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Andrew Feldman
Andrew is the Executive Director, moved to Guatemala in search of effective, community-focused approaches to economic development. In his free time he enjoys taking in the natural beauty of Guatemala through travel and hiking. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and International Studies from Yale University.
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Artak Melkonyan
Artak Melkonyan serves as Senior Advisor in UNDP and leads several breakthrough initiatives targeting social entrepreneurship and impact investments. He works on mobilizing resources for impact investment venture facility (social enterprise / govtech incubator, impact investment fund and advisory) to be set-up by UNDP. Jointly with INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship initiative, he also works on inviting IIIDO - a global conference dedicated to the role of social entrepreneurship and impact investments in international donor organizations.
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Bruno Lam
Bruno is interested in the intersection of finance with sustainability, education, and poverty alleviation. He pursue these interests as a Research Fellow for Sauder S3i & Pacific Impact Investor Network.
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Carolyn Burns
Carolyn is a research analyst, with a personal interest in applying traditional market practices and products to the fields of social finance and economic development. Her research efforts focus on uncovering best methods of application development, internationalization, assessing global financial health, and managing non-market factors. She enjoy working in a client-facing role, where she can apply her problem-solving expertise to help others actualize their goals in a timely fashion. She have worked in various geographies including: Canada, China, the United States and Tanzania.
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David Munnich
David works at I&P, where he is the in charge of the most recent fund, called IPDEV2, which is dedicated to early-stage African ventures, through a network of field funds. He is based in Paris and travel a lot to Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Madagascar. He lived in West Africa for some time. He is mostly interested in African entrepreneurship, early-stage investment and ways to improve access to finance for the missing middle.
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Dennis Verrios
Involved in Information Technology and Wagering and Media businesses for 20+ years. Dennis has become a leading emerging technologies, Wagering and Broadcast media strategist having helped many blue chip clients worldwide achieve sustainable and profitable growth in revenue side interactive business models.
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Diane Boyd
Diane is the COO | Co-Founder at Change the World Fund.
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Fereshteh Amarsy
Fereshteh is currently part of the Stakeholder and Strategic Partnerships team at The Abraaj Group, a leading investor in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Turkey. Abraaj focuses on global growth markets characterized by consumption-driven economies, pro-business policies, rapid urbanization, favorable demographics, and growing consumer classes. Her team’s work focuses on building sustainable communities around the companies in which Abraaj invests, founded on the belief in private equity’s potential to be a driving force for development and growth.
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Francois-Xavier Michaux
Social entrepreneur, François-Xavier Michaux co-founded Exeko in 2006. Today, he co-directs this organization, and more than 350 projects, with a mission statement of inclusion and social transformation through innovation and creativity. Holding a double Master’s degree in Project Management and Business Engineering and a BA in Economics, social entrepreneurship & social innovation, systemic change (cities transformation, social exclusion, Aboriginal well being, etc.), innovative business models and organizational development are among his fields of choice.
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Henrik Jones
Henrik is a general manager with experience in real estate and private equity investing, marketing, strategic planning and startups. He also serve on advisory boards, corporate boards, and investment committees.
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Irene Kelly
Irene is the Venture Fund Manager at CHOICE Humanitarian.
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James Halliday
San Diego native. Passionate about building a binational impact ecosystem in the U.S.-Mexico border region; impact measurement; hybrid legal forms for social enterprises and nonprofits; growing the social capital of youth in underserved communities; equity in education; and next generation leadership in local government. Chair, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (San Diego chapter). When I’m not working, I’m cooking. When I’m not at my desk, I’m on trail or playing tennis.
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Jason Hirschton
Jason have always committed his time to mission driven organizations dedicated to making positive change in underserved communities. Prior to joining Full Circle Fund, he was the Senior Vice President at buildOn, an international nonprofit working to break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy. In addition to overseeing buildOn’s fundraising goals, Jay managed the West Coast Office as well as the national operations team. As an innovative social sector thought leader, he have a long track record of programmatic impact and building innovative corporate philanthropy models to scale that ensure sustainable funding.
