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Jodie Blum: Elevating Standards in Strategic Philanthropy

Jodie Blum: Elevating Standards in Strategic Philanthropy
Jodie: It’s great to be here, Spiffy! In my role leading a social impact agency, I focus on elevating standards in philanthropic consulting, cause marketing, and charitable brand partnerships. We create strategies to maximize positive influence around celebrities and brands, ensuring all of our client's initiatives create lasting and impactful change. The global challenges we address range from social justice, education, youth empowerment, health and disease, climate, and conservation.

Stephanie Kelly: Sustainable Investment Practices for Ours and the Planet’s Futures

Stephanie Kelly: Sustainable Investment Practices for Ours and the Planet’s Futures
Stephanie: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Greenwheel is a research team focused on how to invest sustainably for the future. We look at environmental and social challenges and opportunities across the world and work with our investment teams to invest in these things. This includes technologies to fight climate change, how companies should think about human rights in their businesses, and a whole lot more sustainability-related investment ideas.

Michael Hanagan: Investing to Remove Barriers to Postsecondary Education

Michael Hanagan: Investing to Remove Barriers to Postsecondary Education
Mike: It’s great to be here, Spiffy! Strada supports programs, policies, and organizations that strengthen connections between postsecondary education and opportunity, with a focus on helping people who face the greatest challenges. We advance our mission through impact investments, grantmaking, research, and policy solutions. I am part of the strategic investments team, where we invest in companies and fund managers seeking to remove barriers to postsecondary education and workforce pathways, thus improving socioeconomic mobility for Americans.