Celebrating a decade in the solar industry, Dana Clare Redden is a passionate solar professional dedicated to the development of distributed generation solar globally. Growing up in a small rust-belt town in western Pennsylvania, the environmental impacts of fossil fuels shaped her perspective, particularly for disenfranchised communities and those most vulnerable. Realizing this need for […]
Maria Kasparian ('05) is the Executive Director of Edesia, a non-profit social enterprise founded in RI in 2009. The North Kingstown-based organization has the mission to help treat and prevent malnutrition in the world’s most vulnerable populations. As part of their mission, they manufacture and distribute a range of peanut/dairy/soy-based ready-to-use therapeutic and supplementary foods […]
Rishabh is the founder of Gradly. Gradly streamlines immigration logistics for international students by bringing student loans, health insurance, US bank accounts, new phone lines, currency exchange & other services that international students need in a single app. Gradly's app eliminates lengthy paperwork, wait times, numerous fees & non-obvious decisions at every step for incoming international students, resulting […]
David Chanley ’96 spent twenty years advising management teams and boards of Technology companies on a wide range of M&A and corporate finance strategies and transactions and is now a principal investor in Technology companies. In 2016, David co-founded White Hat Capital Partners LP, a private equity-style investment firm based in New York that makes […]
FSIcon is a one-day conference at Brown University filled with keynotes given by well-known leaders in finance and sustainability, as well as panels covering a broad mix of topics from What is ESG, to Climate Change and Finance, to Sustainable Investing in the Developing World; it will also include plenty of opportunities for networking, including […]
Below are the 10 participating organizations founded by Echoing Green fellows from a mix of industries: Practice Makes Perfect - New York Rhymes with Reason - San Diego Takachar - Berkeley Armed Services Arts Partnership - VA/DC Angel City Advisors - LA Center for Popular Democracy - New York Accountability Counsel - San Francisco CLIMATENZA […]
Join the Brown Entrepreneurship Program's Women's Empowerment team in celebrating and supporting women in entrepreneurship! This year, the WE@Brown theme is Uplift. Together, speakers and attendees will uplift each other and learn to conquer challenges and embrace leadership. The free conference includes opportunities to learn and grow through various speakers, workshops, networking opportunities, and more. […]
Laura Thompson ’09 has spent the past decade working on radical innovations aimed at solving the world’s toughest problems. Laura was an early product lead at Google X, where she drove product strategy for science fiction-sounding technologies including self driving cars, smart contact lenses, and delivery drones. While at X, she spread the team’s learning in […]
Event postponed to Fall 2020. More info to come. ======== Join us for a conversation with Geralyn Dreyfous, producer and co-founder of Impact Partners Film Fund and Gamechanger Films, on the unique model of equity investing she launched to empower and disrupt the documentary film community. Geralyn's independent executive producing and producing credits include the […]
Celebrating a decade in the solar industry, Dana Clare Redden is a passionate solar professional dedicated to the development of distributed generation solar globally. Growing up in a small rust-belt town in western Pennsylvania, the environmental impacts of fossil fuels shaped her perspective, particularly for disenfranchised communities and those most vulnerable. Realizing this need for […]
