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Social Impact and Investing | November 2, 2017

Inspire Speakers Series Presents: Social Impact and Investing

The world of private capital is founded on a specific and often individualized notion of prosperity. But as 21st-century communities face increasingly interconnected challenges, investment firms are broadening their strategies to consider the triple bottom line, or their potential impact on economic, environmental, and societal well-being. As speakers William Shutkin, Joshua Pollard, and Rich Overmoyer will discuss, solutions to the world’s most intractable issues lie in unusual partnerships, leveraging the specific strengths of businesses, nonprofits, and governmental institutions.  Jaison Morgan, creator of the MacArthur Foundation’s 100 & Change competition, will follow with an in-depth examination of creative incentives to catalyze social change.

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William-Shutkin

William Shutkin

William Shutkin is a consultant at Zocalo Community Development, a Denver-based real estate firm that aims to achieve the highest levels of sustainability impact, delivering award-winning mixed-use, mixed-income LEED®-Gold certified projects. With
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Jaison Morgan

Jaison Morgan is the CEO of Common Pool. He has been recognized by the BBC as “the world’s expert” in designing prizes to drive innovative breakthroughs. He helped establish a lab at the
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Joshua Pollard

Joshua Pollard

Joshua Pollard is a US real estate expert and the CEO and founder of Omicelo, a mission-­driven real estate investment firm. Joshua led US housing research for Goldman Sachs from 2009 to
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Rich Overmoyer

Rich Overmoyer

Rich Overmoyer is the President & CEO of Fourth Economy. Rich founded Fourth Economy in 2010 and has since been leading the charge to help clients translate complex ideas and data into solutions
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