Impact & Innovation

Lutfi Lokman, founder of Hospitals Beyond Boundaries, mobilizes resources for access to health care among the Cham population in Cambodia.

Daisy Rosales, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Brio, co-designs global mental health programs with community partners.

Vincent Stanley, Director of Philosophy at Patagonia, shares the "8 Philosophies of Regenerative Capitalism."

Veronica Olazabal, Chief Impact and Evaluation Officer for BHP Foundation and President of the American Evaluation Association, talks about measuring the bottom line of social entrepreneurship: social change.

Catering Passoni, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Havenly , goes beyond job training and placement to build community and collective power among refugee and migrant women.

Neil Yeoh, Founder and CEO of OnePointFive , mobilizes talent to keep global warming below 1.5'C by connecting businesses with expertise and technology to solve their sustainability challenges.

Danny Egol, Co-Founder of IDEAS Generation (IG), is building community and collaboration among next generation leaders working on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Social justice (IDEAS).

Ben Young, Co-Founder of Hugo & Hoby, makes sustainable furniture accessible to corporate customers with their network of local fabrication shops and their partnership with community forestry initiatives. 

Greg Grinberg, CEO of ActualFood, fights chronic disease using technology and behavioral science, by building an online grocery system that nudges consumers to make healthy choices.

Janice Shade, Founder of LocalCap, pursues her vision of democratizing entrepreneurial financing.

Erik Clemons, President & CEO of ConnCAT, shares the work that he does to create impact at three different levels: direct service for individuals, community level initiatives, and policy level work to tackle root causes.

Tanya Yajnik, CEO of Agora, forms an interdisciplinary team of Yale students to build a product and a learning organization to improve mental health on campus.

Andrea Levere, President Emerita of Prosperity Now, questions what's next in building equitable financial markets.

Kathryn Finney, CEO of digitalundivided (DID), quantifies the role of black and latinx women in the startup world.

Trishan Panch, CMO of Wellframe, tracks behavioral data to help patients be producers of their own health.

Susannah Burrage and Jake Harrison bring it home with their perspectives on business and society.

Melissa Mazzeo shares her adventures in building a circular economy with her start-up HandMeUp.

Rebecca Hope and Theo Gibbs co-create youth health solutions through their design firm YLabs.

Erik Wurster tackles inefficient markets in his fight for energy access.

Caroline Smith and Margaret Lee support local leaders building new businesses in New Haven.

Mark Huang, founder of SeaAhead, builds an innovation ecosystem to improve ocean sustainability.

Dan Guisti, founder of Chef's Brigaid, tackles the public school food system.

Sarah Christie describes Project Last Mile, a multi-stakeholder partnership aiming to strengthen logistics and supply chains for essential medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Adrienne Abbate mobilizes stakeholders across sectors to tackle youth substance abuse in Staten Island.

Ruchit Nagar and Mohammed Shahnawaz navigate the health care system to strengthen maternal child health in India.