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.

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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

Alexis Halbert is the Director of Learning & Evaluation at Impact Finance Center, where she leads the development of community-engaged learning processes and impact-measurement frameworks that ensure investment strategies produce meaningful, equitable, and long-term results. With more than two decades of project-management experience across philanthropic, nonprofit, governmental, and private-sector organizations, Alexis integrates rigorous analytical methods with deep commitments to community voice and equitable development.

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

Allegra Stennett is co-founder of New Majority Capital, an impact investing firm focused on small business buyouts by underrepresented entrepreneurs. Allegra sits on the firm’s Investment Committee and also oversees extern partnerships. 

Prior to NMC, Allegra completed an MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management and an EdM in Education Policy & Management at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Following completion of her undergraduate studies, Allegra was a banker at J.P. Morgan in New York for 5 years. She split her time equally across the investment banking and commercial banking divisions. During her tenure, Allegra covered a variety of multi-billion dollar client relationships in the Healthcare, Industrials, Natural Resources, and Nonprofit sectors, launched a second language program to prepare 5,000 tri-state employees for international opportunities,  and completed an expat assignment in London.

Allegra is a native New Yorker, daughter of Jamaican immigrants, and currently resides in Boston.

Allegra will be speaking on the panel Inclusive Capital Exchange (ICX)  on Wednesday, May 13th. 

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

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 

Brandon Boyle joined Community Health Center Capital Fund in February 2016. He is responsible for developing and managing Capital Fund’s lending programs, which include capital-raising, underwriting, negotiating, and structuring community health center capital project loans, asset management, and compliance. Additionally, he manages Capital Link’s New Markets Tax Credit GO Zone program. As director, Mr. Boyle is directly involved in all strategy development for the Capital Fund. Previously, Mr. Boyle served six years at Root Capital, first as Director of Lending Operations and then as Vice President of Loan Operations. He was responsible for managing an $86 million commercial loan portfolio with over 200 loans for this international loan fund. He also served four years in successive roles at Capital District Community Loan Fund—including Loan Officer, Senior Loan Officer, and Director of Lending—where he gained underwriting and loan management expertise lending to nonprofits and small businesses in the Albany, NY area. Prior experience also includes positions at Massachusetts Housing Partnership and Washington Mutual Bank, and two years of service in the Peace Corp in the Kyrgyz Republic. Mr. Boyle holds a Master of Public Administration and Master of Business Administration from the State University of New York at Albany.

Brandon will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Rural Approaches on  Thursday, May 14th. 

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.  

Brian has worked globally facilitating community development, arts initiatives and social benefit projects. As the executive director of Halloran Philanthropies, Brian oversees initiatives that introduce creative structures to support underinvested leaders in the philanthropic, community organizing, and impact space. Brian has an MFA from Bard College and brings an artist's sensibility to his work.

Brian will be speaking on the panel, Building Power in Place: Investing in Artist-Led Systems Change, on Thursday, May 14th. 

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

Caroline Woolard has spent two decades building communications infrastructure for a Just Transition that is rooted in cultural life. Today, she is the CEO of Pollinator.coop, a tech-forward peer coaching network and insights company launched in 2025 to grow leadership and field-building capacity across the creative economy. Since 2020, Woolard has moved $6M+ to arts and culture cooperatives via Art.coop, a national network connecting artists to cooperative models of ownership and governance. She has held roles on the executive team of Open Collective, as the Program Head of Foundations at Montclair State University, and as the W. W. Corcoran Professor of Community Engagement at George Washington University. Woolard was the youngest person to deliver an Annual EF Schumacher Lecture, alongside Matt Stinchcomb, in 2014. Her major reports — Solidarity Not Charity (Grantmakers in the Arts, 2021) and Spirits and Logistics (Center for Cultural Innovation, 2022) — have shaped the field of arts and culture grantmaking. Her books include Making and Being (Pioneer Works, 2019) and Art, Engagement, Economy (onomatopee, 2020). When Woolard is not working as an entrepreneur, she is making sculptures as an accomplished artist. Woolard’s artwork has been exhibited at MoMA, the Whitney, and Creative Time, and featured twice on PBS’s Art21 / New York Close Up.

Caroline will be speaking on the panel, Integration Lab: Across Places, on Thursday, May 14th. 

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

Cory Donovan is a Co-founder and founding Executive Director of ImpactPHL.

