TOTAL IMPACT SUMMIT 2026

Adair Mosley is a visionary leader reshaping the future of equity in Minnesota. As CEO of GroundBreak Coalition, he leads one of the nation's most ambitious mobilizations of capital and partnership—orchestrating $5.3 billion over 10 years to close wealth gaps through homeownership, entrepreneurship, and commercial real estate development. GroundBreak brings together 40+ corporate, civic, and philanthropic partners in a backbone coalition deploying both market-rate capital ($4.2 billion) and flexible non-market rate capital ($1.2 billion) to build a future where Black communities thrive—not just survive.

A strategist, builder, and truth-teller, Adair's work is rooted in justice and scaled by innovation. Previously, as CEO of the African American Leadership Forum and Pillsbury United Communities, where he launched Justice Built Communities, securing $5 million to prioritize Black-owned development. He led the $7 million capital campaign for North Market, a nationally recognized grocery and wellness model designed to address food access and health equity. He revitalized North News—a Black-led media outlet—ensuring authentic storytelling from within the community. He helped develop a pioneering policy solution that created a national billing code for community health work, strengthening sustainable investment in grassroots health equity.

Adair's influence extends across sectors. He sits on the boards of Walker Art Museum, Women's Foundation of Minnesota, Community Advisory Board, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and and GreenLight Fund National. His leadership has been recognized by Harvard's Young American Leaders Program and Twin Cities Business magazine, which named him one of "100 People to Know."

With a MSc in Cities from the London School of Economics, training from Stanford's d.school in Human-Centered Design, and credentials from the University of Minnesota and University of Michigan, Adair brings a rare blend of grassroots insight and executive strategy to every room he enters.

Whether working alongside community visionaries and leaders or corporate executives, Adair leads with an uing belief: systems can—and must—be rebuilt for justice. He isn't interested in incremental change. He's here to reimagine what's possible and to construct a future that honors Black brilliance, ownership, and self-determination.

Adair will be speaking on the p

Adriana Abizadeh-Barbour is the executive director of the Kensington Corridor Trust (KCT) in Philadelphia. The mission, duty, and purpose of the KCT are to use collective ownership to direct investments along the corridor that preserve culture and affordability while building neighborhood power and wealth in Kensington. Adriana has also been a policy fellow at Princeton University and Rutgers University. She currently serves as an adjunct at Rutgers University, teaching a course in the graduate Public Policy Department on community organizing. With a deep interest in public policy, Adriana has taken every opportunity to use her privileged position as a nonprofit leader to speak out for what she believes in and to amplify the voices of impacted community members. Immersed in policy initiatives, she has facilitated community collaboration to address the intersectionality between immigration status, housing, poverty, and race.

Adriana will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Cities/Neighborhoods Approaches, on Thursday, May 14th

Andrea Levere is the founder and CEO of Capitalize Good, an organization which aims to transforming the social sector through Enterprise Capital, and a Social Enterprise Fellow at the Yale School of Management. In this role, Andrea has drafted the Blueprint for Enterprise Capital to scale the delivery of “philanthropic equity” for nonprofits and social ventures to build financial strength and resilience and reduce the racial wealth gap in the nonprofit sector. 

She is President Emerita of Prosperity Now, an organization that designs and operates major national initiatives to integrate financial capability services into systems serving low-income people, build assets and savings, close the racial wealth divide and expand economy mobility for all. She is a founding investor and Chair Emerita of ROC USA, a national social venture that converts manufactured home parks into resident owned cooperatives. She is Vice Chair of the Scale Link, a CDFI that manages loan sales while creating a secondary market for the nation’s largest microlenders and Chair Emerita of Rochdale Capital, an emerging CDFI financing coops and community-based businesses. 

Ms. Levere was a member of the Community Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors for three years, serving as Vice Chair in 2018 and Chair in 2019. She was a member of the FDIC’s Committee on Economic Inclusion, Morgan Stanley’s Community Development Advisory Board, Capital One’s Community Advisory Council as well as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Ms. Foundation for Women. 

She holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Yale University.

Andrea will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Across Places on Thursday,May 14th.

Aniyia Williams serves as a director at Omidyar Network and lead for its incubated initiative, The Tech We Want. In this role, she focuses on supporting emergent tech ecosystem that center responsible innovation and promote a more equitable and sustainable tech industry.

Aniyia will be speaking on the panel, Systems Investment for Place: Technology and Artificial Intelligence (WORKSHOP), on Wednesday, May 13th. 

Amber Quiñones is a Partner at Stray, a polycapital fund accelerating the shift from an extractive to a regenerative economy by investing at the intersection of economic innovation, climate regeneration, and narrative change. Before Stray, she was Head of Platform & Operations at BBG Ventures and a founding team member at proptech startup withco. Shaped by her design background at Stanford’s d.school, Amber brings a deep commitment to user experience, needfinding, and service design to every system she touches. She believes that changing the stories we tell about value, growth, and prosperity will ultimately enable human systems to thrive within planetary boundaries.

Amber will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital to Transform Communities on Thursday, May 14th

Amy Cortese is the Editorial Director at ImpactAlpha, the leading media platform for impact investing and sustainable finance. A longtime journalist, she has covered technology, finance, sustainability and food and wine for publications including Business Week, The New York Times, Crain’s New York and others. She is the author of Locavesting, a book about the local investing movement that took shape after the 2008 financial crisis to revitalize communities. At ImpactAlpha, Amy helps guide editorial strategy and leads climate, LP/GP and AI coverage. She lives in Brooklyn with her partner Robert.

Amy will be speaking on the panel, Systems Investment for Place: Technology and Artificial Intelligence on Wednesday May 13th. 

Andrew is the Founder & CEO of Harbor, a permanent capital firm that acquires and holds Virginia businesses for the long term, keeping ownership, jobs, and economic value rooted in the communities that built them. 

Harbor's holding model is both a mission-driven and value-creating strategy, capturing the compounding returns that traditional buy-and-sell private equity leaves on the table. Andrew lives in Roanoke, Virginia with his wife and two children.

