2021 Speakers
Social Innovation Summit 2021 was held virtually on June 8-10. We brought together top executives and thought leaders from around the globe to discuss opportunities for leveraging technology & innovation to affect social change. Participants discussed philanthropic trends, analyzed innovative approaches for problem solving and built lasting partnerships that enable them and their organizations to discover new methods of engaging with social challenges.
2021 Featured Speakers
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ADAM ROSEMAN
Co-Founder & CEO
Steady -
AKHTAR BADSHAH
Distinguished Practitioner & Associate Teaching Faculty, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance and School of Business
University of Washington -
ALAN HAHN
Chief Executive Officer, Unreasonable Impact Americas 2019 Fellow
MycoTechnology -
ALEX SLOAN
Head of Auth0.org; Director of Social Impact
Auth0 -
ALLIE BUSSJAEGER
Director, Impact & Sustainability
Human-I-T -
ANDREA RIEHL
Senior Manager, Social Impact
Best Buy -
DR. ANGELA JACKSON
Managing Partner
New Profit -
AYELE SHAKUR
Chief Executive Officer
BUILD -
BAHIYAH YASMEEN ROBINSON
CEO & Founder
VC Include -
BART TURTELBOOM
Chairman
Delphos International -
BASSIMA MROUE
CEO & Co- Founder; Board of Directors, Sara Blakely Foundation
SkinTē -
CHARLES RANGEL
Artist, Writer & Producer
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CHARLES RAY PATTON II
Author & Poet
Red Lion Poetry -
CHERYL DORSEY
President
Echoing Green -
CHERYL TIMONEY
Vice President, Tech for Social Impact
Salesforce.org -
CHIP CONLEY
Founder
Modern Elder Academy -
CHRIS MOTLEY
Founder & CEO
Mentor Spaces -
CHRIS REILLY
Workforce Development & Education Lead
Tesla -
CRAIG NEWMARK
Founder, craigslist & Craig Newmark Philanthropies
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CRISTINA SHAPIRO
President, Impact Fund for Children
UNICEF USA -
CRYSTAL HARVEY
Scrum Master for Data Science, Bombora; Design Process Instructor
University of Nevada, Reno -
DANIELA KANDEL
Senior Director, Innovation Bridges
Start-Up Nation Central -
DANIELLE HOLLY
Chief Executive Officer
Common Impact -
DAVE PRAKASH
Staff VP Developer Group, Anthem|ai
Anthem -
DK BARTLEY
Chief Diversity Officer
Moody's -
DOLORES HUERTA
Community Organizer; Founder & President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation
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DWANA FRANKLIN-DAVIS
Chief Executive Officer
Reboot Representation -
EDNA KANE-WILLIAMS
Executive Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer
AARP -
ELAINE MARTYN
Senior Vice President, Private Donor Group
Fidelity Charitable -
ELIZABETH HERRERA SMITH
Executive Vice President & Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
WE Communications -
ERIN BAUDO FELTER
Head of Okta for Good; Vice President, Social Impact & Sustainability
Okta -
GEOFFREY DANIEL
Director of Strategy
Briteweb -
GREG FISCHER
Partner & Director, Sustainable Investing & Social Impact
Boston Consulting Group -
GREG JOHNSON
Executive Vice President & General Manager, Consumer Group
Intuit -
GWYNETH GAUL
Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships & Community Impact
Comcast NBCUniversal -
HAMOON EKHTIARI
Founder & CEO
FutureFit AI -
HILAH BARBOT
Senior Product Manager, Amazon Future Engineer
Amazon -
HILARY PALOTAY
Director, 211 National Initiatives
United Way Worldwide -
HOLLY COPELAND
Senior Director, Corporate Social Responsibility
Horizon Therapeutics -
JAMIE SEARS
Head of Community Affairs & Corporate Responsibility, Americas
UBS -
JASON RAHLAN
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability
Ceridian -
JASON WIENS
Policy Director, Entrepreneurship
Kauffman Foundation -
JAYA ADAPA
Global Head of Social Impact
YouTube -
JEFF SENNE
Managing Director, Responsible Business Leader
PwC -
JEFFREY BURRELL
Executive Director, Riot Social Impact Fund; Director, Karma (Social Impact)
Riot Games -
JENNIFER WONG
Director, Wallis Annenberg GenSpace
Annenberg Foundation -
JERRY YANG
Co-Founder; Founder, AME Cloud Ventures
Yahoo! -
JOHN CALIPARI
Head Basketball Coach
University of Kentucky -
JOLENTA COLEMAN-BUSH
Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Philanthropies
Microsoft -
JONATHAN GREENBLATT
CEO & National Director
Anti-Defamation League -
JONATHAN SY
Digital Strategist
Briteweb -
JULIA REUSCH
Director, National Strategic Partnerships, Community Impact
Comcast -
JUSTIN STEVENS
Senior Partner, Private Equity
Apollo Global Management -
KARI NIEDFELDT-THOMAS