Cory’s background in economic development and community building includes operating a tech startup incubator and serving as Executive Director of the Roanoke–Blacksburg Technology Council. His corporate experience spans roles at leading technology firms including Hughes, DIRECTV, and Aerotek.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Scranton and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. Outside of work, Cory enjoys pickup basketball, hip hop and old-school rap, home improvement projects, stand-up comedy, classic cars, and supporting animal welfare.

Cory will be helping provide opening and closing remarks throughout the Total Impact Summit.  

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.

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

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

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."

Dennis is chief executive officer at ImpactAlpha, where he’s leading the platform’s next stage of growth. Dennis joined ImpactAlpha over a decade ago as a writer and has played a key role in building out the publication’s editorial platform, subscription engine and sponsorship base. 

Prior to ImpactAlpha, Dennis co-founded 118 Capital and worked at the Media Development Investment Fund and the Global Impact Investing Network. He began his career as a Peace Corps volunteer in Armenia and as an institutional fundraiser at the national office of Big Brothers Big Sisters. 

Dennis is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and Boston College. He grew up in New Jersey and lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and four children.

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

Denise W. Barreto is a national justice strategist and public systems architect working at the intersection of infrastructure, narrative, and power. A former public servant and longtime independent practitioner, she helps cities, institutions, and movements translate justice from values into durable systems—across mobility, care, public space, and capital.

For more than a decade, Denise has led Relationships Matter Now, advising government agencies, nonprofits, and mission-driven leaders on organizational design, leadership development, and the human and policy infrastructure required for equitable growth. Her work focuses on aligning people, systems, and strategy so change can survive leadership transitions and political cycles.

That long-standing systems practice later carried her into senior public roles, including serving as the inaugural Chief Equity and Engagement Officer at the Chicago Transit Authority and as Director of Equity and Inclusion for Cook County government. In 2025, she culminated that work by helping lead a historic transit funding reform in Illinois as a private citizen, reversing decades of underinvestment in the nation’s third-largest transit system.

Denise is the founder of Built For Us All, and her work has been featured on NPR and major media outlets.

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

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 

Greg Stuppler is the Founder and Principal of SURF Capital and SURF Asset Management, extensions of his Family Office established for impact investing. SURF invests in sustainable residential and hospitality projects in the U.S. and legacy investments from his tenure as a private equity investor in Asia.  SURF’s focus today is on solutions to the housing crisis.  In addition to his work at SURF, Greg advises Shift Capital, a leading impact investment shop focused on urban revitalization.

SURF was established following a successful career in real estate private equity with leadership roles at Starwood Capital, PAG Capital and APL Group, and a formative career in Real Estate Investment Banking. Greg has been directly involved in over five billion in investments and almost $15 billion in transactions. Greg received his BBA in Finance from University of Michigan and MBA from Harvard.

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

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. 

Jodi Reynhout has over two decades of experience as a nonprofit executive and strategist. As the owner and principal of Itinerant Consulting, LLC, she supports nonprofit organizations to develop administrative and programmatic infrastructure, focusing on finance, communications, board governance, strategic planning, and program incubation.  She works with both startup and mature organizations, including currently: Developing the Mortgage Bankers Association’s national homeownership equity initiative; supporting the Memphis, TN-based workforce development organization The Collective Blueprint; and serving as Director of Strategic Development for the Bishop GE Patterson Ministry.  She previously served as the Vice President of Strategy and Operations at The Collective Blueprint, and as Senior Vice President of Community Engagement and Vice President of Administration at Esperanza in Philadelphia, PA.  Her career is marked by a focus on neighborhood revitalization, economic and workforce development, education, and community outreach. Ms. Reynhout holds a Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. As an ImpactPHL board member, she serves as the Secretary and Chair of the Governance Committee.

Jodi will be speaking on the panel, Building Power in Place: Investing in Artist-Led Systems Change, on Thursday, May 14th.

Joe joined CFNE in 2021 as their first New York State loan officer as the loan fund expanded into the state. He previously coordinated a national collaborative of 35 cooperative developers working to transition small businesses to democratic employee ownership at the nonprofit Democracy at Work Institute.  Prior to that he was the Finance Manager for consumer-owned GreenStar Food Co-op in Ithaca, a $20m business with 3 locations and more than 12,000 members. Joe’s formative years with the cooperative model were spent walking to 4am shifts in the fog as a worker-owner at Arizmendi Bakery in San Francisco, and as a cooperative entrepreneur launching new bakeries for the Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives, which now has more than 175 worker-owners.