Andrew will be speaking on the panel,  Transforming Capital Home: Rural Approaches (WORKSHOP) on Thursday, May 14th

Audrey Selian is Director of Artha Impact at Rianta Capital Zurich AG, where she has led the Singh Family Trust’s impact investment advisory work since 2006.  She has overseen many dozens of investments across India in sectors such as health, livelihoods, WASH, agribusiness, and energy - focused on positive business models and inclusive, last-mile solutions. Audrey also sits on the boards of several Artha portfolio companies and advises a range of funds and nonprofits globally.  She is the co-founder of Artha Networks Inc. (ANI), a SaaS platform supporting investor collaboration and deal discovery, and founded the Artha Impact platform in India - an ecosystem of 170+ investors, 80 enterprise support organizations, and hundreds of social enterprises. Audrey is also co-founder of Impact for Breakfast, a global community of 5,980+ impact investors across 50+ cities, as well as of Baraka Impact Finance and Impact Hub Yerevan in Armenia. She previously served as advisor to Halloran Philanthropies and holds roles on several investment committees and advisory boards.  Audrey holds a Ph.D. in Technology Policy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, was a doctoral fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and earned degrees from the London School of Economics and Wellesley College. Audrey is a frequent speaker on impact investing and technology for systems change, and published The Business of Building a Better World published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers in 2022.  Audrey is currently based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Audrey will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Across Places (Part 1: Case Study/Presentation Panel) on Thursday,14th

Angela is a mom, anthropologist, entrepreneur, and an unabashed challenger of the status quo. She has dedicated over 20 years in service as an investment advisor in the Metro Detroit region, including founding Revalue as a values-driven investment firm in 2013. Angela has contributed countless hours to field building, public education, and infrastructure development to help build a more compassionate industry centered on solidarity economy principles. You will often find her educating on the topics of financial resiliency, community capital, and conscious business management. When she’s not sleeping and breathing regenerative finance, she can be found playing with her husband and two kids, enjoying the fresh air of the outdoors, or playing D&D with her family.

Angela will be speaking on the panel, Systems Investment for Place: Policy + Governance  (PT 2: Workshop) Wednesday May 13th

Dr. Astrid J. Scholz is a serial systems change entrepreneur and innovator: she is the co-founder and CFO/COO of Armillaria, a tech-for-good company that creates digital infrastructure for more effectively and equitably mobilizing data, people, and capital towards addressing the most urgent challenges of our time. She is also a co-founder and game master at Game The System, a company that is creating serious games about stupid systems, using the power of empathy to change real world outcomes. Astrid is also known as a co-founder of Zebras Unite, a global movement for and by founders and investors who are building the businesses that are better for the world. She was previously President of Ecotrust, a conservation-based development organization with more than $300M in assets under management where she first learned about using business as a force for good. She holds degrees from the Universities of St. Andrews, Bristol, and California at Berkeley, and serves on the boards of Living Oceans Society, Habitat Media, and the nonprofit arm of Zebras Unite.

Dr. Astrid J. Scholz will be speaking on the panel, Systems Investment for Place: Policy + Governance  (PT 1: Case Study/Best Practices) on Wednesday, May 13th 

Brett Theodos is the director of the Center for Local Finance and Growth at the Urban Institute. He is a leading researcher in mission finance, small business outcomes, place-based development, and wealth-building tools. Dr. Theodos is regularly called upon by practitioners and policymakers to inform how to better expand prosperity in the US. Dr. Theodos serves on the board of directors with the Center for Community Progress, the Douglass Community Land Trust, Grounded Solutions Network, and the Housing Authority of Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Brett will be speaking on the panel, Systems Investment for Place: Narratives, on Wednesday, May 13th.  

Carol Redmond Naughton is the Chief Executive Officer of Purpose Built Communities®, the national leader in holistic neighborhood transformation designed to generate upward economic mobility and improved health outcomes for residents. Purpose Built Communities forms long-term partnerships with local organizations fully invested in the hard work of transformation in their neighborhoods. Through expert pro-bono services and support, Purpose Built helps these local organizations center the voices of residents and advance their strategy through its proven model.  Carol is responsible for setting the strategic vision of the organization, with a focus on expanding the impact and reach of Purpose Built, its Network, and the communities it serves.  Carol has been with the organization since its inception in 2009 and became CEO in 2020. Under her leadership, Purpose Built has grown into a transformative force and a national leader in strengthening neighborhoods to create more access to the American dream for families across the country.

Prior to joining Purpose Built, Carol served as the executive director of the East Lake Foundation, where she played a critical role in shepherding the comprehensive revitalization of the East Lake neighborhood to put more families on a pathway to prosperity. Her prior experience includes serving as general counsel and deputy executive director of The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, where she was instrumental in developing the legal and financial model for mixed-income housing. Carol began her career as a commercial real estate lawyer in private practice in Atlanta.

Beyond her work with Purpose Built, Carol volunteers with several local and national organizations including serving on the board of directors for the Low Income Investment Fund and as a member of the Fifth Third Bank National Community Advisory Forum. She is also a Global Trustee of the Urban Land Institute. In the past, she served as a member of the board of directors of the Charles R. Drew Charter School and on the Build Healthy Places Network National Advisory Council. 

Named to Forbes Magazine’s 2025 50 Over 50, selected as one of the 2025 Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Women of Influence Honorees, Atlanta Magazine’s Atlanta 500, and Georgia Trend’s Georgia 500, Carol is a nationally sought-after voice on economic mobility, health, community transformation, education, and housin

Christine is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Blue Highway Capital. Chris has 25 years of expertise in sourcing, structuring, and managing investments through two funds she co-founded. Her investment portfolio includes small middle market companies across a broad range of industries including business services, health care services, telecommunications, transportation and logistics, consumer products, and manufacturing. These investments have been made in rapidly growing businesses and structured to support growth, acquisition and recapitalization strategies.

Chris has served on the boards of numerous portfolio companies and various industry associations. Ms. Jones was a member of the Board of Directors of the St. John’s International School in Waterloo, Belgium and its Foundation in the United States.

Chris holds a B.A. degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Christine will be speaking on the panel, Rootshots: Transformative Ideas for Places & Communities, on Thursday, May 14th

Chris is a Senior Director at Omidyar Network, where he oversees the firm’s work focused on responsible technology investing.   He also serves as Omidyar Network’s Chief of Staff and a member of Executive Team.  Chris previously served as a Senior Director on ON’s Reimagining Capitalism team, and lead for the firm’s impact investing field building portfolio.   

Chris has served on advisory and/or governance roles for the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), Blue Haven Initiative, the Catalytic Capital Consortium, Novata, Social Finance US, and the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing.

Prior to joining the firm, Chris was director of global partnerships at the U.S. Agency for International Development. He also was a Partner at Accenture and Director of Global Programs for Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP), the firm’s not-for-profit international development consulting practice.

