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Shaping the Future of Impact Investing: A Conversation with Fran Seegull

Join us for a comprehensive Deep Dive conversation with Fran Seegull, President of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance and Executive Director of the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing. This session will delve into the future of impact investing, bringing Fran’s unique perspective as a field builder and funder committed to scaling the field with integrity. Participants will explore critical market drivers, innovative investment strategies, and the evolving public policy landscape that shapes how impact investing can be a powerful tool for fostering a sustainable and equitable economy. Expect to gain a deeper understanding of the strategic tools available for driving progress and how to effectively collaborate within the impact investing community. This dialogue will cover a range of topics from system-level investing and the ‘ownership economy’ to navigating nonpartisanship in a polarized climate and key public policy priorities that promote shared prosperity.

Featured Guest

Fran Seegull is President of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance. The Alliance works to increase awareness of impact investing in the U.S., foster deployment of impact capital across asset classes globally, and partner with stakeholders, including government, to build the impact investing ecosystem. The Alliance and B Lab co-lead the Coalition on Inclusive Economic Growth, a broad-based group of 60+ impact-oriented business and investor organizations dedicated to coordinating public and private sector action to generate inclusive economic growth.

Seegull also serves as Executive Director of the Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing—a grantmaking donor collaborative focused on growing the field with impact integrity by funding public policy, public engagement, and impact data, metrics, and measurement.

Previously, Seegull was Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director at ImpactAssets, where she headed investment management for The Giving Fund—now a $3B impact investing donor advised fund. Before joining ImpactAssets, Seegull was Managing Director at Funk Ventures, an impact venture capital firm. She also served as VP of Business Development at Novica, an online retailer representing artisans in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Seegull has a BS in Economics from Barnard College at Columbia University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves on the Board Credit Committee of Calvert Impact Capital, the Board of Align Impact, the Advisory Board of the CASE i3 Initiative at Duke University, and the Investment Advisory Council of the Social Finance Impact-First Fund of Funds. Previously, she served on the Investment Committee of Align Impact and the Goldhirsh Foundation and the G7 Social Impact Investment Task Force Working Group on Asset Allocation.

Time: 12:00 – 1:15 PM ET