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Elevating Impact 2016

The 2016 conference presented diverse perspectives on funding for social impact; how an intrapreneurial company is partnering with employers to lower national recidivism; a look at the power of zip codes vs. genetic codes in lifelong health, and an exploration of the often untold risks, failures, and first steps to creating social change.

Location: Lincoln Hall, Portland State University

Date: February 5, 2016

Number of Attendees: 500

Weather: 50 degrees and mostly cloudy 

Videos


 

Opening Remarks

Cindy Cooper, Dan Connolly, Mayor Charlie Hales

Food is Community: An Unexpected Path to Purpose

Amelia Pape

Fireside Chat with Dave's Killer Bread

John Tucker, Genevieve Martin, Rachel Cunliffe

Funding for Impact Discussion

Liz Bauer, Rob Coppedge, Amy Pearl, Stephen Green

Performance

Hamilton Cheifetz

Twenty Years in Twenty Minutes: Life as a Social Entrepreneur

Ami Dar

Creative Session

On Your Feet

First Steps for Social Impact

Joy Alise Davis, Gun Denhart, Scott Hamlin, David Sawyer

Moving Equity from the Margins to the Center

Nichole June Maher, Charles McGee, Doug Stamm, Dr. Larry Wallack 

Culture Shift and System Change

Al Etmanski

PitchFest



Finalists

  • Young Mountain Tea - Raj Vable
  • Verbal Escape - Noah Schultz
  • Manage My Co-op - Kimmy Gustafson
  • ParticipAid - Erin Moore and Nat Willis
  • Camions of Care - Nadya Okamoto

Panelists

  • Stephen Green - Stephen Green, Community Director, Elevate Capital (moderator)
  • Amy Pearl, Founder and Executive Director, Hatch Innovation
  • Rob Coppedge, Senior Vice President, Strategic Investments and Corporate Development, Cambia Health Solutions
  • Liz Bauer, President and CEO, Gilded Rogue

Photos