Chris has a Master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and a B.A. in economics and international studies from Miami University, where he was a Truman Scholar.

Chris will be speaking on the panel, Systems Investment for Place: Technology (PT 1: Case Study/Best Practices), on May 13th

Native Baltimorean and reformed commercial real estate banker, Dana Cole has been on a mission to empower leaders of small businesses and nonprofits since 2003.  She currently leads Impact Hub Baltimore, one of 130+ hubs around the world that advance civic wealth through the intersectionality of social innovation, entrepreneurship and cross-sector collaboration. Since 2024 she and her team have grown this membership community of grassroots leaders, changemakers, and microbusinesses, modelling and cultivating a human-centered workplace. She views her work as creating the conditions for a just, sustainable and innovative Baltimore economy to emerge. 

For more than two decades prior to joining Impact Hub Baltimore, Dana advised business and nonprofit leaders on strategic finance, operations, and capacity building, helping organizations strengthen systems, manage growth, and navigate complex transitions. Her past experience includes C-suite and interim executive roles in community development, arts, and social enterprise organizations, where she has led financial turnarounds and successful leadership transitions. 

Dana earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BA in Economics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She has served as a board member and treasurer to several civic, cultural, and political organizations and is the current treasurer for Afro Charities, Inc. and Dance and BMore. You can find her playing the flute at R&B and jazz jam sessions, in the orchestra pit for local theater productions, or in concert with fellow musicians.

Dana will be speaking on the panel, Connection Lab: Impact Providers, Wednesday, May 13th

Deborah Frieze is an author, entrepreneur and professor with a focus on community-based investing, blended finance and economic democracy. She currently serves as Senior Economic Advisor to Principles for Peace, a Geneva-based organization that embodies a new approach to peace and security at the global, regional and local level. Through her work at P4P, she has created the Palestinian Impact Initiative (PII), a catalytic impact investing fund in the West Bank that serves as a source of economic stabilization and recovery. Deborah is co-founder of the Unlock Ownership Fund that seeks to build wealth in historically underinvested households through home and employee ownership. In 2012, she co-founded the Boston Impact Initiative, an impact investing fund working to close the racial wealth divide in New England.

Deborah will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Cities/Neighborhoods Approaches on Thursday, May 14th."

Damien Dwin is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lafayette Square®, a private credit firm lending capital to growing middle market companies in working-class places. 

Previously, Damien served as Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Brightwood Capital Advisors from its founding in 2010 to October 2020.  

Damien began his career as a trader with Goldman Sachs, New York & London, there earning the Michael P. Mortara Award for Innovation. At Credit Suisse, he was the Co-Founder and Head of the North American Special Opportunities business until 2010. Damien also served on the Vice President Selection Committee and led the Fixed Income Division Credit Training Program.  

Damien serves on the non-profit boards of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Studio Museum in Harlem, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Boys’ Club of New York, and Vera Institute of Justice. He is a Council Member of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. 

Damien received a B.S./B.A. from Georgetown University. 

Damien will be seaking on the panel, Rootshots: Transformative Ideas for Places & Commuinities on Thursday, May 14th.

Daniel is President & CEO of Appalachian Community Capital (ACC). ACC is a membership-based CDFI whose purpose is to attract new sources of capital and other support for small businesses in under-resourced and disinvested places across the 13-state Appalachian region. Prior to ACC, Daniel led the Green Bank for Rural America, where he focused on financing solutions coupled to workforce development and community engagement strategies to strengthen rural economies, expand local ownership, and build long-term wealth and well-being. Daniel’s background includes hands-on experience in a variety of sectors, including energy-efficient home building, retail food, nonprofit leadership, and artisan baking.

Daniel will be speaking on the panel, Integration Lab - Rural Stewards and Strategies on Thursday, May 14th. 

David Erickson is head of Community Development and Economic Education at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He has convened thousands of experts to be speakers at conferences and authors in a series of books on how community development finance can work with other social investors to create more opportunities in low-income communities. Key to this strategy is to create new alliances with those who previously did not work with the community and economic development sectors, including: health, climate resiliency, household financial wellbeing, art and artists, faith communities, and others. Throughout, he has focused on how quasi-markets can be tools to create better social outcomes—the subject of his first book, Housing Policy Revolution: Networks and Neighborhoods. Erickson is also the author of The Fifth Freedom: Guaranteeing an Opportunity-rich Childhood for All. And he co-edited the “What Works” book series: Investing in What Works for America's Communities:  Essays on People, Place, and Purpose (2012); What Counts:  Harnessing Data for America's Communities (2014); What It's Worth:  Strengthening the Financial Futures of Families, Communities and the Nation (2015); What Matters:  Investing in Results to Build Strong, Vibrant Communities (2017); and What’s Possible: Investing Now for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods (2024).

Erickson has a PhD in history from the University of California, Berkeley and a BA from Dartmouth College.

Erickson will be speaking on the panel, Shifting Systems: Where We Stand & Where We're Headed, on Wednesday, May 13th

Dr. Michelle Carrera Morales is a leader, practitioner, and emerging voice in poverty reduction and economic mobility. She currently serves as CEO of Xiente, a Philadelphia-based community development organization advancing strategies that integrate affordable housing, early childhood education, workforce development, and innovative anti-poverty initiatives.

Raised in public housing, Dr. Carrera Morales brings lived experience to her work designing and leading efforts that expand economic stability and mobility for families. 

With over two decades of experience in nonprofit leadership and systems change, she focuses on translating research into practice—particularly through initiatives that pair income supports with personalized economic-mobility coaching, mixed-income housing models, and cross-sector partnerships that align public, philanthropic, and private capital.

Dr. Carrera Morales holds a Doctorate in Leadership and Management (Ed.D.) and is a 2023 Eisenhower Fellow. 

She is also the Founder and Principal Consultant of Aldea Strategies, a consulting practice supporting mission-driven and faith-based organizations in strengthening strategy and designing effective poverty-reduction initiatives.

Dr Michelle wil speaking on the panel, Integration Lab: City & Neighborhood Stewards and Strategies on Thursday May 14th. 

