Program

Impact Investing: Leveraging Capital Markets for Social Change

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• Amy Domini
  Founder and Chair of Domini Impact Investments
• Bruce Usher
  Co-director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise; Elizabeth B. Strickler ’86 and Mark T. Gallogly ’86 Faculty Director; and Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Business School

Is the American Dream Still Attainable?

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• Doug Bauer
  Executive Director at The Clark Foundation; Professor at Columbia Business School
• Debbie Wright
  Board Member of Citigroup and Memorial Sloan Kettering

Income Equality in the United States: Pathways to Economic Mobility for Marginalized Communities

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• Abigail Disney ’94GSAS ’87GSAS
  CEO and Co-founder of Fork Films
• S. Mona Sinha ’93BUS
  Board Chair of Women Moving Millions and the ERA Coalition Fund for Women’s Equality

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• Melissa Bradley
  Founder of 1863 Ventures and Co-founder of Ureeka
• Kesha Cash ’10BUS
  Founder and General Partner of Impact America Fund
• Jenny Tolan ’14BUS
  Co-founder at Level

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• Kiara Butler
  CEO and Founder of Diversity Talks
• Amanda DoAmaral
  Founder and CEO of Fiveable
• Shani Dowell
  Founder and CEO of Possip
• Beverly Leon ’20BUS ’14CC
  Founder and CEO of Local Civics
• Aaron T. Walker
  Founder and CEO of Camelback Ventures

• Bruce Usher
  Co-director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise; Elizabeth B. Strickler ’86 and Mark T. Gallogly ’86 Faculty Director; and Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Business School
• Sheryl WuDunn
  Author and Journalist

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• Steven Cohen
  Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs at SIPA; Director of the Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management at The Earth Institute; Director of the MPA Program in Environmental Science and Policy
• Chelle Izzi ’04BUS
  Executive Director of Distributed Generation at NextEra Energy Resources
• Donna Sanders ’17BUS
  Founder and CEO of Virimodo
• David Snydacker
  CEO of Lilac Solutions

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• Rachel Cernansky ’08JRN
  Sustainability Editor at Vogue Business and Freelance Journalist
• Ashia Sheikh Dearwester
  Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer at Nest
• Mallory McConnell
  Senior Director of Supplier Sustainability and Partnerships at PVH Corp
• Anushka Salinas ’10BUS
  President and Chief Operating Officer at Rent The Runway
• Jessica Schreiber ’11GSAS
  Founder and CEO at FABSCRAP

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• Josh Benson
  Partner of Old Town Media
• Kaizar Campwala
  Vice President of News at Disney
• Nick Chen
  Co-founder and CEO of Pico
• Sherrell Dorsey ’18JRN
  Founder and CEO of The Plug
• Elizabeth Green
  CEO and Co-founder of Chalkbeat
• Sibel Lowin
  Global Partnerships Solutions Lead at Google

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• • John Goldstein
    Head of the Sustainable Finance Group at Goldman Sachs
  • Vikram Raju
    Head of Impact Investing at Morgan Stanley
  • Megan Starr
    Global Head of Impact for The Carlyle Group
  • Iain Ware
    Managing Director of Bain Capital Double Impact

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• Jeffrey Hollender
  Co-founder, CEO, and Board Chair of American Sustainable Business Council
• Vikas Raj ’10
  Managing Director at Accion Venture Lab

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• Olivia Albrecht ’10BUS
  Executive Vice President, Head of ESG Business Strategy at PIMCO
• Navindu Katugampola
  Head of Sustainable Investing, Fixed Income and Liquidity at Morgan Stanley
• Sam Mindlin ’21BUS
  MBA Candidate at Columbia Business School
• John Paluska ’21BUS
  Vice President, ESG Securitized Products at Bank of America; EMBA Candidate at Columbia Business School
• Mark Zurack
  Senior Lecturer in Discipline in Business at Columbia Business School

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• Kaushik Kappagantulu ’17BUS
  Co-founder and CEO of Kheyti
• Sara Tjossem
  Senior Lecturer at Columbia University | SIPA
• Scott T. Weathers
  Senior Policy Specialist at The Good Food Institute

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• David del Ser ’08BUS
  Chair and Chief Innovation Officer at BFA Global; Director of the FinnSalud Project
• Diane M. LuTran ’21BUS
  EMBA Global Candidate at Columbia Business School, London Business School, University of Hong Kong; Formerly Digital Finance Specialist at International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
• Jennifer Pryce ’00BUS
  President and CEO of Calvert Impact Capital
• Brad Swanson ’88BUS
  Partner at Developing World Markets

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• Shanthakumar Bannirchelvam ’22BUS
  Panel Organizer for the Social Enterprise Conference and ​EMBA Candidate at Columbia Business School; Managing Director at Global Impact Partners
• Rajesh Dash
  Associate Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center; Co-founder of HealthPals
• Amelia Earnest ’22BUS
  AVP of the Social Enterprise Conference and MBA Candidate at Columbia Business School
• Varun Jhaveri
  Officer on Special Duty at National Health Authority of India

• Caroline Brady
  Vice President and Product Strategist at BlackRock Active Equities Group
• Daniel Concessi
  Research Analyst at BlackRock
• William McSweeney, CFA
  Vice President, Research Analyst, and Member of the Global Impact Team, Fundamental Equity Division of BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group
• Eric Rice
  Managing Director and Head of Active Equities Impact Investing at BlackRock
• Quyen Tran
  Director of Impact Investing at BlackRock
• Flora Cameron Watt
  Impact Analyst at BlackRock

Using Sustainable Investing to Transform the Status Quo at Scale and Create a Sustainable and Inclusive Economy

• Geoffrey Heal
  Donald C. Waite III Professor of Social Enterprise and Bernstein Faculty Leader at Columbia Business School
• Peter S. Knight
  Co-founder and Managing Partner at Cyan Capital Partners
• Beth Richtman ’07BUS
  Co-founder and Managing Partner at Cyan Capital Partners
• John-Austin Saviano
  Co-founder and Managing Partner at Cyan Capital Partners

Embedding Sustainability into PepsiCo Beverages North America’s Value Chain

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• Jason Blake ’05BUS
  Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer at PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA)
• Vanessa Burbano
  Assistant Professor of Management at Columbia Business School