2009 Summit Agenda
Monday, October 5
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Registration
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Opening Dinner
The Hon. John Chiang - California State Controller
Introduction by Janice Hester Amey, Portfolio Manager, Corporate Governance, California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
The Hon. John Chiang - California State Controller
Introduction by Janice Hester Amey, Portfolio Manager, Corporate Governance, California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
Tuesday, October 6
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Networking Breakfast
Table Topics Organized by Participants
Table Topics Organized by Participants
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Georgette Wong - Curator, Take Action! Impact Investing Summit & President, Correlation Consulting
Georgette Wong - Curator, Take Action! Impact Investing Summit & President, Correlation Consulting
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
The Financial Crisis: Opportunity Knocking?
Lessons Learned & Positioning for the Future
Stephen DeBerry - CIO, Kapor Enterprises, Inc.
Janice Hester Amey - Portfolio Manager, Corporate Governance, CalSTRS
Eddie Ramos - Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Moderator: Tom Lockard - Managing Director, Stone & Youngberg
Lessons Learned & Positioning for the Future
Stephen DeBerry - CIO, Kapor Enterprises, Inc.
Janice Hester Amey - Portfolio Manager, Corporate Governance, CalSTRS
Eddie Ramos - Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Moderator: Tom Lockard - Managing Director, Stone & Youngberg
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Breakout Session 1a:
Getting To Yes: Strategy, Tactics & Governance
Kristin Hull - Trustee, Hull Family Foundation
Kathlyn Mead - COO, The California Endowment
Karie & David Thomson - Kinship Trust
Moderator: John Goldstein - Managing Director, Imprint Capital
Breakout Session 1b:
Setting Standards: Metrics & Measurement
Antony Bugg-Levine - Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation
Carl Palmer – Co-Founder, Beartooth Capital
Christa Velasquez – Director, Social Investments, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Moderator: Amit Bouri – Director of Strategy & Development, Global Impact Investing Network
Breakout Session 1c:
Sustainable Investments in Frontier Economies
Peter H. Johnson - Partner, Developing World Markets
Hugo Steensma - Managing Director, Sustainable Asset Management
Herta Von Stiegel, J.D. - Executive Chair, Ariya Capital
Moderator: Marjorie Torres - Managing Principal, GreenSpace Developments
Getting To Yes: Strategy, Tactics & Governance
Kristin Hull - Trustee, Hull Family Foundation
Kathlyn Mead - COO, The California Endowment
Karie & David Thomson - Kinship Trust
Moderator: John Goldstein - Managing Director, Imprint Capital
Breakout Session 1b:
Setting Standards: Metrics & Measurement
Antony Bugg-Levine - Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation
Carl Palmer – Co-Founder, Beartooth Capital
Christa Velasquez – Director, Social Investments, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Moderator: Amit Bouri – Director of Strategy & Development, Global Impact Investing Network
Breakout Session 1c:
Sustainable Investments in Frontier Economies
Peter H. Johnson - Partner, Developing World Markets
Hugo Steensma - Managing Director, Sustainable Asset Management
Herta Von Stiegel, J.D. - Executive Chair, Ariya Capital
Moderator: Marjorie Torres - Managing Principal, GreenSpace Developments
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Breakout Session 2a:
Building a Portfolio & Executing a Strategy
John Febert, CPA - Febert Associates
Raúl Pomares - Vice President, Guggenheim Partners
Doug Stamm - CEO, Meyer Memorial Trust
Moderator: Anne Stetson - Co-Founder and General Counsel, Seven Seas Capital Management, LLC
Breakout Session 2b:
Going to Scale: The Investor & Fund Manager Perspective
Dan Crisafulli - Director, Ecosystem Investments and Partnerships, Skoll Foundation
Kent Gilges - Managing Director, Conservation Forestry
Elise Lufkin - Senior Program Consultant, Calvert Foundation
Moderator: Lane Auten, Managing Partner, Impact Capital Partners
Breakout Session 2c:
Going to Scale: Access to Information
Lisa Hagerman, Ph.D. - Director, More for Mission, Institute for Responsible Investments, Boston College
Pradeep Jethi - Co-Founder and CEO, Social Stock Exchange Ltd
Don Shaffer – President and CEO, RSF Social Finance
Moderator: David Erickson, Manager, Center for Community Development Investments, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Building a Portfolio & Executing a Strategy
John Febert, CPA - Febert Associates
Raúl Pomares - Vice President, Guggenheim Partners
Doug Stamm - CEO, Meyer Memorial Trust
Moderator: Anne Stetson - Co-Founder and General Counsel, Seven Seas Capital Management, LLC
Breakout Session 2b:
Going to Scale: The Investor & Fund Manager Perspective
Dan Crisafulli - Director, Ecosystem Investments and Partnerships, Skoll Foundation
Kent Gilges - Managing Director, Conservation Forestry
Elise Lufkin - Senior Program Consultant, Calvert Foundation
Moderator: Lane Auten, Managing Partner, Impact Capital Partners
Breakout Session 2c:
Going to Scale: Access to Information
Lisa Hagerman, Ph.D. - Director, More for Mission, Institute for Responsible Investments, Boston College
Pradeep Jethi - Co-Founder and CEO, Social Stock Exchange Ltd
Don Shaffer – President and CEO, RSF Social Finance
Moderator: David Erickson, Manager, Center for Community Development Investments, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Top Investment Themes: Do Impact Investors Know Something That Others Do Not?