Edgar Villanueva (Lumbee) is the founder and CEO of the Decolonizing Wealth Project/Liberated Capital and author of the bestselling book Decolonizing Wealth, leading a transformative approach to philanthropy through an Indigenous lens of collective healing and reparative action. Since launching DWP in 2018, Villanueva has mobilized nearly $1 billion in philanthropic capital and developed the Reparative Philanthropy™ Framework, which guides donors, foundations, and financial institutions in shifting from traditional charity models to investments rooted in human dignity, reciprocity, and systemic change. Through DWP's donor community fund Liberated Capital and the Moonshot initiative—a 10-year strategy to catalyze $1 trillion in reparative giving—he consults with national philanthropies, Fortune 500 companies, and DAF holders on social impact investment strategies that advance racial equity and climate justice. A 2025 Time 100 Climate Leader and enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe, his work has been featured in the New York Times, Barron's, Forbes, and NPR.

Edgar will be speaking on the panel, Systems Visionaries: How Leaders Are Shifting Models, Acting  & Iterating, on Wednesday, May 13th

Elisse Douglass is the Founder & CEO of East Freedman & Main, a real estate and investment firm focused on ownership, capital formation, and long-term economic infrastructure in historically divested communities. Her work sits at the intersection of institutional real estate development, impact capital, and community-led ownership strategies, with an emphasis on projects that require sophisticated capitalization, public-private coordination, and durable governance structures. She brings more than a decade of experience across development, investment, and finance, including senior development roles in Northern California where she led acquisition, development, and asset management across retail, residential, office, and mixed-use projects totaling more than $2.5B.

At East Freedman & Main, Douglass leads national work with community-based organizations, developers, and public-sector partners to structure real estate strategies that preserve local control while operating at scale, spanning advisory, development management, owner representation, and capital strategy. Her portfolio includes community-controlled development models that connect real estate to small business ecosystems, workforce participation, and long-term ownership—exemplified by the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment in the Bronx, where she supported a complex capitalization of more than $250M and a governance structure designed for long-term community stewardship. She also co-founded the Oakland Black Business Fund in 2020 and serves on the Investment Advisory Board of Community Impact Investment. Her leadership has been recognized with the 2020 Community Advocate Award from the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce. Douglass holds an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas, a BA in Architecture from Columbia University, and she has been named a Consortium Fellow, Goldman Sachs MBA Fellow, and Toigo Fellow.

Elisse will be speaking on the panel, Systems Investment for Place: Policy + Governance  (PT 1: Case Study/Best Practices) on Wednesday, May 13th.

Fran Seegull is Founding President of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance. The Alliance works to increase awareness of impact investing in the U.S., foster deployment of impact capital across asset classes globally, and partner with stakeholders, including government, to build the impact investing ecosystem. The Alliance and B Lab co-lead the Coalition on Inclusive Economic Growth, a broad-based group of 60+ impact-oriented business and investor organizations dedicated to coordinating public and private sector action to generate inclusive economic growth.

Seegull also serves as Founding Executive Director of the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing—a grantmaking donor collaborative focused on growing the field with impact integrity.

Previously, Seegull was Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director at ImpactAssets, where she headed investment management for The Giving Fund, now a $4.5B impact investing donor advised fund. Before joining ImpactAssets, Seegull was Managing Director at Funk Ventures, an impact venture capital firm. She also served as VP of Business Development at Novica, an online impact enterprise representing artisans in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Seegull has a BS in Economics from Barnard College at Columbia University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves on the Board Credit Committee of Calvert Impact Capital, the Trust Stewardship Committee of Trimtab, the Advisory Board of the CASE i3 Initiative at Duke University, and the Investment Advisory Council of the Social Finance Impact-First Fund of Funds.

Fran will be speaking on the panel, Systems Visionaries: How Leaders Are Shifting Models, Acting & Iterating, on May 13th 

Havell Rodrigues is the Founding Partner at New Majority Capital, a certified B Corp impact firm focused on closing persistent wealth gaps using Entrepreneurship through Acquisition as a vehicle. The firm provides technical assistance through an accelerator and manages innovative impact funds that aim to remove barriers to knowledge and access to entrepreneur-friendly capital to underrepresented entrepreneurs. He is a former fintech entrepreneur and hedge fund-of-fund manager. He has an MBA from Babson College and is a CAIA charterholder.

Havell will be speaking on the panel,  Systems Investments for Place: Policy + Governace (PT 1: Case Study/Best Practices), on Wednesday May 13th.

Ian is CEO of Westfuller and co-head of Bivium Westfuller, an investment advisory group providing strategy and management for values-aligned global institutions and private clients seeking impact.

A specialist in evidence-driven global investment advisory and impact-focused management, Ian empowers wealth with purpose—believing financial systems can drive flourishing democracy and inclusive economy. He co-leads the firm's commitment to advancing justice and equity, public purpose finance, community infrastructure, and climate sustainability.

As Board Chair of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, Ian bridges activism and finance. He also serves as a board member and Investment Committee Chair of ImpactAssets, and holds board and investment committee positions with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and other social justice and impact investing organizations.

Ian holds a B.S. in Business and Political Economy and M.S. in Global Finance from HKUST/NYU, the Chartered Financial Consultant designation, and Series 66 license. He is an Aspen Finance Leaders Fellow, Aspen Global Leaders Network member, YPO NY Liberty Chapter member, and Black Trustees Alliance for Art Museums member. Based on New York's Lower East Side, he can often be found perfecting espresso, reading, or training for adventure races.

Ian will be speaking on the panel, Rooted Capital: Building Wealth in Place, on Wednesday, May 13th. 

James Johnson-Piett is Principal and CEO of Urbane Development, an evangelist for a new kind of community development catalyzing responsible innovation, economic mobility, and shared ownership.

With over two decades of experience across 100+ communities in North America and the Caribbean, James has marshaled over $225 million for small business and asset-building initiatives and co-developed over $800 million in mixed-use impact real estate, including 2,000+ units of affordable housing. He spearheads Urbane's Brick and Bond capital platform and community investment vehicles enabling residents to build ownership stakes in neighborhood assets. James also chairs Mangrove Community Wealth, Inc., a nonprofit advancing community wealth building through field building, incubation, and prototyping best practices globally. and leads the Centers of Excellence Federation, a ten-city collective building neighborhood innovation hubs in Black diaspora communities.

James was named a Notable Leader in Real Estate by Crain's New York and is an Aspen Ideas Festival Fellow.

James wil be speaking on the panel, Capital Orchestration for the Future of Places on Wednesday, May 13th. 

