2003 National Conference
2003 Investors’ Circle National Conference
“Building Sustainable Communities: From Philanthropy to Venture Capital”
November 2-4th
Cambridge, MA
The
event brought together angel investors, professional venture
capitalists, venture philanthropists, foundations and others to examine
the continuum of strategies for deploying risk capital to support
social entrepreneurship at the community level. Investors’ Circle’s
mission is to catalyze the flow of capital to early stage companies
that address social and environmental problems. The educational portion
of this year’s conference explicitly examined innovative philanthropic
strategies that complement our work.
Day
One, in collaboration with Social Venture Partners, offered panels and
speakers addressing topics including inner city venture philanthropy,
community development venture capital, job creation, and the
relationship between for-profit and non-profit strategies for
supporting social entrepreneurship and healthy communities.
Day Two of the event featured a venture fair, at which 17 early-stage companies presented potential investment opportunities.
Speakers included:
Shari Berenbach - Executive Director, Calvert Social Investment Foundation
David Berge - President and Founder, Underdog Ventures, LLC
Angel H. Bermudez - Director of Grantmaking, The Boston Foundation
Elyse Cherry - CEO, Boston Community Capital
Mary Seton Corboy - Founder and CEO, Greensgrow Farm Project
Amy Domini - CEO, Domini Social Investments LLC
Penelope Douglas - President and Co-founder, Pacific Community Ventures
Edward Dugger III - UNC Partners, Inc.
Jed Emerson - Senior Fellow, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and a Lecturer, Stanford University ’s Graduate School of Business
Connie Evans - CEO and President, Women's Self Employment Project Ventures/Futures
Chris Gabrieli - Co-founder and current Chairman of Massachusetts 2020
Robert Glassman - Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Wainwright Bank & Trust Company
Pat Gray - Executive Director, The Food Project
Paul S. Grogan - President and CEO, the Boston Foundation
Mossik Hacobian - Executive Director, Urban Edge Housing Corporation
Laury Hammel - Co-Chair, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
Nat Henshaw - Founder and President, CEI Ventures
Chuck Holland - Executive Director, Social Venture Partners Boston
Chuck Lacy - President, Barred Rock Fund
Gloria H. Lee - Vice President and Investment Officer, JP Morgan Chase's Community Development Group
Christine Letts
- Rita E. Hauser Lecturer in the Practice of Philanthropy and Nonprofit
Leadership and Associate Director, Hauser Center for Nonprofit
Organizations at Harvard University
Glynn Lloyd - Founder and Chief Executive Officer, City Fresh Foods
Tom Miller - Former director of Program Related Investments, Ford Foundation and Founding CEO, Kentucky Highlands
Tod Murphy - President and CEO, Farmer’s Diner
William Osborn - Managing Partner, Commons Capital
Timothy Smith - Senior Vice President and Director of Socially Responsive Investing, Walden Asset Management
Woody Tasch - Chairman and CEO, Investors’ Circle
Larry Waddell - Managing Director, SJF Ventures
Conference Advisory Board: Carol Atwood - CEO, Spartacus Media Enterprises
Jed Emerson - Senior Fellow, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Chuck Holland - Executive Director, Social Venture Partners Boston
Gloria Lee - Vice President, JP Morgan Chase Community Development Group
Tom Miller - Former Director, Program Related Investment, The Ford Foundation
Siobhán A. O'Riordan - Director, Giving Network, Associated Grant Makers
Nick Smith - Chairman, Community Development Venture Capital Alliance
Woody Tasch - Chairman and CEO, Investors' Circle
Larry Waddell - Managing Director, SJF Ventures (previously Sustainable Jobs Fund) Sponsors: Many thanks to the following organizations for their generous support of this event:
Social Venture Partners Boston
Fleet
SURDNA FoundationNew Hope Natural Media
SJF VenturesCalvert Social Investment Fund
Merrill LynchAdams Harkness & HillBabson CollegeWainwright BankGoldman SachsNational Venture Capital AssociationTrillium Asset ManagementRudolf Steiner Foundation Domini Social InvestmentsHarvard Business School's Initiative on Social EnterpriseBiodynamic Farming and Gardening AssociationCommons Capital |
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