Jed Emerson - Managing Director of Integrated Performance, Uhuru Capital Management, LLC
Kyle Johnson - Senior Investment Consultant, Cambridge Associates
Moderator: Lloyd Kurtz - Senior Portfolio Manager, Nelson Capital, Wells Fargo Bank
Jed Emerson - Managing Director of Integrated Performance, Uhuru Capital Management, LLC
Kyle Johnson - Senior Investment Consultant, Cambridge Associates
Moderator: Lloyd Kurtz - Senior Portfolio Manager, Nelson Capital, Wells Fargo Bank
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Energy: Past, Present, Future
Ricardo Bayon – Partner and Co-Founder, EKO Asset Management Partners
Jeffrey Holloman - Energy Industry Advisory Executive
Jason Segal - Managing Director, Business Development, Sustainable Development Capital LLP
Moderator: Dana Lanza - Executive Director, Confluence Philanthropy
Ricardo Bayon – Partner and Co-Founder, EKO Asset Management Partners
Jeffrey Holloman - Energy Industry Advisory Executive
Jason Segal - Managing Director, Business Development, Sustainable Development Capital LLP
Moderator: Dana Lanza - Executive Director, Confluence Philanthropy
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Variations on an (Investment) Theme
For each of the following themes, Investors describe their missions and explain how their portfolios further those objectives. The focus will be on market-rate and above-market rate returns.
Environment & Climate Change
Janice Hester Amey - Portfolio Manager, Corporate Governance, CalSTRS
Craig Muska - Investment Advisor, The Threshold Group
Richard Woo - CEO, Russell Family Foundation
Moderator: Brad Fisher, CEO, Springcreek Advisors LLC
Community Economic Development
Stephen DeBerry - CIO, Kapor Enterprises, Inc.
Doug Stamm - CEO, Meyer Memorial Trust
Moderator: Christa Velasquez - Director, Social Investments, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Health Care
Al Hammond - Senior Entrepreneur, Ashoka
Priya Mathur - Board Member, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
Moderator: Lisa Richter - Principal, GPS Capital Partners
For each of the following themes, Investors describe their missions and explain how their portfolios further those objectives. The focus will be on market-rate and above-market rate returns.
Environment & Climate Change
Janice Hester Amey - Portfolio Manager, Corporate Governance, CalSTRS
Craig Muska - Investment Advisor, The Threshold Group
Richard Woo - CEO, Russell Family Foundation
Moderator: Brad Fisher, CEO, Springcreek Advisors LLC
Community Economic Development
Stephen DeBerry - CIO, Kapor Enterprises, Inc.
Doug Stamm - CEO, Meyer Memorial Trust
Moderator: Christa Velasquez - Director, Social Investments, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Health Care
Al Hammond - Senior Entrepreneur, Ashoka
Priya Mathur - Board Member, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
Moderator: Lisa Richter - Principal, GPS Capital Partners
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Break
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Variations on an (Investment) Theme
For each of the following themes, investors describe their missions and explain how their portfolios further these objectives. The focus will be on market-rate and above-market rate returns.
International Microfinance
Deepak Kamra - General Partner, Canaan Partners
Jasper Snoek - CFO, DOEN Foundation (Netherlands)
Moderator: Joan Trant - Executive Director, International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI)
Education
Marc Johnson - Program Officer, Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Preston Pinkett III, Vice President, Social Investment Program, Prudential Financial
Moderator: Caprice Young - CEO, KC Distance Learning
Human Rights
Mamundi (MG) Subhas – Guardian, SRI Portfolio Management Team, Neuberger Berman
Aaron Bernstein - Senior Research Associate, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
Moderator: Morgan Simon - Co-Founder, Responsible Endowments Coalition
For each of the following themes, investors describe their missions and explain how their portfolios further these objectives. The focus will be on market-rate and above-market rate returns.
International Microfinance
Deepak Kamra - General Partner, Canaan Partners
Jasper Snoek - CFO, DOEN Foundation (Netherlands)
Moderator: Joan Trant - Executive Director, International Association of Microfinance Investors (IAMFI)
Education
Marc Johnson - Program Officer, Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Preston Pinkett III, Vice President, Social Investment Program, Prudential Financial
Moderator: Caprice Young - CEO, KC Distance Learning
Human Rights
Mamundi (MG) Subhas – Guardian, SRI Portfolio Management Team, Neuberger Berman
Aaron Bernstein - Senior Research Associate, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
Moderator: Morgan Simon - Co-Founder, Responsible Endowments Coalition
5:30 p.m - 6:30 p.m.