Jay is a nationally recognized leader in social entrepreneurship and impact investing. He is passionate about implementing innovative solutions to address economic disparity in

underserved communities. As the President and C.E.O. of Innovation Works and Ignite Capital, Jay demonstrates his commitment to reducing Baltimore City's racial wealth divide by supporting the launch and growth of sustainable social enterprises in economically distressed neighborhoods.

Innovation Works and Ignite Capital manage an ecosystem of over 180+ active social entrepreneurs and 110+ volunteer executive mentors working together to build wealth and sustain neighborhoods all over Baltimore. Ignite Capital bridges the gap between social entrepreneurs and the financial capital needed to drive impact and financial sustainability. 

Jay is deeply committed to connecting people to vocations that allow them to pursue their passions and build economic security for their families and communities.

Jay will be speaking on the panel, Connection Lab: Impact Providers , on Wednesday, May 13th. 

Jenny has almost 30 years of experience as an attorney and advisor for small business.  

She is the author of Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund Your Business without Selling Your Soul (Berrett-Koehler, October 2017).

Jenny earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and a masters degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley.

Jenny served on the Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies.

Jenny will be speaking on the panel, Systems Investment for Place: Policy + Governance (PT 2 - WORKSHOP) on Wednesday, May 13th.

Jennifer Pryce is President and CEO of Calvert Impact, a global nonprofit investment firm. Over the past decade, Jenn has shaped the strategic direction of Calvert Impact to focus on innovation, sustainability, and scale. Under her leadership the organization has mobilized over $5B across five products, as well as built a syndications services business that raised another $1B on behalf of our partners and were awarded a $6.97B federal grant as part of the Climate United coalition. 

Before joining Calvert Impact: Jenn began her career in the Peace Corps before working for NeubergerBerman, the investment banking team in Morgan Stanley’s London office, and Nonprofit Finance Fund, a Community Development Financial Institution. Jenn studied engineering at Union College and holds an MBA from Columbia University. She is a board member of UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children and a member of the Advisory Board of Greenwheel and the Operating Principles for Impact Management. She also serves as a lecturer at Oxford Saïd School of Business.

Jennifer will be speaking on the panel, Redesigning Capital: Systems, Power, and What Comes Next, on Wednesday May 13th. 

Joe Scantlebury is the President and CEO of Living Cities, a collaborative of prominent foundations and financial institutions who envision an equitable and inclusive economy in which all residents of American cities live economically sustainable, abundant, thriving, connected and healthy lives and can build generational wealth. Joe leads an expert staff, who partner and collaborate with leaders from government, civil society, philanthropy, and the corporate and financial sectors and advance capital innovations in home and business ownership, impact investing, and other wealth building strategies.

Prior to joining Living Cities, Joe served as vice president for program strategy at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and led strategic programming efforts to improve the lives of vulnerable children and families in the Foundation’s priority places. As senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Washington, D.C., Joe led state policy advocacy Northeast, Midwest, and Mid-South states. Joe also helped the Gates Foundation innovate in its support for civil rights and equity advocacy organizations. Prior to philanthropy, Joe represented the interests of children in the Juvenile Justice and Dependency Care systems served as a staff attorney at the Youth Law Center in Washington, DC. Served as the founding director of the National HIRE Network, and CEO & General Counsel for STRIVE NY.

Joe received a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University’s New York State School of Industrial & Labor Relations, a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law, a Master of Public Administration from the NYU Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, and a Doctor of Humane Letters from Livingstone College.

Joe is a board member of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy and the Televisa Univision Foundation, Zephyr Impact, and a member of the Fidelity Investments and Fidelity Foundation Invest in My Education Advisory Board.

Joseph will be speaking on the panel, Capital Orchestration for the Future of Places on Wednesday May 13th. 

Kevin Jones is a serial entrepreneur successful eight out of nine times. He has been a columnist for Forbes and written frequently for the New York Times. He co-founded the SOCAP conference. Starting his career as a country weekly newspaper editor in the poorest county in Mississippi, his investigative reporting sent the high sheriff to prison. He is married to Rosa Lee Harden, who is also his business partner. They have two children and two grandchildren.

Kevin will be speaking on the panel, Promises to Place: What Comes Next is Ours, on Thursday, May 14th.

Dr. Kimberly McGlonn is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, and a bold voice in the movement to build better businesses and leadership practices — ones rooted in equity, sustainability, and care. As the founder of Grant Blvd, the first Black woman-owned B Corp in the U.S. fashion industry, Kimberly has redefined what ethical entrepreneurship can look like, turning vision into measurable impact. Her latest company, Build It Boldly, a media and leadership development company, expands that legacy, offering a roadmap for leaders who want to move beyond good intentions toward businesses and lives that are exceptionally designed.

Her voice has been featured in Essence, Vogue, and Inc. Magazine, and most recently as a columnist for Philadelphia Magazine. She has been named “150 Most Influential Philadelphians” for the last 3 years in a row. 

Across sectors, Kimberly inspires diverse audiences with optimism and agency.

Kimberly will be the MC for Total Impact Summit '26

Kimberlee Cornett is a nationally recognized leader in impact investing, housing finance and, philanthropy and serves as the Director of Impact Investments at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  At RWJF she manages the Foundation’s $625M allocation for investments furthering health and racial equity.   Previously, Kimberlee led the Social Investment Practice at the Kresge Foundation with a focus on using guarantees to catalyze investment and placed based investments.  

Before shifting to impact investing, Kimberlee was Vice President of Investment Management at Enterprise Community Investment where she led capital raising for the company’s tax equity business. Earlier in her career, she was appointed a White House Fellow and started an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity in Virgina.  

Kimberlee is an experienced Board member on nonprofit and quasi-public boards and serving on the Board of the Conservation Fund, GoodWeave International and, as a Commissioner on the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis.  She is an advisor to the Apollo Impact Fund and served eight years on the International Board of Habitat for Humanity as a member on the finance, audit and risk management committees.   

A member of the Annapolis Rowing Club, Kimberlee lives and rows in Annapolis, Maryland. She and her husband are parents of three college age students.

Laura is Operating Partner at Base10. She works on governance, transparency, sustainability, and inclusivity and leads the firm's impact partnerships.

Laura is a tri-sector social entrepreneur. She joined Base10 after serving two years as the Head of Impact at Echoing Green, a global social innovation fund. She is the co-founder and CEO emerita of Code2040, a nationally-recognized, award-winning nonprofit driving inclusive innovation.

In 2016, Laura was tapped to serve in the Obama Administration as a senior advisor to US Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith. From 2014-2016 she sat on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Department of Commerce. 

