Speakers & Special Guests
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SPEAKERS A-F
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Andrea Abrams, Executive Director, Defending American Values Coalition
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Akasha Absher, Co-President, Syntrinsic, LLC
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Frances Aderhold, Research Analyst, Sustainable Investing, Fiduciary Trust International
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Fatima Angeles, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation, and Confluence Board Member
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Jennifer Ayer, Managing Director/Co-Head of Impact Strategy, Wealth Management, AlTi Tiedemann Global
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Jason K. Babbie, Vice President of Programs and Climate Solutions Director, Confluence Philanthropy
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John Balbach, Director, Impact Investments, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Solange Bandiaky-Badji, Coordinator and President, Rights and Resources Initiative / Group
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Gaurab Bansal, Executive Director, Responsible Innovation Labs
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Andrew Behar, CEO, As You Sow
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Meredith Benton, Principal and Founder, Whistle Stop Capital
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Keith Bisson, President, Coastal Enterprises, Inc (CEI)
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Alissa Black, Strategic Advisor, Media Democracy Fund
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Marla Blow, President and Chief Operating Officer, Skoll Foundation
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Brian Boland, Co-Founder, Delta Fund
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Amy Brakeman, Co-founder, Unlock Ownership Fund
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Margot Brandenburg, Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation
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Ed Briscoe, Managing Director, Weave Social Finance
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Bruce Campbell, Chief Happiness Officer, Blue Dot Advocates
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Amy Case-Miranda, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Foothills Regional Housing
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Thea Chase, Board Chair, Colorado Venture Capital Authority
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Lori Choi, Partner – Senior Advisor, Veris Wealth Partners
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Aimée Christensen, Chief Executive Officer, Christensen Family Foundation and Confluence Board Member
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Musa Collidge-Asad, Chief Investment Officer, Inclusive Prosperity Capital
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Adam Connaker, Director, Impact Investing, Surdna Foundation
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Dana Cotter, Managing Director of Impact, ImpactAssets
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Adam Cummings, Trustee, Nathan Cummings Foundation
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Donna Daniels, Senior Fellow, Partners for Rural Transformation/Heron Foundation
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Smitha Das, Senior Director, Investments, World Education Services (WES)
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Sarah DeNicola, Social Equity Program Director, Confluence Philanthropy
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Amy Domini, Founder and Chair, Domini Impact Investments
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Timothy Dunn, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Terra Alpha Investments
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Stacey Faella, Executive Director, Woodcock Foundation and Confluence Board Member
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Stefka Czarnecki Fanchi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Elevation Community Land Trust
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Bill Farris, Associate Laboratory Director for Innovation, Partnering, and Outreach, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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Rose Felix Cratsley, Trustee, Felix Family Foundation
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Tom Ferguson, Managing Partner, Burnt Island Ventures
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Verónica Figoli, Chief Advancement Officer, Accion Opportunity Fund
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Desiree Flores, Executive Director, General Service Foundation
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Nick Flores, Managing Director Impact Investments, Client Advisors, Caprock
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David Foust, Commercial Loan Officer III, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
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Betty Francisco, CEO, Boston Impact Initiative
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Michael Francisco-McGuire, Chief External Officer, Confluence Philanthropy
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Ian Fuller, CEO, Westfuller
SPEAKERS G-Q
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Greg Gaug, Senior Vice President, Investments and Analytics, Ulupono Initiative
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Susan Gibbs, Director, Women’s Rights Program, Wallace Global Fund
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Jon Goldin-Dubois, President, Western Resource Advocates
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Anthony Grimes, Director of Communications, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation
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Kevval Hanna, Senior Vice President, Social Impact and Sustainability, Edelman Trust Institute
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Meredith Heimburger, Partner, Head of Impact, Global Endowment Management (GEM)
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Pedro Henriques da Silva, Director, Shifting Trillions, Sierra Club Foundation
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Javier Hernandez, Director, Avivar Capital
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Wendolyn Holland, Director, Holland Consulting
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Donna Holmes, Managing Director, Investor Relations, Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT
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Kristin Hull, Founder, Nia Impact Capital
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Hilary Irby, Head of Impact Strategy, Soros Fund Management
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Mike Johnston, Mayor of Denver
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Erin Kilmer Neel, Executive Director and Chief Impact Officer, Beneficial State Foundation
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Kenneth Kirwin, CFO, Colorado Gives Foundation
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Kristin Kirkpatrick, Managing Director for Partnerships and Advancement, CSU Spur
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Dana Lanza, President and CEO, Confluence Philanthropy
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Tamara Larsen, Partner, US ESG Investments Practice Leader, Mercer
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Susie Lee, Program Related Investments Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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Charles G. Lief, President, Naropa University
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Leslie Lindo, Managing Director, Olamina Fund at Candide Group
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Laurin Liu, Communications Program Director, Confluence Philanthropy
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Sonrisa Lucero, Special Advisor for Stakeholder Engagement, Office of Energy Justice and Equity, Department of Energy
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Ashley Lyon, Principal, Boston Common Asset Management
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Susan H. Mac Cormac, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
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Konda Mason, Co-Founder and President, Jubilee Justice
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Michael McAfee, President and CEO, PolicyLink
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Louisa McCovey, Director, Environmental Department, Yurok Tribe
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Melissa Milios Davis, Vice President – Strategic Communications and Informed Communities, Gates Family Foundation
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Tom Mitchell, Partner, Endowment and Foundation Practice, Cambridge Associates
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Renee Morgan, Social Justice Director, Adasina Social Capital
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Amanda Mountain, President and CEO, Rocky Mountain Public Media
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Denis Moynihan, Co-Founder and Special Projects Manager, Democracy Now!
