Lindsay Shumlas
Silvia Cavalcanti
Silvia Cavalcanti
Keynote Speaker
CEO | Cotopaxi
Silvia Cavalcanti
Silvia Cavalcanti
Silvia Cavalcanti
Keynote Speaker
Global Chief Marketing Officer | Endeavor
Lee Pelton
Silvia Cavalcanti
Lee Pelton
Keynote Speaker
CEO & President | The Boston Foundation
The Future of the Social Contract
Tracy Palandjian
Kevin B. Churchwell, MD
Kevin B. Churchwell, MD
CEO & Co-Founder | Social Finance
Kevin B. Churchwell, MD
Kevin B. Churchwell, MD
Kevin B. Churchwell, MD
CEO | Boston Children’s Hospital
Jonathan Feinberg
Kevin B. Churchwell, MD
Jonathan Feinberg
Civil Rights Attorney & President | National Police Accountability Project
Building Social Enterprises in the Global South
Sisi Pan
Achitha Jacob
Achitha Jacob
Senior Advisor | Maisha Meds
Achitha Jacob
Achitha Jacob
Achitha Jacob
Founder & Former CEO | Proactive For Her
Emily Stone
Achitha Jacob
Emily Stone
Founder & CEO | Uncommon Cacao
Cross-Sectoral Approaches to Strengthening Local Communities
Nicole Sherard-Freeman
Nicole Sherard-Freeman
Nicole Sherard-Freeman
President & CEO | Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan
Reilly Kiernan
Nicole Sherard-Freeman
Nicole Sherard-Freeman
Partner | The Bridgespan Group
Beyond CSR: How Corporations Build Impact into Strategy
Kate Swain-Smith
Kate Swain-Smith
Kate Swain-Smith
Executive Partnerships Lead | Ownership Works
Kapil Mathur
Kate Swain-Smith
Kate Swain-Smith
Strategic Partnerships Lead, MENAT Group | Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Ryan Del Grosso
Kate Swain-Smith
Ryan Del Grosso
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer | IMPCT Group
The Future of Philanthropy in a Volatile World
Sergio Marrero
Sergio Marrero
Sergio Marrero
Managing Director | Blue Ridge Labs @ Robin Hood
Jill Shah
Sergio Marrero
Sergio Marrero
President | The Shah Foundation
Parth Ahya
Sergio Marrero
Parth Ahya
Chief of Staff | Renaissance Philanthropy
Ed Shapiro
Sergio Marrero
Parth Ahya
Trustee | The Shapiro Foundation
Mobilizing Catalytic Capital for Systems Change
Omolola Bridget Oloworaran
Omolola Bridget Oloworaran
Omolola Bridget Oloworaran
Director General | National Pension Commission (PenCom), Nigeria
Dean Hand
Omolola Bridget Oloworaran
Omolola Bridget Oloworaran
Chief Research Officer | Global Impact Investing Network
Robert Meloche
Omolola Bridget Oloworaran
Robert Meloche
Head of Philanthropic Partnerships | International Finance Corporation
An Inside Look at Impact Investing
Ladell Robbins
Ladell Robbins
Ladell Robbins
Managing Director | BlackRock Impact Opportunities
Cecilia Chao
Ladell Robbins
Ladell Robbins
Partner | Bain Double Impact
Kyle Teamey
Ladell Robbins
Kyle Teamey
Managing Director, Planetary Health Fund | RA Capital Management
Building a Workforce for the Future
Stephanie Ralston Khurana
Stephanie Ralston Khurana
Stephanie Ralston Khurana
CEO | Axim
Andre Green
Stephanie Ralston Khurana
Stephanie Ralston Khurana
Executive Director of SkillWorks | The Boston Foundation
Nick Simmons
Stephanie Ralston Khurana
Nick Simmons
CEO | Pursuit
Designing Digital Public Infrastructure for the AI Era
Deon Woods Bell
Deon Woods Bell
Deon Woods Bell
Senior Advisor, Global Policy and Advocacy | The Gates Foundation
Rahul Parthe
Deon Woods Bell
Deon Woods Bell
CTO, Co-Founder, and Chairman | TECH5
Jonathan Donner
Deon Woods Bell
Jonathan Donner
Chief Knowledge Officer | Caribou Digital
AI for Public Good
Neel Lakhani
Madeleine Smith
Madeleine Smith
Vice President of Innovation | Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Madeleine Smith
Madeleine Smith
Madeleine Smith
Co-founder | Civic Roundtable
Sam Lazarus
Madeleine Smith
Sam Lazarus
Advisor | Remarkable Tech