Reception hosted by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Dinner
Katherine Collins – CEO, Honeybee Capital
Russell Read – CEO, C Change Investments
Moderator - Kevin Granger, Portfolio Manager, Phocas Financial Corporation
Katherine Collins – CEO, Honeybee Capital
Russell Read – CEO, C Change Investments
Moderator - Kevin Granger, Portfolio Manager, Phocas Financial Corporation
Wednesday, October 7
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Networking Breakfast
Table Topics Organized by Participants
Table Topics Organized by Participants
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Introduction to Today
Georgette Wong, Curator, Take Action! Impact Investing Summit & President, Correlation Consulting
Georgette Wong, Curator, Take Action! Impact Investing Summit & President, Correlation Consulting
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
The Intersection of Innovation & Investments
Scott Anthony, Managing Director, Innosight Ventures
Scott Anthony, Managing Director, Innosight Ventures
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Using Stimulus Funds to Create Impact
Cynthia Bryant - Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, State of California
The Honorable David Chiu - President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Diego Recalde - Managing Principal, GreenSpace Developments
Moderator: Tessie Guillermo, President and CEO, ZeroDivide
Cynthia Bryant - Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, State of California
The Honorable David Chiu - President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Diego Recalde - Managing Principal, GreenSpace Developments
Moderator: Tessie Guillermo, President and CEO, ZeroDivide
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Breakout 3a: What Questions Should I Be Asking? Due Diligence on a Public Investment Opportunity
Derek Casteel - Senior Vice President, Community Capital Management, Inc.
Mariia Kousnetsova, Portfolio Manager & Senior Client Advisor, Springcreek Advisors, LLC
Bill Post, Senior Vice President, Stone and Youngberg
Breakout 3b: What Questions Should I Be Asking? Due Diligence on a Private Investment Opportunity
Roger Berry, Partner, C Change Investments
Allison Duncan, Founder and Principal, Amplifier Strategies
Michael J. Christ, CIO, Asset Consulting Group
Derek Casteel - Senior Vice President, Community Capital Management, Inc.
Mariia Kousnetsova, Portfolio Manager & Senior Client Advisor, Springcreek Advisors, LLC
Bill Post, Senior Vice President, Stone and Youngberg
Breakout 3b: What Questions Should I Be Asking? Due Diligence on a Private Investment Opportunity
Roger Berry, Partner, C Change Investments
Allison Duncan, Founder and Principal, Amplifier Strategies
Michael J. Christ, CIO, Asset Consulting Group
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Break
12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Breakout Session 4a: Making The Market: Social Venture Fund
Bob Pattillo - Founder, Gray Ghost Ventures
Breakout Session 4b:
Making The Market: Urban Real Estate Fund of Funds
Preston Pinkett III - Vice President, Social Investment Program, Prudential Financial
A Collaboration of Annie E. Casey Foundation, FB Heron Foundation & Prudential Financial
Bob Pattillo - Founder, Gray Ghost Ventures
Breakout Session 4b:
Making The Market: Urban Real Estate Fund of Funds
Preston Pinkett III - Vice President, Social Investment Program, Prudential Financial
A Collaboration of Annie E. Casey Foundation, FB Heron Foundation & Prudential Financial
12:45 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Break
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Lunch Plenary: Launch of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors' Next Publication on Impact Investing Maximizing Impact: From Strategy to Implementation
Charly Kleissner - Co-Founder, KL Felicitas Foundation
Hersh Shefrin - Mario Belotti Chair, Department of Finance at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business
Steve Godeke - Principal, Godeke Consulting & Co-Author, Philanthropy’s New Passing Gear: Mission Related Investing by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Moderator: Rae Richman - Director, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Charly Kleissner - Co-Founder, KL Felicitas Foundation
Hersh Shefrin - Mario Belotti Chair, Department of Finance at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business
Steve Godeke - Principal, Godeke Consulting & Co-Author, Philanthropy’s New Passing Gear: Mission Related Investing by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Moderator: Rae Richman - Director, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
What's Next For the Impact Investing Industry? What's Next For You?
Gregory Miller – Launch team, Google.org
Steve Viederman - Finance Committee, Christopher Reynolds Foundation and Former President, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Betsy Zeidman - Director, Center for Emerging Domestic Markets, Milken Institute
Gregory Miller – Launch team, Google.org
Steve Viederman - Finance Committee, Christopher Reynolds Foundation and Former President, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Betsy Zeidman - Director, Center for Emerging Domestic Markets, Milken Institute
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Closing, Farewell & Invitation to Stay and Collaborate
Georgette Wong - Director, Take Action! Impact Investing Summit
Georgette Wong - Director, Take Action! Impact Investing Summit
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Closing Reception (light hors d’oeuvres)