
Founding Partner, Parkera LLC

Alex Robles
Managing Partner, Voyage Investments

Havell Rodrigues
CEO/Co Founder, New Majority Capital

Lindsey Samsi
Senior Developer, Pennrose

Akobe Sandy
Impact Investment Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Fran Seegull
President, U.S. Impact Investing Alliance

Liz Sessler
COO, CapShift

Floyd Simpson
Director, PFM Asset Management

Doug Sims
Senior Director, Resilient Communities Division, Natural Resources Defense Council

Lindsay Smalling
Head of Sales, 60 Decibels

Lauren Stebbins
Program Officer, The Barra Foundation

Blessy Thomas
Partner, Innovate Capital Growth Fund, L.P. Partner

Kristina Wahl
President, The Barra Foundation

Kevin Webb
Managing Director, Superorganism

Luke Wilcox
Partner, Head of Ethos ESG, ACA Group (Ethos)

Tom Woelfel
Senior Director of Impact, HCAP Partners

Julianne Zimmerman
Lecturer, Tufts

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Partners

PARTNERS:
• TARA Health Foundation
• Glenmede
• Trillium Asset Management
• Forman Family Foundation
• AJO Vista
• KPMG
• Spring Garden Capital Group
• The Alliance for Health Equity
• CSS Fundraising

SUPPORTERS:
• Pembroke Philanthrophy Advisors
• Harp & Weaver
• Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld
• Shift
• Sustain VC
• Fox Rothschild LLP
• Philadelphia Foundation
• Ethos ESG
• De-Carceration Fund