Social Finance Institute Launch
The Social Finance Institute is a unique field-building platform, launched in 2023 within Social Finance. The Institute leverages insights from practitioners and experts to develop networks, tools, and actionable resources to advance outcomes-based, impact-first funding models to measurably improve people’s lives.
On April 10, the Institute convened practitioners from across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors who offered their perspectives on innovative approaches to improving outcomes for all Americans.
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Welcome Remarks
David Oxtoby, President, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Karen Anderson, Managing Director, Social Finance Institute
Tracy Palandjian, Co-Founder and CEO, Social Finance
Roundtable: Reimagining Full Employment
Tom Barkin, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (virtual)
Austan Goolsbee, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (virtual)
Deval Patrick, Former Governor of Massachusetts (facilitator)
Roundtable: Smart Money: New Approaches to Workforce Partnerships
This roundtable explored ways to create more productive and meaningful partnerships—with aligned incentives and deeper accountability—among employers, students, training providers, and governments.
Niyum Gandhi, CFO, Mass General Brigham
Yvonne Hao, Massachusetts Secretary of Economic Development
Scott Pulsipher, President, Western Governors University
Maria Flynn, President and CEO, Jobs for the Future (facilitator)
Talk: From Learner to Earner: Early Lessons from the $100M Google Career Certificates Fund
Justin Steele, Director, Google.org
Roundtable: Impact-First Investing: Compounding Impact With a Third Wallet
This roundtable will explored ways to activate capital for impact-first investment strategies that generate measurable, positive outcomes for people and the planet.
John Green, Managing Partner, Blackstar
Rebecca Moffett, President, Vanguard Charitable
Liesel Pritzker Simmons, Co-Founder and Principal, Blue Haven Initiative
Kirstin Hill, President and COO, Social Finance (facilitator)
Talk: The Case For Investing In Dreamers
Don Graham, Chairman Emeritus, Graham Holdings
Roundtable: The Power of Evidence and Outcomes in Creating Equality of Opportunity
Raj Chetty, Professor of Economics and Director of Opportunity Insights, Harvard University
Ryan Rippel, Director, Economic Mobility and Opportunity, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (facilitator)
Event Photos
News
- Fed’s Goolsbee Says More to Do On Inflation, Trade-Offs Rising, Bloomberg
- Palandjian Aims for More Impact From Impact Investing, The Boston Globe