Laura served as entrepreneur in residence at New Media Ventures where she coached founders, and at the American University of Rome and Stanford, where she taught courses on social innovation. Laura holds a BA from Harvard and a JD/MBA from Stanford. She once traveled for 303 days with a baby.

Laura will be speaking on the panel, Systems Investment for Place: Technology and Artificial Intelligence on Wednesday, May 13th. 

Mark Hays is a Managing Director and Director of Sustainable Investing. In this role, he provides strategic leadership of Glenmede’s sustainable investing efforts. Mr. Hays and his team are responsible for the development of new investment capabilities, the creation and delivery of innovative thought leadership, and the deepening of relationships with clients and industry partners.

Mark has prior experience at J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Cambridge Associates, where he also focused on sustainable and impact investing.  Mark has an M.B.A. from the London Business School, and B.S. from Wake Forest University, and recently completed Harvard's Sustainability Leaders Program.  

Mark serves on the Board of Directors for Believe in Students, a national non-profit focused on providing financial assistance to students in need, and is the Chair of the CFA Society Philadelphia's Sustainable Investing Leadership Committee.

May 14th.

Michael Brown is a research director at the Wharton Impact, Value, and Sustainable Business Initiative, a center at the Wharton School that advances knowledge and best practice at the intersection of business and socia impact. In addition to his role at Wharton, Michael is an active independent consultant specializing in research and impact assessment. Michael’s analysis and opinions have been featured in a variety of outlets, including Stanford Social Innovation Review, ImpactAlpha, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy. He has also authored numerous academic articles, textbook chapters, and white papers on topics ranging from gender lens investing to catalytic capital. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago.

Michael will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Across Places (WORKSHOP) on Thursday, May 14th. 

Micah Gold-Markel, distinguished as Solar Power World's Top Solar Changemaker, has established himself as an entrepreneurial force and a community stalwart in the solar energy sector of Philadelphia. His company, Solar States, a certified B-Corporation, stands as a testament to his dual mission of addressing environmental issues while revitalizing the local economy with sustainable jobs. Through free training initiatives like the Bright Solar Futures program and the City-funded Find Your Ladder program, Gold-Markel has seen his students make significant strides in the solar industry, stepping into roles such as Master Electricians, Permitting Officers, and Lead Solar Installers.

Gold-Markel's philosophy that the essence of solar energy extends beyond ecological benefits to the core of community enrichment is evident in his work. His collaborative efforts with organizations like PowerCorps PHL, Philadelphia OIC, the Energy Coordinating Agency, and the Philadelphia Energy Authority have led to the creation of numerous educational pathways, from hands-on installation training to solar technology sales and design, ensuring that the solar workforce is as diverse as it is skilled. The programs have not only promoted environmental awareness but also opened doors for urban youth to be part of the sustainability movement. Gold-Markel’s insistence on collective involvement underlines his belief in collaborative progress and has solidified his position as a leading figure in solar education and installation

Micah will be speaking on the panel, Systems Investment for Place: Policy + Governance  (PT 1: Case Study/Best Practices) on Wednesday, May 13th.

Norbert is the Director of Investments at Spring Point Partners, a Philadelphia-based social impact organization that invests in transformational leaders, networks, and solutions that can power community change and promote justice. In that capacity, he helps lead the Firm's Community Wealth Building work, focused on empowering under-invested communities to own and govern high-value, accretive assets to generate wealth more equitably. Prior to joining Spring Point Partners, he held a variety of traditional and impact finance investing roles, including at Good Chaos (an impact-first family office in Chicago), the DRK Foundation, and Acumen America.

Norbert will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital to Transform Communities, on Thursday May 14th. 

Octavio Sandoval, CFA, CAIA, genuinely seeks innovative solutions to address social and economic injustice facing historically disadvantaged and underrepresented communities.  He believes structural problems require structural solutions.

Prior to Illumen Capital, Octavio was a leader at MassMutual Life Insurance Company in building the emerging fund manager program, which allocated $50 million to a wide variety of BIPOC-led funds that invest in BIPOC-led startups. At MassMutual, Octavio also deployed over $500 million in allocations to various alternative investment strategies including private equity and private credit. Prior to MassMutual, Octavio held positions throughout traditional finance, including roles within investment banking, private wealth management and capital markets.

Mr. Sandoval earned a B.S. in Applied Economic & Management at Cornell University and holds an M.B.A from MIT Sloan School of Management. Mr. Sandoval currently serves as a board member of KIPP Northern California, covering 23 schools.

Preeti Bhattacharji is the Head of Sustainable Investing for J.P. Morgan’s US Private Bank. In this role, she works with advisors and their clients to incorporate sustainability into their investment portfolios, develops thought leadership, and works with portfolio managers and due diligence colleagues to expand the Private Bank’s sustainable investing platform.

Preeti has over a decade of experience stewarding Sustainable Investments across asset classes and return profiles. Prior to JP Morgan, Preeti worked on post-investment engagement at Calvert Research & Management. Before that, she served as a Vice President of Integrated Capitals at the F.B. Heron Foundation, working to better align the foundation’s endowment with its mission, informing Heron’s long-term strategic direction, and helping to steward its investments across asset classes. Preeti has also served as the assistant director for the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing and a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations, where she reported on global issues that included the global financial crisis and climate change.

Preeti currently teaches at Columbia University as an Associate Adjunct Professor and The Brandmeyer Fellow for Impact and Sustainable Investing. She serves on the Investment Committee of the Nathan Cummings Foundation.

Preeti will be speaking on the panel, Rootshot: Transformative Ideas for Places and Communities, on Thursday, May 14th. 

Peter Kaldes is CEO of Next50, a Denver-based and nearly $300 million private foundation working to create a world that values aging. Since 2023, he has transformed the foundation from traditional grantmaker to integrated capital deployer, authoring the Aging Investment Framework—a first-of-its-kind methodology for aligning capital with aging outcomes across all asset types. Under his leadership, Next50 targets systemic barriers to economic security in later life, invests in nonprofit resilience as essential infrastructure, and advances narrative change to shift cultural attitudes on aging. Previously, he led the American Society on Aging and held leadership roles in global philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase and economic policy in the Obama White House. Kaldes speaks frequently on longevity economics, impact investing, and demographic disruption at forums including the World Economic Forum, CES, and Aspen Ideas. He holds degrees from Tufts University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Rakiba Kibria (she/her) has over 15 years of experience mobilizing resources for the social sector. She is the VP of Resource Development at Nonprofit Finance Fund, a national CDFI uniquely serving the capacity and capital challenges of the nonprofit sector, and she is the Founder of Beyond the Raise, a strategic advising studio for mission-driven leaders to reimagine the fundraising playbook. 