The Transformation of Our Information Ecosystem
Nicco Mele
John Hammontree
John Hammontree
CEO | Warchest
Co-Founder | Lexington Observer
John Hammontree
John Hammontree
John Hammontree
Head of Podcasting | AL.com
Max Tani
John Hammontree
Max Tani
Media Editor | Semafor
Adapting Global Health Response in the Era of Climate Change
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman
Nieman Fellow | Harvard
Senior Reporter and News Presenter | EIB Networ
Marcia C. de Castro
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman
Andelot Professor of Demography | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Assaf Anyamba
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman
Assaf Anyamba
University of Maryland Baltimore County & NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
MyDzung Chu
Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman
Assaf Anyamba
Assistant Professor | Tufts University
Development Aid 2.0: Opportunities & Challenges
Dr. Ana Pantelic
Nicholas O’Donohoe
Dr. Ana Pantelic
Executive Director | MIT D-Lab
Gomez Agou
Nicholas O’Donohoe
Dr. Ana Pantelic
Senior Research Fellow | Harvard Kennedy School
Nicholas O’Donohoe
Nicholas O’Donohoe
Nicholas O’Donohoe
Senior Fellow | Harvard Kennedy School M-RCBG
Former CEO | British International Investment (BII)
Building Equity into Climate Resilience Strategies
Dr. Neenah Estrella-Luna
Dr. Neenah Estrella-Luna
Dr. Neenah Estrella-Luna
Anti-racism and social equity researcher and organizer
Andrew Gibbs
Dr. Neenah Estrella-Luna
Dr. Neenah Estrella-Luna
Managing Director | Arctaris Impact Investors Real Estate Team
Hessann Farooqi
Dr. Neenah Estrella-Luna
Hessann Farooqi
Executive Director | Boston Climate Action Network
Steve Koller
Kendra Hodgson
Hessann Farooqi
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Postdoctoral Fellow
Kendra Hodgson
Kendra Hodgson
Kendra Hodgson
Managing Director, Women Make Movies
documentary screening : razing liberty square
Saturday February 28th, 2:30pm-4:30pm
When rising sea levels threaten the future of coastal dwellers in Miami, wealthy
property owners seek to strike gold inland by developing the historically black
community of Liberty Square.
Katja Esson is an Emmy and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, born in Germany and based in Miami. Known for her intimate character-driven documentaries tackling race, class, and gender, her credits include WMM release FERRY TALES, which turns the unlikely setting of the Staten Island Ferry Powder Room into a celebration of sisterhood (HBO 2004) and was nominated for Best Documentary Short in the Oscars. In 2007, HOLE IN THE SKY - THE SCARS OF 9/11 received the Gold-Award at the World-Media-Festival. Her 2011 film SKYDANCER, a WMM release, about two Mohawk ironworkers torn between the Akwesasne reservation and New York City, received nominations for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Cinematography at the Shanghai Film Festival and premiered on PBS and ARTE in 2011. Katja’s POETRY OF RESILIENCE, a WMM release, was nominated for the Cinema for Peace Award in 2012. Her five-part documentary series BACKROADS USA (2014) and AMERICAN RIVERS (2016) premiered on ARTE and PBS in 2018. RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE (2023), a WMM release that was also made with the support of Women Make Movies’s Production Assistance Program, broadcast on Independent Lens in 2024. Katja and is a Simons-Public Humanities Fellow at Kansas University, and her films have screened at the Museum of Modern Art, American Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Knight Foundation, ITVS, IDA Enterprise, NYSCA, the Redford Center, Sundance and the Ford Foundation
