Agents of Impact
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Agents of Impact | September 10, 2021
Universal Owners
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 10 – When you own everything, you don’t want everything to go to hell. That’s the simple concept behind the emerging doctrine …
Agents of Impact | September 3, 2021
Jessica Brooks, Sunwealth
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 3 – On neighborhood strolls, Jessica Brooks sees schools, churches, apartment buildings – and unused rooftops. Such “infill” spaces represent a …
Sakena Yacoobi, Afghan Institute of Learning
Agents of Impact | August 27, 2021
Sakena Yacoobi, Afghan Institute of Learning
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 27 – The Taliban is in power in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Not going away are the education centers, health clinics …
Charli Cooksey, WEPOWER | Photo by Lindy Drew of Humans of St. Louis.
Agents of Impact | August 13, 2021
Charli Cooksey, WEPOWER
ImpactAlpha, August 13 — Charli Cooksey has lived most of her nearly 35 years on the same block in North St. Louis. After …
Elizabeth McCluskey, CMFG Ventures
Agents of Impact | July 30, 2021
Elizabeth McCluskey, CMFG Ventures
ImpactAlpha, July 30 – This is what an impact investing career path looks like. McCluskey was working at UBS, first in investment banking and …
Heather Fleming, Change Labs
Agents of Impact | July 23, 2021
Heather Fleming, Change Labs
ImpactAlpha, July 23 – Heather Fleming started an industrial design firm to do thoughtful, community-centered design. Several years ago, she brought her skills …
Nasir Qadree, Zeal Capital Partners
Agents of Impact | July 16, 2021
Nasir Qadree, Zeal Capital Partners
ImpactAlpha, July 16 – As a first-time manager of an impact-oriented venture fund – and a Black man – Qadree defied the odds when …
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Howard University
Agents of Impact | July 9, 2021
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Howard University
ImpactAlpha, July 9 – Good journalism can make people feel uncomfortable. Well-told stories prompt readers and listeners to challenge assumptions, and can force societies …
Leo Strine
Agents of Impact | July 2, 2021
Leo Strine on worker power and ‘fair and sustainable capitalism’
Leo Strine was effectively the chief justice of U.S. corporations. As the top judge on the Delaware Supreme Court and, before that, chancellor …
top left to right: Gloria Majiga-Kamoto (Malawi), Thai Van Nguyen (Vietnam), Maida Bilal (Bosnia and Herzegovina); bottom left to right: Kimiko Hirata (Japan), Sharon Lavigne (U.S.), Liz Chicaje Churay (Peru) | Image credit: Goldman Environmental Foundation
Agents of Impact | June 25, 2021
Green Nobel winners
ImpactAlpha, June 25 – Environmental activism is social activism. Gloria Majiga-Kamoto became the face of the crusade to ban single-use plastics in Malawi. Why? …
Photo credit: Opportunity Finance Network
Agents of Impact | June 18, 2021
Lisa Mensah, Opportunity Finance Network
The rising star of community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, was on display in Lisa Mensah’s appearance alongside Vice President Kamala Harris and …
Antony Bugg-Levine and Jed Emerson
Agents of Impact | June 11, 2021
Antony Bugg-Levine and Jed Emerson
ImpactAlpha, June 11 – Early leaders face a choice as movements grow: Fade away or adapt their game. In the decade since Antony Bugg-Levine …
Agents of Impact | June 8, 2021
Jed Emerson suits up for his next act
ImpactAlpha, June 8 – Impact investing’s original provocateur, Jed Emerson, is joining Tiedemann Advisors as global lead of impact investing. The New York-based wealth advisor manages …
Charlie Penner, Engine No. 1 | Photo credit: WSJ/Paul Morse
Agents of Impact | May 28, 2021
Charlie Penner, Engine No. 1
ImpactAlpha, May 28 – It was the little engine that could. This week, Engine No. 1, a tiny, five-month old activist hedge fund, prevailed …
Lynn Jurich, Sunrun: Photo credit: Sunrun
Agents of Impact | May 21, 2021
Lynn Jurich, Sunrun
ImpactAlpha, May 21 – As Elon Musk grabs headlines, Lynn Jurich grabs customers. The co-founder and CEO of Sunrun has quietly added 500,000 customers …