Agents of Impact
Agents of Impact | November 20, 2020
Wukina’s Maureen Sibanda and Secha Capital’s Kuhle Mnisi
ImpactAlpha, November 20 – Follow the women… to catalyze an economic recovery and unlock trillions in new consumer spending power. Tech-enabled startups are …
Agents of Impact | November 13, 2020
Bold leaders. Taking action. Driving impact.
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 13 – Bold leaders. Taking action. Driving impact. That’s the tagline on the snappy Agents of Impact section on the new ImpactAlpha.com …
Agents of Impact | October 30, 2020
Kesha Cash, Impact America Fund
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 30 – Two years ago, ImpactAlpha recognized Kesha Cash as an Agent of Impact for her cutting-edge investment thesis: the billion-dollar …
Agents of Impact | October 16, 2020
Aisha Yesufu, Nigerian activist
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 16 – The world’s most populous Black nation is standing up to police brutality. The demand of protesters in Nigeria: #ENDSARS …
Agents of Impact | October 9, 2020
Anne Price, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 9 – Anne Price is the first woman and the first non-lawyer to lead the 51-year-old organization that works at the …
Agents of Impact | October 2, 2020
Archana Soreng, indigenous youth activist
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 2 – Global efforts to turn back the tide of biodiversity loss may be missing the trees for the forest. The …
Agents of Impact | September 25, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 25 – The advantages of women’s participation and leadership in business and society have become conventional wisdom. That’s in no small …
Agents of Impact | September 18, 2020
Jeffrey Ubben, Inclusive Capital Partners
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 18 – Oil giant BP this this week called Peak Oil. Ubben, a veteran hedge fund manager, is calling Peak Finance. …
Agents of Impact | September 11, 2020
Dave Kirkpatrick, SJF Ventures
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 11 – The co-founder and managing director of SJF Ventures still had half of the firm’s $125 million fourth fund when …
Laura Callanan of McKinsey & Co gives the Closing Keynote speech during the Duke Net Impact 2012 Conference at Geneen Auditorium on Wednesday, February 15th.
Agents of Impact | September 4, 2020
Beth Bafford, Calvert Impact Capital
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 4 – Months before the COVID crisis, Bafford told an interviewer that what she most liked about structuring deals and syndicating …
Agents of Impact | August 28, 2020
Professional basketball players. The women and the men.
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 28 – When the lineup of the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court on Wednesday, the players didn’t realize they’d …
Agents of Impact | August 21, 2020
Andrew Youn, One Acre Fund
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 21 – The goods and services needed to end global poverty are proven and well known, says Andrew Youn, founder and …
Agents of Impact | August 14, 2020
Maurice Jones, Local Initiatives Support Corp.
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 14 – It’s been a busy summer for Maurice Jones. If community development financial institutions are an overnight sensation decades in …
Agents of Impact | July 31, 2020
MacKenzie Scott, author and philanthropist
ImpactAlpha, July 31 – Call it “best practices for billionaires.” As her ex-husband, Jeff Bezos, and three other tech billionaires prepared to face Congressional …