Rakiba has held leadership positions at Common Future, Good Shepherd Services, The DOME Project among others and was a Fellow at the Just Economy Institute (2022-2023).  She has deep experience working with Philanthropy and Impact Investing stakeholders, designing and fundraising for creative capital solutions to meet community-driven needs. 

Rakiba holds a B.A. in International Development and Economics from American University and an M.S. in Nonprofit Management from Columbia University, where she was also an associate instructor for the program. She is a first-gen Bangladeshi American with strong Queens and NYC pride. 

In her free time, Rakiba likes dreaming up how to create a world and raise her two children beyond what the dominant imagination tells us we can and can’t do. Rakiba is a first-gen Bangladeshi American with strong Queens and NYC pride. Her lived experiences and love for her people ground all things she does.

Rakiba will be speaking on the panel, Connection Lab: Community & Network Builders, on Wednesday May 13th. 

Rey Ramsey is a social justice entrepreneur who brings more than three decades of experience as an executive in the non-profit, public, and private sectors. Rey is Nathan Cummings Foundation's (NCF) President & CEO, an Independent Trustee, and a member of the Investment Committee, where he plays a key role in helping fulfill the Foundation’s commitment to align 100% of its endowment with its mission.  

Rey currently serves as the Founder and CEO of Centri Capital, an investment firm designing and executing impact investment strategies with a focus on real estate development and affordable housing as a platform for human advancement. 

Rey has devoted his career to building and leading social enterprises. After serving as Oregon's Director of Housing and Community Services, he held successive positions as President and COO of Enterprise Community Partners, Chairman of Habitat for Humanity International, and founding CEO and Chairman of One Economy Corporation, a nonprofit provider of internet services to low-income homes. 

Additionally, Rey served as President and CEO of TechNet, a bipartisan network of tech executives representing two million employees and $800 billion in revenues. He has served as Chairman of the NAACP Futures Commission, and now serves as a director on numerous boards, including Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainability, MMGL Real Estate, and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). 

Rey is also the author of the forthcoming book, Tyranny of False Choices: A Guide to Authentic Decision-Making, which will be published by Forbes Books and release on March 17, 2026.

Rey will be speaking on the panel, Redesigning Capital: Systems, Power, and What Comes Next, on Wednesday May 13th. 

Rodney Foxworth is an investor and social entrepreneur with extensive networks across innovative finance, private capital, and philanthropy. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Worthmore, a strategic advisory firm specializing in capital innovation and impact investment solutions.

Before co-founding Worthmore, Rodney served as CEO of Common Future, a community-centered impact investing organization. Over his career, he has mobilized millions of dollars in philanthropic and impact investment capital toward community economic development and entrepreneurs of color.

Rodney serves on multiple boards and investment committees for companies, endowments, and private capital funds. He currently serves on the boards of Rhia Ventures, Rock Health, and SOCAP; is an independent trustee of the Woodcock Foundation; and is a member of the Investment Committee of World Education Services, the Investment Advisory Council of the Visions Fund at Philadelphia Foundation, and the Glenmede Sustainable Investing Advisory Council. He previously served as Vice Chair of Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF).

Rodney has been honored as a Skoll Awardee for Social Innovation and is an inaugural Ford Global Fellow, reflecting his long-standing commitment to advancing economic opportunity, broad-based ownership, and inclusive wealth building.

Rodney will be speaking on the panel, Redesigning Capital: Systems, Power, and What Comes Next, Wednesday, May 13th. 

Roodgally (aka Roody) is a Philadelphia-based senior reporter for ImpactAlpha’s editorial team. Before joining ImpactAlpha, he served as the property markets reporter and later senior reporter for Real Estate Fund Intelligence. During his time at REFI, Roodgally covered the top 100 largest global private equity real estate asset managers, primarily institutional capital allocation to their funds and investments. He was also a writer and digital producer intern for ImpactAlpha out of journalism school. Roodgally has a B.A. in Journalism & Communications from Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus and a Business Journalism certificate from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Roodgally will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital Communities, on Thursday, May 14th. 

Since January 2023, Rukaiyah Adams has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the 1803 Fund, an innovative organization dedicated to growing shared prosperity. The 1803 Fund aligns financial and community investments to invest for the people.

Rukaiyah brings a powerful blend of experience to her leadership role: the lived perspective of growing up in subsidized housing, the legal clarity gained from immersing herself in housing and urban development, and the sharp acumen of an investor who understands the transformative power of real assets in building community prosperity.

Ms. Adams leverages her extensive business expertise for the benefit of everyday people. She is a co-founder of both Albina Vision Trust and the 1803 Fund, visionary organizations committed to building common wealth. Her dedication extends to public service, including her role as a Commissioner for the Port of Portland, investment committee member of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and finally board members for Oregon Public Broadcasting and 1803 Fund.

Ms. Adams holds a Bachelor of Arts with academic distinction from Carleton College, a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School where she was on the Law and Policy Review and Co-President of the Law Student Association, and a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

Awards

(2025) Jonathan A. Newman Civic Leader Award, Civics Learning Project Honoree

(2025) Royal Rosarian Newsmaker Award

(2024) Sandra G. Wadsworth Lifetime Achievement Award, Excellence in Philanthropy & Community Impact Award

(2023) Equal Opportunity Dinner Honoree, Urban League

(2023) Honor Black Portland City African-American Network (CAAN)

Honors

Honorary Ph.D, Humane Letters, Portland State University

Honorary Ph.D, Public Service, Willamette University

Rukaiyah will be speaking on the panel, Rooted Capital: Building Wealth in Place, on Wednesday May 13th. 

Ryan brings 20 years of experience in the Real Estate, Community Development, and Entrepreneurship industries. Prior to Trust Neighborhoods, he led the Real Estate subsidiary for New Jersey Community Capital (NJCC), CAPC. Under his leadership, CAPC acquired 830 units and completed development/rehabbed projects totaling $124 million in total development costs. He also managed the sale of $150 million of assets and provided $5 million in down payment assistance to homebuyers.  Ryan experience covers the private and non-profit industries as he served as a Portfolio Manager for a retail space portfolio valued at $1 billion for Madison International Realty as well as worked on equity and debt sides of institutional commercial real estate at firms Brixmor and MetLife.  He honed his community development skills at Brick City Development Corporation. He holds a BS in Commerce with a concentration in Finance from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce and was formally inducted as a Counselor of Real Estate in 2025. 