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Jeff Woodward
Jeff is a social enterprise lawyer in Atlanta, GA, where he represents early and later-stage entrepreneurs, privately held companies and investors in a variety of corporate transactional matters, including start-up structuring, angel, venture capital and private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships. Jeff represents a number of for-profit and not-for-profit social enterprises as well as impact investors and funds. In addition, he has over 20 years of experience advising public charities and their for-profit subsidiaries, as well as advising private foundations and structuring PRI investments.
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Jim Litwin
Jim has an MBA in Finance and an MA in Urban Policy from the University of Chicago. He has decades of experience as an executive in the financial sector including 15 years at American Express Financial Advisors, where he held various titles including Vice President – New Business Development and Vice President – Direct Channel Expansion.
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Joe Milam
Joe is the founder of AngelSpan, former owner/manger of a multi-family office, originally at 3000 Sand Hill Rd.
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John Whalen
Focused on creating opportunities and new partnerships across the emerging cross-sectoral space between INGOs and forward-looking companies, social enterprises, foundations, government, and the impact investment community.
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Joseph Schuchter
Joseph help social entrepreneurs understand and measure their shared value in terms of health and social impact. At the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, he conduct research and synthesize evidence to elucidate value chains and the pathways to impact. He is a convener, researcher, and advocate.
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Justin Kaster
Justin’s passion is to help others design the best version of the future. As the CEO and founder of 2100INC, he is currently focused on transforming the way the world uses money and trains leaders. Justin co-founded Cleantech Open Midwest, a leading startup business accelerator, in 2010 and served as Executive Director for the organization through 2015. During his five years leading Cleantech Open Midwest, Justin and his team successfully helped launch 110 startup businesses. He also led the launch of the Midwest Innovation Summit, an annual conference focused on resource innovation that convened over 800 innovators, corporate managers, and investors. Currently, Justin serves as the advisory board chair for Cleantech Open Midwest.
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Kate Loose
Kate is an entrepreneurial thinker with a focus on strategy, innovation, and design looking to leverage her skills in impact consulting or investing.
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Kathleen Simpson
Kathleen joined the foundation in 2015. Working closely with the program teams she oversees financial planning budget management organizational development and performance measures. Kathleen has deep experience in business and financial management. Previously she was Director of Finance for an independent wealth management company serving individuals multigenerational families and foundations. Kathleen is a Certified Public Accountant and is earning her Masters of Business Administration from Washington State University. She served on numerous local nonprofit boards.
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Ku McMahan
Dr. Ku McMahan received his Ph.D. in environmental sciences and an M.P.H. in environmental health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under NSF and EPA STAR Fellowships. He received a B.A. in environmental sciences and policy. In addition, he developed a simple, low-cost water quality test for developing countries and emergency situations. Ku was recently a program executive officer for the USAID WA-WASH program in GLOWS and assistant professor of research at Florida International University.
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Liz Dupont-Diehl
Working for social justice and positive systems change in Windsor and throughout Connecticut.
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Luciana Carusso
Luciana is an anthropologist passionate about improving peoples lives though technology. She have 7 years of experience working as a Program Manager. Her main experience is in Plan Ceibal, a program inspired by One Laptop per Child. During the 5 years She worked there, gave one laptop and free Internet to every child in the country, trained 25.000 teachers ,created content both for teachers and students and helped +10 countries to implement similar programs. She just finished a Masters Degree in Social Entrepreneurship and looking to join a company that allows her to keep having the impact that she had while growing Plan Ceibal.