Joe will be speaking on a panel, Transforming Capital Home: Rural Approaches (WORKSHOP) on May 14th. 

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. 

Kafi Lindsay is a nationally recognized leader in impact investing and inclusive economic development, with more than two decades of experience mobilizing capital across the public, private, and philanthropic sectors. Born and raised in North Philadelphia, she brings a deep, place-based understanding of how investment can either reinforce inequity or serve as a powerful tool for sustainable economic value creation.

Kafi has built a career at the intersection of finance, economic development, and systems change. She began her professional journey in public service as an attorney with the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Housing Authority, where she gained firsthand experience of the structural barriers facing communities and institutions alike. She later transitioned into community development banking and investment banking at two of the nation’s leading financial institutions. In those roles, she originated and executed more than one billion dollars in credit facilities and capital markets financings, structuring complex transactions to support housing, public infrastructure, and community-serving enterprises.

Today, Kafi serves as Chief Executive Officer of ImpactPHL, a nonprofit intermediary advancing place-based impact investing in the Greater Philadelphia region. Under her leadership, ImpactPHL convenes investors, foundations, financial institutions, and civic leaders to strengthen the regional impact investing ecosystem and accelerate the flow of capital into local, investable solutions. Her work focuses on aligning institutional capital with community priorities, building durable investment infrastructure, and positioning the region to lead the next generation of impact investing.

Kafi is widely regarded as a bridge-builder across sectors and a strategic architect of initiatives that harmonize financial performance with measurable social and economic impact.

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 Constantine serves as Senior Vice President of Dogwood Health Trust where he directs the Foundation’s grantmaking, impact investing, policy and advocacy, and civic engagement portfolios.

Prior to joining Dogwood, Mark served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Richmond Memorial Health Foundation, Senior Vice President of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, and Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Mid South. 

Constantine currently serves on the Board of Grantmakers in Aging, Duke University Divinity School, and Partners for Sacred Places.  He is a past Board member of Episcopal Relief and Development and Virginia Funders Network where he served as the founding Board Chair.

He is the author of two books, Wit and Wisdom: Unleashing the Philanthropic Imagination and Travelers on the Journey: Pastors Talk about Their Lives and Commitments.

Constantine holds a PhD from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business (Duke University), a Masters of Theological Studies from Duke Divinity School, and a BA from the College of William and Mary. 

Most importantly, he is the very proud father of Noah Balazs Constantine.

Mark will be speaking on the panel, Transforming Capital for Home: Rural Approaches, on Thursday, May 14th. 

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.

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Mary Dunaway is Chief Operating Officer at Cinereach, a media and story incubator evolving from traditional grantmaking into something new—building infrastructure where narrative change, entertainment, and impact capital converge.

Cinereach's work spans early investment in films like Moonlight to producing award-winning projects like Beasts of the Southern Wild, and now developing models that treat cultural narrative as strategic infrastructure for transformation. Mary's leading the question: when systems investors need to shift culture—not just policy or behavior—what does that capital deployment actually look like?

With 20+ years in media and philanthropy, Mary works on the unglamorous infrastructure questions at Cinereach: How do you translate narrative change research into entertainment content? What does blended capital look like when the asset is storytelling craft? How do investors resource the cultural narratives that either enable or constrain their community development work?

Mary is a member of The Impact Guild and Media Impact Funders, is a Board member of the American Leadership Forum of Tacoma/Pierce County, and lives in Seattle with a gaggle of teenagers and dogs.

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

Mel Harris (they/them) is a musician, convener, and cultural producer exploring how artists can actively reshape systems of finance, ownership, and power. Their work sits at the intersection of creative practice and economic experimentation, with a focus on collective funding models, community-held resources, and artist-led cultural infrastructure.

They are a co-founder of Sweet Juice Fest in Philadelphia, a community arts festival that functions as both cultural celebration and a testing ground for new approaches to resourcing and governance. As a member of CultureBanq, Mel contributes to a broader ecosystem of artists designing and advancing new models for place-based investment and community-rooted transformation.

Mel will be speaking on the panel, Building Power in Place: Investing in Artist-Led Systems Change, on Thursday, 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.

