Social Innovation Practitioner Talk: David Morse, Price Center Visiting Senior Fellow
Description: For more than 20 years, foundations and mega-funders in the US have played an outsized role in shaping public policy, directly and indirectly. Once viewed primarily as benign, if opaque, instruments of charity, they are now increasingly seen, from points … Continue reading
Social Innovation Research Talk: Sonal Shah, Executive Director, Beeck Center at Georgetown
TCC Franklin SuiteWhy is social innovation more relevant today than 8 years ago? Description: Join us for a lunch with Sonal Shah, Executive Director of the Beeck Center at Georgetown and founder of the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation. … Continue reading
Social Innovation Practitioner Talk: Neil Barsky, Founder, The Marshall Project
VPD Conference RoomBio: Neil Barsky is the founder and chairman of The Marshall Project. He has been a newspaper reporter (The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News), equity research analyst (Morgan Stanley), hedge fund manager (Midtown Capital, Alson Capital) and documentary film … Continue reading
Social Innovation Practitioner Talk: Tanya Tull, Founder & CEO, Partnering for Change
VPD Conference RoomBio: Partnering for Change was founded in 2011 by Tanya Tull, as an intentional expansion of her earlier model of idea generation, program experimentation, and knowledge dissemination for systems transformation. A nationally recognized expert in the field of family homelessness, Tull began … Continue reading
Social Innovation Practitioner Talk: Stephan McConnell, President, Civic Participation Action Fund
VPD 101 Lower LevelBio: Before assuming the role of President of Civic Participation Action Fund, Mr. McConnell spent 7 years at the Atlantic Philanthropies, the last three of which as Country Director for U.S. Programs. Previous experience includes 19 years as Vice President for … Continue reading