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Summit Agenda

Summit Goals:

  1. Hear from local and national thought leaders in SE
  2. Share and learn about what’s happening in SE in RI/Nationally - exemplars, innovative business models and leading practices
  3. Create a connected SE community in RI

Schedule:

Time Activity Speaker(s), Facilitator(s), Set-up, & Materials
8:00am Arrival, registration and networking
8:30 Welcome & Introduction Lorne Adrain, Northwestern Mutual, SVPRI
Kelly Ramirez, SVPRI
Kati Machtley, Bryant University, Woman’s Summit
Neil Steinberg, President, Rhode Island Foundation
Social Enterprise Story Amos House – Eileen Hayes and
Conversation: Fueling Social Enterprise Locally and Globally Lead:  Lorne Adrain
Mayor David Cicilline
Dr. Diana Wells, President, Ashoka
Susan Ditkoff, Partner, Bridgespan
John Abrams, CEO, South Mountain Company
Dr. Mary Gentile, Director, Giving Voice to Values and Babson College.
Innovations in  Social Enterprise: An Inquiry Moderators: Tony Silbert and Jen Silbert,
Innovation Partners  International
Break
Social Enterprise Business Models Lead:  Ellen Donahue Dalton, DMG/SVPRI
Deborah Schimberg, Glee Gum
Dan MacCombie, Runa
Rajiv Kumar, Shape Up the Nation
Bill Daugherty, NFTE/Met
Rebecca Onie, Project Health
Cynthia Koenig, HippoRoller
Small Group Work: Strengths of our Social Enterprise Community Moderators: Tony Silbert and Jen Silbert,
Innovation Partners  International
Social Enterprise Story RiverzEdge Arts Project – Bekah Greenwald and
Report Out: Assets, Leading Practices and Innovations Moderators: Tony Silbert and Jen Silbert,
Innovation Partners  International
12:30pm LUNCH Individual mentoring
1:30 Concurrent Panels: Social Enterprise Strategies
Roundtable
A
The Challenges and Opportunities of Growth Lead:  Lisa DiCarlo, Babson College
Clare McCully, NFTE
Bert Crenca, AS220
Jodie Woodruff, Met School
Anne Nolan, Crossroads
Roundtable
B
Using Social Ventures for Skills Training and Job Creation Lead:  Elizabeth Jardine, MPR Associates
Eileen Hayes, Amos House
Jack Maher, Maher Center
Tom Kane, Cranston Arc
Wendy Mackie, MY-TURN
Roundtable
C
Optimizing Partnership and Collaboration for Social Impact Lead:  Melissa Withers, Business Inovation Factory
Teny Gross, ISPN
Mark Kravatz, Apeiron Institute
Andy Posner, Capital Good Fund
Noah Fulmer, Farm Fresh RI
Roundtable
D
Social Purpose Business 1 Lead: Robert Leaver, New Commons
John Abrams, South Mountain Company
Doug Hammond, Alive Communities
Roundtable
E
Social Enterprise:
Leveraging your Giving
Lead: Sandra Enos
Travis Cummings, Great Bay Foundation
Jill Pfitzenmayer, Rhode Island Foundation
Elizabeth Lynn, van Beuren Foundation
BREAK
2:45 Concurrent Panels: Social Enterprise Building Blocks
Roundtable
A
Using the Social Enterprise Network and Resources to Advance your Goals Lead: Andy Cutler
Alan Harlam, Brown
Peter Hocking, RISD
Charlie Harding, Asset Map
Allan Tear, Aptus Collaborative, Betaspring
Roundtable
B
Innovative Tools for Social Impact Lead: Ann-Marie Harrington, Embolden
Stephanie Gerson, Shower in the Dark
Sarah Brooks, Ashoka
Nicholas Reville, Participatory Culture Foundation
Anne Wunderli- Pine Street Inn/Aptus Collaborative
Roundtable
C
Social Purpose Business 2 Lead: Robert Leaver, New Commons
Doug Hammond, Alive Communities
John Abrams, South Mountain Company
Roundtable
D
Social Innovations in Public Health Lead: Nathaniel Lepp, Miriam Center for Prisoner Health and Human Right
Jody Rich, Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights
Dr. Michael Fine, Health Access RI
Dr. Steve Cummings, GFHPV
Sonia Rodrigues, Project Health
Meg Wirth, Maternova
4:30 Community Dialogue:  Creating a SE Roadmap SERI Team
4:45 Networking Reception

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