Ryan is an active community member and serves on the following boards/councils:

-Member of the ULI Redevelopment & Reuse Product Council, 

-Council Member for the PNC Community Development New Jersey Advisory Council

-Board of Directors for Housing and Development Services, Inc. ("HANDS")

-Board of Director Solace Rose Innovation Academy

Ryan will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Cities/Neighborhoods Approaches, on Thursday, May 14th. 

Samantha Power is a regenerative economist, futurist, and bioregionalist. She is the Director of the think-and-do tank BioFi Project, which she co-stewards alongside her partner Tyler. Samantha is a co-author of the book 'Bioregional Financing Facilities: Reimagining Finance to Regenerate Our Planet.'

For more than a decade, she has been guided by a central question: “How do we change where money is flowing so that it supports, rather than destroys, life?” This inquiry has taken her into many places and communities around the world. Along the way, she has engaged in systems change work from the top down, the bottom up, and the inside out.

Together, with her team, Samantha supports place-based teams working to design and launch financial institutions that channel capital to long-term, bioregional-scale biocultural regeneration. Samantha strives to live her life in devotion to Gaia and to the flourishing and evolution of life on this sacred garden planet.

Samantha will be speaking on the panel, Promises to Place: What Comes Next Is Ours, on Thursday May 14th. 

Sandhya Nakhasi (she/her) is an executive leader and champion of reimagining a more equitable financial system. She is a co-CEO at Common Future after serving as Managing Director of Impact Investments, where she used an experimental approach to stewarding and growing a portfolio of field defining, equitable lending and community-led investment programs. In her career to date, she has worked at public, private, and non-profit financial institutions where she developed her expertise in impact investing, credit analysis, portfolio risk management, and portfolio operations.

Sandhya will be speaking on the panel, We the People, Live in Places, on Thursday, May 14th. 

Sergio Marrero is the Managing Director of Blue Ridge Labs, the innovation lab of the Robin Hood Foundation, the largest poverty fighting organization in New York City. He is also Founder of Rebel One, an investor network focused on accelerating founders for a better world. He graduated from the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Previously he led the George Schultz Innovation Fund at the University of Chicago and worked at Gotham Ventures, PepsiCo, Teach For America, and Deloitte Consulting. While in graduate school he conducted his thesis on venture studios and accelerating impact innovation at the intersection of business and government.

Sergio will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Cities/Neighborhoods Approaches (Workshop) on Thursday, May 14th. 

Somalisa Sahoo is an impact investing consultant at Cogent Consulting, where she specializes in place based investment strategies that deploy capital to strengthen local economies and communities. Her work focuses on investment research, market analysis, and due diligence for mission aligned investors. Previously, she worked as an analyst at an emerging markets fund of funds focused on gender and climate lens investing. Somalisa holds an MBA from ESADE Business School and a BA from Rutgers University.

Somalisa will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Cities/Neighborhoods Approaches, on  Thursday, May 14th. 

Tameka Vasquez is a Guyanese-American futurist, strategist, executive advisor, and speaker. She is committed to guiding leaders to shape the next era with consciousness and foresight. 

For over 15 years, Tameka has been at the forefront of future-shaping ideas and initiatives. She previously led marketing and business development strategy for global technology companies, including serving as Head of Marketing for Sidewalk Labs at Google. As an educator, she’s taught at business students, at Columbia University and other institutions, cross-disciplinary skills for durable careers in the evolving future of work.

Through her advisory practice, The Future Quo, Tameka partners with chief executives to shape strategy at inflection points — the moments when the status quo no longer works and when the path forward requires clarity, courage, and imagination. In partnership with the award-winning team at Clarity Media Group, she also trains corporate leaders and public figures in preparing for high-visibility moments, helping them communicate future-shaping ideas with confidence.

As a speaker and facilitator, Tameka helps organizations expand how they think about the future and their capacity to design new possibilities. She has been featured by Aspen Institute, Philadelphia Bar Association, NYU's Urban Future Lab, NASA's Glenn Research Center, The Association of National Advertisers, Hispanics in Philanthropy, Bermuda Economic Development Corporation, Step Dubai, Hospitality Design Magazine, and others.

Tameka will be speaking on the panel, Systems Investment for Place: Narratives (PT 1: Panel), on Wednesday, May 13th. 

Travis helps foundations across the United States commit to place-based impact investing. He has helped over 40 foundations ratify investment policies and programs allocating investments for housing, food systems, childcare, and other projects. Previously, Travis served as vice president at LOCUS Impact Investing and program manager for The Aspen Institute’s Community Strategies Group.

Travis will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Across Places, on Thursday, May 14th. 

Tiffany Canady has served as Reinvestment Fund’s Chief Financial Officer since 2024.  As Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Canady oversees all aspects of Reinvestment Fund’s finance and guides the fiscal strategic vision of the organization.  Ms. Canady provides oversight, advisement, and innovative solutions for operational and financial functions.  Ms. Canady brings over 20 years of experience in the financial services sector, serving most recently as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC).  Prior to joining PIDC, Ms. Canady worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for eight years, where she was an audit manager specializing in residential and commercial financial institutions.  Ms. Canady graduated from the State University of New York at Geneseo with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.  Ms. Canady is committed to board service for mission-oriented organizations that support the advancement of all people, especially around the areas of health, housing, employment, education and capital access.

Tiffany will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Cities/Neighborhoods Approaches (Part 1: Case Study/Presentation Panel), on Thursday, May 14th.

Yael Futer recently joined Philadelphia Youth Basketball (PYB) as Chief of Staff after making an intentional pivot from the for-profit world to community impact. Around the same time, a friend convinced her to join an Invest for Better learning circle. Six sessions later, she realized the best part wasn’t just the curriculum, it was the women in the room.

Over the next 18 months, Yael helped grow that spark into a community of more than 175 women across Philadelphia. Through Invest for Better circles, women gather to talk openly about money; how it shapes their lives, how it reflects their values, and how to use it more intentionally. It turns out that when women break the “we don’t talk about money” rule together, the result is stronger relationships, a lot of learning, and the occasional moment of financial bravery.

Yael will be speaking on the panel, Connection Lab: Community & Network Builders on Wednesday, May 13th.