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Marina Leytes
Marina is an impact investing and finance professional. She is a regular contributor to ImpactAlpha. Most recently, she consulted for the ImPact, producing research on impact investing across asset classes. Prior to that, Marina worked for the World Economic Forum’s Blended Finance and Impact Investing Initiatives and was a co-author and project manager on several publications: “Impact Investing: A Primer for Family Offices” and “Ideas to Practice and Pilots to Strategy” series that showcase leading innovations in impact investing. Previously, Marina was in charge of asset management efforts for a leading private equity fund-of-funds manager. She holds a Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and a BA in Computer Science, magna cum laude from New York University.
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Michael Nakamoto
Business management professional committed to creating economic, environmental, and social value drawing from a diverse range of skills, expertise, and knowledge. A systems thinker with strong collaboration and problem solving skills.
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Peter Justin Msafiri
Peter is the marketing director, of EA Fruits.
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Priyanka Ahuja
Priyanka Ahuja, is Director Communications and Operations at the Vihara Innovation Network. She holds a Post graduate diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication from International School of Business & Media, Pune, a Masters degree in Media studies from Jaganath Institute of Management Sciences and an undergraduate degree in Advertising and Corporate Communication from Delhi University. Along with Dr. Aditya Dev Sood , She co-founded the Startup Tunnel, an early stage incubator and an accelerator based out of Delhi. At the incubator, she works in close coordination with startup community, mentors and investor network, while helping them develop their marketing strategies and communication plans. She works as an advisor on the micro-funding opportunities that arise at the incubator.
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Randi Fiat
Randi's strength is weaving together networks of diverse yet resonant, revolutionary change agents working toward creating a more just and sustainable world. Randi's 30 year background in marketing & communications has informed her ability to define & communicate a compelling new narrative so that it THRIVE in the coming decades amidst complexity, uncertainty and diminishing natural resources. Randi is working with visionary thought leaders in design, business, academia and media, she develop and produce events, experiences and engagement strategies that hone and harness the power of the human spirit to collectively take on the immense challenges we face.
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Roman Bojko
Roman Bojko is the Executive Director at Impact Hub / Vodafone Foundation Laboratory.
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Rose Maizner
Rose is an Associate with RenewableTech Ventures, the founder and CEO of CauseRock Consulting and the co-founder of Womenpreneurs. Before entering the private sector, Rose spent a number of years in the nonprofit world, serving as both Associate Director and Interim Executive Director of an organization working with underserved communities in Salt Lake City. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wheaton College, after which she spent time conducting research out of the country as part of a Fulbright Scholarship. She is currently in the Executive MBA program at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.
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Sam Teicher
Sam is the Founder/Chief Reef Officer of Coral Vita a company that restores the world's dying reefs.
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Sana Kapadia
Sana brings a background in impact investing and finance, coupled with a passion for working with entrepreneurs, disruptive economic models and education. She’s the one who helps our amazing high growth entrepreneurs learn about the capital raising process and how to fundraise successfully. Sana is committed to fostering a robust ecosystem of innovation where all stakeholders think impactfully about their footprint as they change the world for the better.
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Sarah Vigliotti
Sarah is the Chief Strategy Officer at Virunga Fund Inc.
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Scott Watenpaugh
Founder & CEO at Redwood Consulting Group, a boutique management consultancy serving the software and internet sectors on marketing, management, and business model development. Clients include Adobe, Boeing, HP, IBM, Microsoft, PeopleSoft (Oracle), Pivotal, VMware. Concurrently a non-profit executive working with Northern California Peace Corps Association, San Francisco SPCA, and Hands On Network.
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Sean Tennerson
Sean started at the Case Foundation in October 2012 after moving to D.C. from California where she graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Economics. Moving to D.C. was Sean’s first time ever on the East coast. She moved here to pursue her interest in domestic and international Economic development, and her love of moving to and seeing new places and people.
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Steffanie Clothier
Steffanie support GCI’s efforts to improve early childhood outcomes for Colorado’s children including school readiness through a mix of capital approaches. Interested in connecting with investors and entrepreneurs who are innovating in early childhood development.
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