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Sara E. Murphy, Chief Strategy Officer, The Shareholder Commons
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Abby Murray, Co-Founder & Principal, Colorado Housing Accelerator Initiative (CHAI)
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Amalie Nash, Senior Advisor, National Trust for Local News
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Laura Nixon, Program Director, Reproductive Health & Justice, The Educational Foundation of America
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Safiya Noble, Founder and Director, Center on Race & Digital Justice (CRDJ)
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Ajulo Othow, Founder and CEO, EnerWealth Solutions
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Katherine Pease, Managing Director, Pathstone
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Lewis Perkins, President, Apparel Impact Institute
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Raymond Pettit, Director of Partnerships, Possibility Labs
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Kristi Petrie, Co-Executive Director, AJL Foundation
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Raúl Pomares, Founder and Managing Director, Sonen Capital
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John Powers, President, Prentice Foundation
SPEAKERS R-Z
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Santhosh Ramdoss, President and CEO, Gary Community Ventures
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Greg Ratliff, Vice President, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Confluence Board Chair
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Philip Reeves, Founding Partner, Apis & Heritage Capital Partners
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Jeannie Renné-Malone, Vice President, Global Sustainability, VF Corporation
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Lisa Renstrom, Director, Bonwood Social Investments
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Lourdes Rodríguez, CEO, David Rockefeller Fund
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Carmen Rojas, President and CEO, Marguerite Casey Foundation
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Larry Ryckman, Editor and Co-Founder, The Colorado Sun
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David Sand, Chief Impact Strategist, Community Capital Management
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Akobe Sandy, Head of First Fund, MassMutual
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Tom Scriven, Senior Counsel, RPCK Rastegar Panchal
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Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability, Americas, Schroders
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Ishita Shah, Director, Catalytic Capital, Align Impact
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Sunit Shah, Director, Innovative Finance, The Rockefeller Foundation
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Mike Silvestri, Director, Impact Investing, Social Finance
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Kathleen Simpson, Chief Executive Officer, The Russell Family Foundation and Confluence Board Member
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Zeke Smith, President, Empire Health Foundation
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Javier Alberto Soto, President and CEO, The Denver Foundation
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Eric Stephenson, Co-Chair, Cordes Foundation and Confluence Board Member
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Beatrice Stern, President, Ralph E. Ogden Foundation
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Chet Tchozewski, Board Member, Clementine Fund
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Trevor Thompson, Program Officer, The NorthLight Foundation
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Lazaro Tiant, Sustainable Investment Analyst, Schroders
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Roman Torres, Portfolio Manager, U.S. Energy, Impact Investments, The Schmidt Family Foundation
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Johanna Ulloa Girón, Advocacy Program Manager, The Colorado Trust
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Srikant Vasan, Managing Partner, Avesta Fund
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Ken Vaughn, Director of Impact Investments, VertueLab
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Aisha T. Weeks, Managing Director, The Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth
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Montoya Whiteman (Cheyenne and Arapaho), Managing Director of Editorial and Special Projects, AISES
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June Wilson, Executive Director, Compton Foundation
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Rochelle Witharana, CFO, California Wellness Foundation and Confluence Board Member
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Shu Dar Yao, Founder & Managing Partner, Lucid Capitalism
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Janene Yazzie, Director of Policy and Advocacy, NDN Collective
Special Guests
THE PRACTITIONERS GATHERING WILL ALSO FEATURE TOP THOUGHT LEADERS FROM DIVERSE SECTORS.
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Stacey Abrams, Political Leader and Entrepreneur
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Alex Cornell Du Houx, Co-Founder And President, Elected Officials to Protect America
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Patricia Farrar-Rivas, Vice-Mayor, City of Sonoma
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Nina Kantcheva, Senior Policy Adviser, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Engagement, UNDP
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Bobby LeFebre, Poet Laureate of Colorado (2019-2023)
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Laura Yawanawá, President, Yawanawá Sociocultural Association (ASCY)