Nejla Liias, founder and CEO of Kinaura Partners, is a strategic advisor and systems thinker who helps organizations navigate the complexity of global development and social change. She leads a multidisciplinary team that partners with foundations, nonprofits, and private‑sector organizations to build effective strategies, strengthen organizational decision‑making, and drive meaningful action across multiple levels of impact.

Under Nejla’s leadership, Kinaura has developed deep expertise across sectors including agriculture and nutrition, maternal and reproductive health, climate change, gender, and democracy. She guides her team in identifying unexpected synergies and fostering collaboration between traditionally siloed partners. This systems‑level approach enables organizations to leverage interconnections and deliver sustainable, far‑reaching outcomes.

Before establishing Kinaura, Nejla served as a consultant to the Gates Foundation on global health policy and advocacy initiatives. Her earlier career in public finance at Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan provides her with a strong understanding of market‑based approaches to development and social investment. Drawing on this diverse background, Nejla bridges perspectives across finance, philanthropy, policy, and civil society to help organizations navigate complex challenges.

Nejla’s commitment to creating systemic change extends to her local community, where she is deeply involved in local policy and advocacy, supporting local citizens and organizations to navigate elections and policy, raise their voices, and hold their elected officials to account. She serves as a strategic thought partner to Partners for Climate Action of the Hudson Valley as well as the Ulster County Workforce Development Board.  Nejla also serves on the Board of the Reykjavik Global Forum (RGF).  RGF brings together influential women and their allies from across the world to share ideas, spark solutions, and drive progress toward equality & increased women’s representation in leadership.

Nejla holds an MPP with a concentration in international policy and development from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy and a BS from Bates College.

Nejla will be speaking on the panel, Integration Lab: Across Places, on Thursday, May 14th 

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. 

Pam Porter is CEO of Green Bank for Rural America, a subsidiary of Appalachian Community Capital, established to manage a $500 million Greenhouse Gase Reduction Fund grant to benefit rural communities.  While the grant is paused, Green Bank connects sources and users of capital to finance renewable energy projects to lower costs, build resilience, and create good jobs. In addition, Pam serves as founder and Senior Advisor to Stepping Stone Partners, a consulting firm that works with mission-driven organizations and leaders to achieve their strategic priorities. Previously, Pam led Strategic Consulting at Opportunity Finance Network, where she worked nationally with CDFI practitioners and CDFI investors, including banks, foundations, and government agencies. Pam is also active in the American Sustainable Business Network and Investors' Circle. Earlier in her career, Pam worked in banking and international management consulting. Pam lives in Pennsylvania, where she splits her time between Monroe County and the Philadelphia suburbs.

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

Penelope Douglas has spent her career at the intersections of social investment, community investment, and artist-led social impact.  For the last 10 years, she has focused on artist- led systems change in communities through CultureBanq, an enterprise she co- founded.  In this work, as in her prior career, Penelope translates vision into highly innovative community- led initiatives.  Reimagining investment for more productive and equitable impact on community wellbeing is at the heart of her work.

CultureBanq and its sister initiative culture therapy have seeded several place based artist- led and designed experiments in the last 24 months in urban and rural neighborhoods. 

She has also advised national organizations, including One Nation One Project, The Lewis Prize for Music, and The Guild of Future Architects.

From 2020-2022 she was the Chief of Strategy for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, where she guided a multifaceted approach encompassing artist centered investment, art and community partnerships, philanthropy, technology, and measurement of impact.  Among many initiatives she guided were the Artist-Led Giving Circle, fiscally sponsored by YBCA, and the first in the country Guaranteed Income Pilot for artists.  

Throughout her career Penelope has performed executive roles and established networks across banking, community development finance, social enterprise, impact investing, and arts and culture. She served as the co-founder and CEO of Pacific Community Ventures, a community investment organization (CDFI) investing in and advising small businesses to create good jobs in low-income communities.  She was a senior executive and Chair of the largest impact investing conference, SOCAP.  

Penelope’s work is rooted in her passion for communities to build the best models for themselves, the power of cross-sector collaboration, and the opportunity for new models of investment in communities.

Penelope has served as a board member of numerous businesses and nonprofit organizations. She served as a Director and headed the Governance Committee for New Resource Bank (acquired by Amalgamated Bank), and as a director of the Opportunity Finance Network.   Currently, she serves on the board of Aeris. Penelope graduated from Smith College. She is an artist.

Penelope Douglas will be speaking on the panel, Building Power in Place: Investing in Artist-Led System