A forum for thought leaders and stakeholders in our community to come together, learn and outline next steps for building a thriving impact investing sector in LA.

  - What is impact investing?
  - Why should traditional investment advisors care about impact investing?
  - Strategy for deploying impact investments
  - Large scale impact investing in Los Angeles

Event format: Panel presentation followed by breakout session at tables, facilitated conversation, and summary report back to the group by table leaders.  Following the event, we will publish a report based on the findings and recommendations from this forum.

Panelists:
FRAN SEEGULL
Managing Director, Investments
ImpactAssets

ANDY LOWER
Executive Director, The Eleos Foundation &
CEO of Eleos Investment Management LLC

TINA CASTRO
Director of Impact Investing
The California Endowment

KIRK SCOTT
Vice President
Magic Johnson Foundation (MJF)

Keynote Speaker:
RON BOEHM
Principal
Boma Investments, LLC

Opening Remarks:
LAURA FERRETTI
Founder, Impact Philanthropy
Co-President, AIP LA Chapter

Moderator:
DARYA ALLEN-ATTAR
Co-President, Advisors in Philanthropy Los Angeles Chapter
Financial Advisor

Breakout Sessions & Discussion Leaders

CLICK HERE to view bios of discussion leaders

CAPITAL PLUS: 
Can we collaborate to create the capital groundwork for sustaining an impact sector focused on Los Angeles?
  
Table 1: Funders Forum--by invitation only--limited to foundations
   TARA ROTH MCCONAGHY, President, Goldhirsh Foundation
   Foundations collaborating to build a local impact sector
  
Table 2: Corporate philanthropists and the Entertainment Industry focused on LA Impact
   RAFAEL GONZALEZ, Director of Community Relations, LA Dodgers
   RENÉ JONES, Director, United Talent Agency Foundation
 
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
Supporting the ecosystem that leads to profit plus business success
  
Table 3:
   ELIZABETH STEWART, Co-founder and CEO, The Hub LA
   BETSY DENSMORE, Founder and President of Academies for Social Entrepreneurship
 
LEGAL ISSUES:
  
Table 4:  OFER LION, Counsel, Hunton and Williams, LLP
Program-related investments:  With new regulations and a new generation of philanthropists
ready to be social entrepreneurs, business incubators and venture capitalists, program-related investing is poised to enter expansion mode. Whether you are a private foundation interested in making PRIs or you have a nonprofit or for-profit project or business that could be a good candidate for a PRI, Ofer will discuss the tools, knowledge and practical solutions you’ll need to make it happen.
 
INVESTMENT VEHICLES:

Table 5: Regional and Local Impact Investing Vehicles
   FRAN SEEGULL, Managing Director of Investments, ImpactAssets
   TINA CASTRO, Director of Impact Investing, The California Endowment
     •  What types of impact investing vehicles have been developed or are in development?
     •  Which ones are best suited to regional impact outcomes?
     •  How might we partner to co-develop impact investing vehicles for Los Angeles?

Table 6: International Impact Investing
   ANDY LOWER, Executive Director, The Eleos Foundation
   EVA HELENE YAZHARI, Co-Founder and CEO, Beyond Capital Fund

Table 7:  OMAR BROWNSON, Executive Director, LA River Revitalization Corporation
The LA River and Park-oriented Development: the greening of Los Angeles

Table 8:  Can nonprofits joint venture with corporations to build a profit plus business model focused on Los Angeles?
   KIRK SCOTT, Vice President, Magic Johnson Foundation

Table 9:  Just getting started: What you need to know about impact investing
   LISA RICHTER, Principal, GPS Capital Partners, LLC
 

REGISTER ONLINE HERE:

http://impactlosangeles7feb.eventbrite.com/#

AIP Members:  $50
Non-members:  $80

Lunch will be served