A New Lens with CommonGood Capital

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Stephen Hester, Due Diligence expert and new Vice President of Investments at CommonGood, to talk about how living and learning in Houston drove an interest in energy and energy systems, how stewards of capital are obligated to allocate responsibly for their investors and society at large, how due diligence […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Jeff Korzenik, Chief Investment Strategist of Fifth Third Bank and author of Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community, on his path through financial services to bank-based wealth management, how the current labor shortage could be eased by hiring the formerly incarcerated, […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Chris Bentley, Managing Principal of De-Carceration Fund, on his transition from startups to his work in Impact themes like energy, environment, education, and healthcare – leading to his current focus on a fund that centers on the inclusion and success of people affected by the criminal […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Pete Leonard, founder and Roast Master of I Have a Bean, on how moving a lot as a child taught him the value of diversity, how a missions trip to Brazil and his brother-in-law’s prison sentence collided to help form his unique take on a coffee company […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Pete Ochs, Founder and Chairman of Capital III, on growing up in Kansas and starting his own investment banking business at the age of 30, his transition from pursuing success to pursuing significance and surrender, his heart for employing prisoners and formerly incarcerated, transitioning from doing to […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by self-proclaimed “Banking Nerd” Patrick Fisher, Founder and Managing Partner of Creation Investments, to chat about how living in China taught him how important access to banking services was for the poor and the unbanked, what it’s been like to be in the Impact investing space for over […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by economist Sharon Vosmek, CEO and Managing Partner of Astia Fund, to talk about how growing up in Ethiopia, Thailand, and Honduras helped form her life-long focus on actionable inclusion, why she resisted and then recently embraced the label of “Impact Investor”, how access to venture capital for […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Morgan Simon, founding partner of Candide Group and author of Real Impact: The New Economics of Social Change, to chat about how growing up in a highly segregated Los Angeles taught her to look at money differently, her advice for RIAs who don’t see the value in […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Sherri Cooke, SVP-Business Development at iCapital Network, founder of AI Insight, Inc, and President of ADISA. Sherri tells the story of how she got into the industry, starting amidst the infamous 1986 tax laws changes, how she created a data company to collect and analyze information on the alternative investment indus...

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Sharna Goldseker, a leading expert on multi-generational and next generation philanthropy, to discuss growing up in a major philanthropic family where she was asked for a grant at the age of 14, taking on the responsibility of stewarding her family’s charitable foundation, helping others find their values […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Shundrawn Thomas, President and CEO of Northern Trust Asset Management and author of “Discover Joy in Work: Transforming Your Occupation Into Your Vocation”, to talk about being fascinated by grown-ups in business suits while growing up mowing lawns and shoveling snow on the south side of Chicago, […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Kyle Cousins, Orlando area Director of Mission Increase, to discuss being raised in a type-A family, spending a decade of his twenties moving from career to career before finally finding his calling in coaching non-profits on how to grow financially in a biblically sustainable way, and much […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Eva Yazhari, Founder of Beyond Capital and author of ‘The Good That Money Can Do‘, to discuss her early experience in traditional financial services, how her family’s experience in Africa motivated a transition to become an emerging markets venture capitalist, making the case for being a conscious […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Giti Khalsa, President of Pace Wealth Advisors, to discuss his experience growing up Sikh in Mississippi, his parents cultivating his love for the drums that lead to being a founding member of the platinum album selling alternative rock music band Seven Mary Three, how his music career […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Alexandra Dest, founder and CEO of Willow, to talk about her path in financial services from a start in compliance to working her way to a CIO position at Berkshire Bank (all while battling multiple sclerosis), changes in her perspective on the financial industry after the market crash […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Bob Doll, author and commentator and former chief equity strategist at Nuveen and BlackRock, on his long career in the investment management business in large-cap public equities, how he fell in love with the stock market at an early age, why he chose to make the move to […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Greg Francis, lead counsel for the historic Black Farmers case, a 1.25 billion dollar class action lawsuit for black farmers who faced discrimination by the US Department of Agriculture. The guys discuss Greg’s childhood move from Panama to the US, his pursuit to educate and inform young […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Wasswa Robbins, a high school senior born in Uganda who, after the death of his twin brother and both parents, reached a level of malnourishment that required hospitalization. Later adopted by a christian missionary and brought to live in the US, Wasswa talks about his experience here […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Gloria Nelund, CEO of TriLinc Global, to chat about her early-life move from Ohio to California where she pivoted from studying to be a teacher to eventually finding success as an executive in financial services, how she orchestrated one of the most successful turn-arounds of a division at Deutsche […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by John Rivers, Founder of Four Rivers Smokehouse and CEO of 4Roots, to chat about his transition from a 20 year career in healthcare to the food service industry, how a fundraiser for a little girl with cancer blossomed into a successful restaurant business, the power of faith […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Russell Ginise, President of Alliant Strategic Investment, to chat about his time volunteering his legal services to the less fortunate, making the transition to equity investing in Affordable Housing, the difference between Affordable Housing and Workforce Housing and how housing is essential to wellness, educational, and economic […]

In a very special episode, we turned the table on Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital and host of this very podcast, to pick his brain on what is and is not impact, how the different generations perceive their portfolios, the power in rejecting fear and greed in your investments in exchange for joy and freedom, […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Spencer Oberg, co-founder of Unincarcerated Productions, to chat about how fixing bikes and smoking weed while growing up in Washington state eventually led from a short prison stint to facing a 10-year sentence for prescription drug forgery, investing in a booming plant-based cheese company called GOOD PLANeT […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Sean Doherty, strategist behind the JDRF T1D Fund – to talk about growing up as a military kid who eventually joined the Navy, creating a fund that aims to completely transform the way a cure for Type 1 Diabetes is found, convincing life-science venture capitalists to invest […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Michael Whitaker, Vice President of Capital Markets also at CommonGood Securities – to talk about transitioning from car wash manager right out of college to the financial services industry, how the world changed around him when he lost 75 pounds in 4 months, using capital and capitalism […]