Fall 2012 Speakers

Melissa Bradley - TIDES

Melissa L. Bradley is Chief Executive Officer of Tides. Melissa has a strong track record of creative and innovative leadership and a background as a

Jay Coen Gilbert - B LAB

Jay Coen Gilbert is a Co-Founder of B Lab, a nonprofit organization that serves a global movement to redefine success in business so that all

Ron Pernick - CLEAN EDGE

Ron Pernick is founder and managing director of clean-tech research and advisory firm Clean Edge and the coauthor of two books on clean-tech business

Jigar Shah - INERJYS

Jigar Shah is an entrepreneur and visionary committed to leveraging the next economy by solving the challenging issues of our time. Shah has

Sonal Shah - HARVARD, CASE FOUNDATION

Sonal Shah is a Fellow at the Harvard University's Institute of Politics and a Senior Fellow working at the Case Foundation on Impact Investing.

Suzanne Biegel - CATALYST AT LARGE

Suzanne is the founder of Catalyst at Large Consulting and is a catalyst in impact investing, philanthropy, and early stage social impact business.

Margot Brandenburg - ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION

Margot Brandenburg became an Associate Director of the Rockefeller Foundation in 2006. She works on program initiatives that pertain broadly to

Michael Burgmaier- SILVERWOOD PARTNERS

Michael Burgmaier is an investment banker focused on the premium consumer/healthy living sectors with Silverwood Partners, where he assists

Jennifer Carolan - NEW SCHOOL VENTURES FUND

Jennifer Carolan leads the NewSchools Seed Fun, which was created to make investments in early-stage education technology companies with potential for

Cathy Clark - CASE AT DUKE UNIVERSITY

Catherine Clark is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua

Jim Davidson

Jim Davidson is an early-stage investor and advisor with over 20-years of internet technology experience. Previously, he was a senior leader at Aol

Justin Desrosiers - INVESTORS' CIRCLE

Justin Desrosiers is the Director of Strategy & Operations at Investors’ Circle, the oldest, largest, and most successful early-stage impact

Pedro Garcia - HADLEY PARTNERS

Pedro García has over 20 years of investment banking experience involving a broad range of transactions, including corporate sale assignments,

Ron Gonen - CITY OF NEW YORK

Ron Gonen is currently the Deputy Commissioner of Sanitation for New York City. He is responsible for implementing Mayor Bloomberg's waste

Mark Grovic - NEW MARKETS VENTURE PARTNERS

Mark Grovic co-founded New Markets Venture Partners in 2003 and is a General Partner. Mark serves or has served on the Board of Directors for

Gene Gurkoff - CHARITY MILES

Gene Gurkoff is the founder of Charity Miles, a free iPhone/Android app that enables people to earn money for charities by walking, running and

Jenny Harms - HITACHI FOUNDATION

As Program Officer, Jenny Harms co-manages the Hitachi Community Action Partnership (HCAP) – a corporate/foundation collaboration that engages

Janie Hoffman - MAMMA CHIA

Janie Hoffman is the CEO and founder of Mamma Chia, an organic chia based food and beverage company based in San Diego, and the category innovator who

Brian Kaminer - TALGRA

Brian Kaminer is the founder of Talgra, which is focused on cultivating sustainable investments, from sustainable food to renewable energy. He

James Key-Wallace - VESTED FOR GROWTH

James Key-Wallace has placed millions of dollars of investment capital, employing a variety of structures from subordinated debt to royalty financing

Jay Lee - SMALLKNOT

Jay Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Smallknot, a community crowdfunding platform for small businesses. Jay began his career in international

Rich Leimsider - ECHOING GREEN

Rich leads Echoing Green’s efforts to identify promising social entrepreneurs and support them throughout their careers. Prior to Echoing Green,

Ryan Levinson - SUNFUNDER

Ryan is the founder and CEO of SunFunder, a crowdfunding platform connecting investors to high-impact solar energy projects in off-grid communities

Ken Merritt - MERRITT, MERRITT & MOULTON

Ken is the Managing Director of Merritt& Merritt & Moulton, a boutique corporate, securities and intellectual property law firm based in

Bonny Moellenbrock - INVESTORS' CIRCLE

Bonny is the Executive Director of both Investors’ Circle and SJF Institute and brings extensive entrepreneurial, venture capital, sustainable

Cody Nystrom - SJF VENTURES

Cody Nystrom is a Principal at SJF Ventures, a third-time growth equity fund focused on investing in high growth, positive impact companies. Cody

Ronan O'Brien - GREENBURG TRAURIG

Ronan is a corporate partner with the global law firm of Greenberg Traurig LLP. He advises companies and investment

Chinwe Onyeagoro - O-H COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Chinwe Onyeagoro is the co-founder and CEO of O-H Community Partners (OHcp), an economic development consulting firm, focusing on small and midsize

Richard Osborn - RECAP HEALTH VENTURES

Richard is a long time investor and entrepreneur based in Canada with interests across Canada, the US and Europe. As an investor, Richard co

Luther Ragin - GLOBAL IMPACT INVESTING NETWORK

"Luther M. Ragin, Jr. is the Chief Executive Officer of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to

Eduardo Rallo - PACIFIC COMMUNITY VENTURES

Eduardo Rallo is Managing Partner of Pacific Community Management, a community-focused venture capital fund that invests in small businesses that can

Amanda Steinberg - DAILY WORTH

Amanda Steinberg is the founder of DailyWorth, an online community of women who talk money. DailyWorth helps women earn more, save more and spend

Brad Sterl - RUSTIC CRUST

Brad Sterl has been in the restaurant/food industry since he was 15 years old. By 17 he was a manager of The Weathervane Restaurant in Sanford, Maine;

Martin Whittaker - SONEN CAPITAL

Martin Whittaker is an investment and business professional with over 15 years’ experience in the sustainable investing and environmental