Judi Lynn Brown, co-founder and Chief Impact office of CivicMakers, is a creative systems and design practitioner. She is a member of a new generation of progressive and inclusive change-makers who embrace civic technology along with “radically inclusive, participatory governance structures.” CivicMakers, which is based in the Bay Area, was created to make gathering spaces … [Read more...] about It’s a Buckminster Fuller thing.
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She’s breaking barriers.
Joanna Bartholomew, owner of O’Hara Developments, is a woman who’s breaking all barriers. While Joanna’s background is in social work, community health and financial education, real estate is in her blood. Her father was a developer, and as a young girl she spent time with him, both in the office and on job sites. So it’s no surprise that she launched her own … [Read more...] about She’s breaking barriers.
One year. 41 more conversations.
41 amazing people. 41 inspiring conversations. Cynthia Muller. Richard Rothstein. Andre Perry. Charmaine Curtis. Lyneir Richardson. Darryl Scipio. Libby Seifel. Beth Silverman. Patrick Quinton. Daniel Parolek. Charles Durrett. Heather Hood. Diana Lind. Scott Flynn. Atticus LeBlanc. Sam Ruben. Andrew Luong. Stephanie Gripne. Shannon Mudd. Ken Weinstein. Garry Gilliam. Andy … [Read more...] about One year. 41 more conversations.
Young angels.
Dr. Shannon Mudd is an economist and educator with a University of Chicago pedigree, specializing in microfinance and impact investment. He currently runs the Microfinance and Impact Investing Initiative program (Mi3 for short), which he founded about 8 years ago. One of his hottest classes teaches students how to invest $50,000 of real money for maximum social impact. This … [Read more...] about Young angels.
Filling the “crazy gap”.
Jonny Price has spent most of his working life in the world of microfinance, first at the nonprofit, Kiva, and now with the crowdfunding platform, Wefunder. He started his journey from management consultant to crowdfunding guru in 2009, as a volunteer with Kiva, on an externship from his consulting job. He made the full leap over in 2011, to lead the Kiva Zip pilot … [Read more...] about Filling the “crazy gap”.