The Enlightened Bottom Line

Constance Broz was born in France and came to the United States to study at Cornell University in its international agriculture program, an experience that exposed her to issues of social justice and helped shape her worldview, inanition to meeting her future husband there! After graduation, she worked in Haiti with Catholic Relief Services as part of its small-scale agricultural development progr...

Daryn Dodson is the Founder and Managing Partner of Illumen Capital, an investment firm, where he serves a broader mission of transforming the investment ecosystem by addressing bias while creating economic value. His 18 years of investing experience and groundbreaking research with Stanford SPARQ, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, empowers investors to recognize an...

Jullien Gordon’s purpose is to make the righteous rich and he is on a mission to create the wealthiest family in the world by helping 100,000 people achieve $1 million in net worth. He is a full-time accredited investor, real estate educator and developer. As the leader of The Multifamily Movement, he has helped over 800 people acquire over $300 million dollars worth of multifamily real estate and...

Miriam Rivera is co-founder and managing director of Ulu Ventures, a top seed-stage venture fund in Silicon Valley focused on information technology startups. She is dedicated to increasing diversity in both the entrepreneurial and investment communities. Ulu’s entrepreneurs are quite diverse by industry standards including approximately 30 percent women CEOs, 30 percent minority CEOs, and 10 perc...

Elizabeth Garlow is a fellow in New America's New Practice Lab, where she works at the intersection of impact investing, public policy, and systems change to support more just and life-affirming economies. Prior to joining New America, she led impact investing for Lumina Foundation, investing in early-stage ventures focused on designing equitable education and work pathways. She also served a...

Dr Vian Sharif brings two decades of experience in financial services, specialising in the intersection of nature, finance, and technology. She is the founder & President of NatureAlpha, an advanced AI-first fintech platform delivering science-based environmental risk insights, informing financial decisions across c.$3 trillion in assets under management.  As Head of Sustainability at FNZ Grou...

Julian MacQueen is the Founder and Chairman of Innisfree Hotels, a trailblazing hospitality company headquartered in Pensacola, Florida. Since its founding in 1986, Julian has shaped Innisfree into a powerhouse of both business success and social responsibility. With $250 million in annual revenue, 3,600 hotel rooms, and a $1 billion asset portfolio—including a $750 million development pipeline—th...

International Speaker, Author, Inventor, Former Professor and Entrepreneur. Dr. Calvin Mackie is an award winning mentor, an internationally renowned motivational speaker, and a successful entrepreneur. His message as a mentor, speaker, and entrepreneur continues to transcend race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and time.. After starting college in remedial reading because of weak SAT scores, Calvin...

May Samali is the Founder and CEO of Human Leadership Lab, a global leadership development company established in 2020. Previously, May was the CEO of Ventures at the High Resolves Group, leading global cross-functional teams and technology ventures in the education sector. She was the first employee at Urban Innovation Fund, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, from 2016-2018. Ms. Samali...

Recently named the Tharseō CEO of the Year by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the #3 CEO in the world in an Inc. article, and a Top 10 Social Capital CEO by International Business Times, Bob Chapman is very intentional about using his platform as a business leader to build a better world. Chapman is Chairman and CEO of St. Louis, MO-based Barry-Wehmiller, a $3.5+B global capital...

Eric Sapp is an entrepreneur, faith leader, and political advisor dedicated to advancing the common good through technology, policy, and community engagement. He is the founder and president of Public Democracy, a firm that repurposes advanced digital tools to address social inequality by elevating undervalued communities in both society and the digital marketplace. By using data and AI to better...

Charly Kleissner is an impact investor. He believes that the real meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet. He is a leader of the deep impact movement which is not only treating the symptoms of our failing economic system, but its root causes – with a level of awareness and consciousness that is non-anthropocentric, acknowledging that humanity is part of the...

Shabnam Mogharabi is an accomplished entrepreneur and media and entertainment executive with more than 20 years of experience leading social impact studios in strategy, growth, content and marketing, organizational culture, and digital and social media. She co-founded the mission-driven studio SoulPancake with actor Rainn Wilson, which she ran as CEO for nearly a decade before a successful exit. U...

Samir Goel is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Esusu, a financial technology platform that leverages rental data to help tenants build credit scores while enabling property owners to increase revenue, reduce evictions, and fill vacancies. Esusu's platform reports rental payments to credit bureaus, creating new opportunities for renters to access credit and promoting financial inclusivity. Before...

Marshall Ganz is the Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he teaches and researches leadership, public narrative, and social movements. His courses, including Public Narrative: Self, Us, Now and Organizing: People, Power, Change , examine how storytelling and collective action drive social change. With decades of experienc...

Shiva Dustdar is a leading innovation and sustainable finance expert with over 30 years of experience in NY, London and Luxembourg at J.P. Morgan, Fitch Ratings and now at the European Investment Bank (EIB).  She is passionate about identifying the next big investment opportunities and developing new business and market opportunities to finance the transition to a sustainable green and digital eco...

Yihana Von Ritter is the Director of Private Fund Investments at Align Impact, where she sources impact investing opportunities across asset classes, conducts in-depth due diligence, and monitors portfolios. Before joining Align, she earned an MBA and a Master's in Global Affairs from Yale. Her professional experience includes working in impact investing with a financial intermediary and a st...

Wayne Silby founded Calvert Investments, a $15 billion investment management group in Bethesda, MD noted for their leadership in the area of socially responsible investment. Mr. Silby also co-founded Social Venture Network, a group of socially oriented entrepreneurs and investors, and Calvert Social Venture Partners, one of the first socially oriented venture capital funds. He also started the Eme...

Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir is an Icelandic thought leader, author, an award-winning serial entrepreneur, advisor and public speaker. She is the author of the book InnSæi: Icelandic wisdom for turbulent times, and Co-director and script writer of the documentary film InnSæi: The Power of Intuition.

Todd Khozein is the Founder and Co-CEO of SecondMuse, an impact and innovation company building resilient economies by supporting entrepreneurs and the ecosystems around them.