What’s Your 2025 Impact Investing Strategy?

About

Join Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) for a virtual gathering on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, from 1:30 - 3 p.m. EST to discuss new and exciting strategy refreshes and novel pathways to create impact and support communities. Designed for intermediate and advanced impact investing practitioners, this informal interview and conversation is an opportunity to learn and share what foundations and family offices are thinking, planning, and putting into action in 2025.

Key Discussion Points

• What are your strategies for 2025, and how will they differ from what you have done in the past?
• Why have you chosen this pivot for your foundation or family office at this time?
• What are the challenges you foresee in implementing this strategy?
• How can fellow MIE members complement or learn from your efforts?

Gain exclusive insights from impact investing professionals as a founder, trustee, and investment professional share an in-depth look at the plans and processes driving impact within their organizations and fostering meaningful collaboration. This engaging discussion will feature perspectives from a global family office and its strategy partners, a prominent Pacific Northwest community foundation, and a smaller Southwest foundation focused on health and aging. This 90-minute Zoom promises to be a lively and interactive conversation.

Speakers

• Megan McCarthy, Director of Partnerships and Strategic Operations, Blue Haven Initiative
• Liesel Pritzker Simmons, Co-Founder, Blue Haven Initiative
• Sekhar Paladugu, Board Member, Next50 Foundation
• Ken Takahashi, Director of Social Impact Investing, Seattle Foundation

Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and elevate your foundation's strategy development in 2025!

About MIE Gatherings

MIE’s informal member gatherings spark in-depth conversations about mission investing to drive positive outcomes in communities. These gatherings are not recorded.

This event, a combined gathering of family foundations, health investors, and community foundations, welcomes all MIE members and *other foundations upon invitation. Members, please register to receive your Zoom access details.