Poetry of Impact

When people think about the legacies they leave behind for their families and communities after they pass away, many don’t think beyond financial wealth. Intrinsically, we know that a legacy should be so much more. Today’s guests specialize in finding the multidimensionality in legacy. Brandon Hatton is the president and CIO of Conscious Wealth® , an investment advisory firm rooted in the belief t...

Impact strategist and systems designer, Laura François , joins us today as the Cofounder and Director of Awe Exchange , a nonprofit laboratory that champions the power of awe as a catalyst for genuine change, to relay the importance of awe in living a truly fulfilled life. We begin with the archetypal patterns of migration and transition and how this necessity to move and grow has informed Laura’s...

Eliot Kotek and Jared Ruga are award-winning filmmakers who believe that media has the power to shift our perspective and behaviors in positive ways. Eliot is the Founder and CEO of The Nation of Artists , a production company and creative partner with social impact at its core, and Jared is the Founder and CEO of the socially conscious, ethos-driven media production house, Vavani Productions . Th...

Cameron Williams and Zack Richner join us to share their insights on the reasons behind the disappearance of local newspapers in the United States and the consequences communities face. But it’s not all doom and gloom! This conversation is filled with innovative solutions. While Cameron and Zack both grew up in the newspaper business, they’re still bringing fresh perspectives to the industry. Came...

Tillie Walton is an award-winning conservationist, hydrologist, river guide, and speaker. As the host of Wild Rivers with Tillie on PBS, she uses her knowledge and passion to help people connect more deeply to self, others, and nature. Join us today as Tillie tells us about the immersive nature experience in high school that ignited her deep and abiding love for rivers and what she learned from co...

Joining us today are Josh Bernstein and Brett Howell , two founders with a passion for nature, problem-solving, and wild spaces. Josh is an explorer, educator, and storyteller, and the chair and founder of First Light Group , a collection of for-profit and nonprofit entities that elevate programming and content. Brett is the founder and executive director of Howell Conservation Fund , a company dr...

Join us on the Poetry of Impact podcast as we welcome Kate Nevin , President and Portfolio Manager of TSWII , and Kate Horin , VC at H/L Ventures and City Rock Venture Partners . These two impact investors have a shared mission to promote diverse founders and portfolio managers in the investment space, and in this episode, they share their parallel paths to impact investing, despite their differen...

Bruce Friedrich is the founder and CEO of the Good Food Institute (GFI). As a child, he became profoundly aware of the poverty and starvation of others and was compelled to do something about it. He explains how this led him to found GFI to address global poverty and challenge the industrialized food system. GFI does this while also supporting a work culture that promotes vocational self-actualiza...

Jennifer McFarlane , a strategic CFO at both public and venture-backed companies and a finance and climate justice expert with decades of experience shares her path towards a blended finance perspective that incorporates values. Jennifer talks about her journey through the climate crisis and her recognition that the West has not yet accepted responsibility for climate change in the Global South. S...

Elizabeth Funk is the co-founder and CEO of Dignity Moves , an organization tackling the issue of homelessness. In this episode, Elizabeth shares her experiences from the early days of the internet at Yahoo, her motivation to use her entrepreneurial spirit for philanthropy, and her current passion project of ending homelessness. The conversation highlights Elizabeth's knowledge and approach to imp...

Hedda Pahlson-Moller is the founder and CEO of Tiime , an advocacy, advisory, and education provider focused on impact investing. Her family also owns a forest in Luxembourg. In this episode, Hedda talks about her deep, personal connection to the forest, how she often feels that she is in conversation with it, and how it has taught her to slow down. Hedda shares her thoughts on the tension that ex...

Stef van Dongen is an innovator, an entrepreneur, and the founder of Pioneers of Our Time . While working with high-powered leaders and change-makers, he realized that they were making important decisions for the future of the world from a place of being disconnected from themselves, nature, and the consequences of their choices. In this episode, you’ll hear how Stef discovered an attunement with...

Sam Teicher is the co-founder and Chief Reef Officer of Coral Vita , a mission-driven company that is restoring damaged coral reefs in the Bahamas. Inspired by the strength and peace he found in nature, Sam was moved to dedicate his energy to the wondrous ecosystem that sustains marine life and 1 billion human livelihoods. In this episode, he shares his story of being driven by a desire to do his...

Teal Brown Zimring is a partner at Galvanize Partners LLC and executive director of Lab to Land . Hari Balasubramanian is a managing partner at EcoAdvisors and co-founder of EcoInvestors Capital . In this episode, Teal & Hari come together to discuss the magnitude of the problems of climate change and what’s causing the lags in addressing these problems. They illuminate their stories of how th...

Karine Sarkissian is a founding partner at Tamar Capital , a single-family office based between the Middle East, the UK, and the US. She co-founded Le Studio as a part of Tamar capital to actively support portfolio companies and investors through design. In this episode, Karine talks about exploring her identity and finding her voice through art. She tells us about the endless possibilities that c...

Dr. Renee Lertzman is a pioneer and leader at the intersection of psychology, climate and environment.  Renee is a climate psychologist on a mission to infuse as much literacy about the complexity of the human psyche, particularly paired with our present-day challenges in climate. In this episode, you’ll hear how Renee places emphasis on cultivating alignment and accessing our internal resources a...

Josef Abramowitz is the CEO of Gigawatt Global, a green energy impact platform building solar fields in some of the world’s poorest countries. He has been named one of the planet’s top Green Pioneers by CNN and nominated by 12 African countries for the Nobel Peace Prize for his solar work.  In this episode, Josef takes us along for some of his wildest adventures, illustrating just how much he is w...

Chintan Panchal is a Founding Partner of RPCK , a global boutique law firm that integrates the foundations of impact into its practice. In this episode, Chintan talks about a third-dimension of resources that extends beyond time and money – life energy.  He questions how we can harness and apply our life energy in intentional ways through passion and purpose.  Chintan grounds his work by staying c...

Tom & Alden Stoner are a collaborative father & daughter team who together lead Nature Sacred , an organization that builds urban sanctuaries that reduce stress, improve health, and strengthen communities. Tom is the Co-Founder and Alden is the CEO of Nature Sacred. In this episode, Tom & Alden tell the story of Nature Sacred’s evolution over the last few decades and how they anchor th...

Sam Adams, CEO and co-founder of Vert Asset Management , shares the entanglement of his love for the natural world and his joint desire for efficiency and justice. Sam talks about writing his first book, raising a family, and finding deep purpose in his work in sustainable investing.  He believes that bringing people closer to more palpable experiences of climate change will be the ultimate game c...

Jenna Nicholas, CEO of Impact Experience , has always had a strong connection with spirit and this connection has continued to be a through line in her life and in her work in race inequality. She talks about the importance of integrating individuals’ stories and the broader socio-cultural context with data to ground our understanding of historical and present injustices. Jenna hopes to bring more...

Aunnie Patton Power is the founder of Intelligent Impact . Aunnie is a reformed investment banker whose work is now solely focused on impact as academic, an author, an advisor and an angel investor. In this episode, Aunnie talks about transitioning to and building a life close to impact in South Africa. She shares her insights into what’s holding us back and how we might actualize our goals of rev...

Aaron & Andrea Lee-Zucker are both deeply dedicated to self-work and helping others access their own regenerative energy. Aaron is the Founder & CEO of collab.health where he’s into biohacking & coaching. Andrea is a coach, artist, activist, and impact investor on a journey to live with love and creativity in every layer of life. Between their many shared projects and individual endeav...

Euler Bropleh, Founder of VestedWorld , brings us a story unlike anything we’ve heard on The Poetry of Impact Podcast so far.  Though we all have our reasons for choosing impact, Euler’s journey to impact is uniquely rooted in his home country in Africa and the direct experience of hardship during his upbringing in Liberia during its first civil war.  If not for an intuitive decision by his mother...