Managing Director, Corporate Strategy & Impact
Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose (CECP) -
DR. KARTHIK SIVASHANKER
Vice President, Equitable Health Systems & Innovation, Center for Health Equity
American Medical Association -
KATHARINE JENSEN
Executive Director, Vertex Foundation; Head of Corporate Responsibility
Vertex Pharmaceuticals -
KATIE NIELSON
Chief Education Officer & Founder
Voxy EnGen -
LAQUONDRA SHAW
Community Relations Consultant
Northwestern Mutual Foundation -
LIDIA MEDINA
Investor
VamosVentures -
LINDA BRAND
President, Herman Miller Cares
Herman Miller -
LISA BOYD
Director, Social Impact
Lyft -
LORRAINE STOMSKI
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Leadership & Learning
Walmart -
LOUISA BOJESEN
Financial Journalist
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MARIAH LAFLEUR
National Program Lead, Thriving Schools
Kaiser Permanente -
MARK CIRILLI
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Mission Point Partners -
MARK RIGDON
Deputy Director, State & Local Policy, Advocacy, & Communications
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation -
MARK WILKINS
Managing Director
UBS -
MARLA WILSON
Executive Director, STEM Careers Coalition
Discovery Education -
MARLEY DIAS
Author, Activist, Executive Producer & Founder
#1000BlackGirlBooks 
MEL OCHOA
Chief Operating Officer
Landmark Ventures
MELISSA BRADLEY
Founder and General Partner, 1863 Ventures; Co-Founder
Ureeka
MEREDITH MORRIS
Senior Manager, Partnerships, Rise
Schmidt Futures
MERRILL FRIEDMAN
Senior Director, Disability Policy Engagement
Anthem-
MICHAEL ELLISON
Founder & CEO
CodePath.org -
MICHELLE SHEVIN
Senior Program Manager, Technology and Society Team
Ford Foundation -
MIKE MARRINER
President & Co-Founder
Roadtrip Nation -
MILES SANDLER
Director of Engagement, Education
Kauffman Foundation -
MIRIAM BRADY
Senior Program Manager, Digital Inclusion
Microsoft -
NATALIE GUO
Founder
Off Their Plate -
NATALYE PAQUIN
President & CEO
Points of Light -
NATHALIA LUNA
Former Roadtripper
Roadtrip Nation -
NEAL MYRICK
Global Head, Tableau Foundation
Tableau -
NEDA WHITNEY
SVP & Head of Marketing, Christie's Americas
Christie's -
NIKOLE COLLINS-PURI
Chief Executive Officer
Techbridge Girls -
NOAH KETEYIAN
Senior Vice President, Corporate Reputation & Brand Purpose
WE Communications -
OLIVIA ALLAN
Executive Vice President
Landmark Ventures -
PAMELA NORLEY
President
Fidelity Charitable -
PARIS HILTON
Entrepreneur, DJ & Advocate
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PATRICK MURCK
Former Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation; Affiliate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Harvard University -
PERCY "MASTER P" MILLER
Philanthropist, Businessman, Entrepreneur, Music Mogul and Founder, No Limit Records
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PHILIP GASKIN
Vice President, Entrepreneurship
Kauffman Foundation -
PINAR GUVENC
Partner
SOUR -
PLINIO AYALA
President & CEO
Per Scholas -
RACHAEL WEISS RILEY
Director
Two Sigma Data Clinic -
RACHEL HUTCHISSON
Vice President, Global Social Responsibility
Blackbaud -
RENÉ JONES
Partner & Global Head of Social Impact
United Talent Agency -
SABA SILE
Executive Director, Clinical Development
Horizon Therapeutics -
SANDRA MOORE
Chief Impact Officer
Advantage Capital -
SANDY HUSK
Chief Executive Officer
AVID Center -
SARA BOGDAN
Director, Head of Sustainability and ESG
JetBlue -
SARAH ANDERSON
Director of Career Pathways
American Forests -
SELENA GOMEZ
Actress, Artist & Producer; Mental Health Advocate; Founder & Creator of Rare Beauty
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SHAQUILLE O'NEAL
Basketball Hall-of-Famer; Co-Founder at Steady
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SHANNON SCHUYLER
Chief Purpose and Inclusion Officer, U.S.
PwC -
SHEILA WOOD
Application Design Specialist, New Product Commercialization
Herman Miller -
SIMON MAINWARING
Chief Executive Officer
We First -
SONAL SHAH
President
The Asian American Foundation -
SONIA OBLITEY
Global Marketing Director
OkCupid -
STEVE SISOLAK
Governor
State of Nevada -
STEVEN AZEKA
Program Officer, Learning & Tech Fund
Robin Hood Foundation -
SUSAN ENFIELD
Superintendent
Highline Public Schools -
SUSAN MCPHERSON
Founder & CEO
McPherson Strategies -
TOM DAWSON
Interim President & CEO
Strada Education Network -
TOMMY AMAKER
Head Basketball Coach
Harvard University -
TRACY PALANDJIAN
CEO & Co-Founder
Social Finance -
TRISTAN PENN
Manager, Community Engagement & Equity
NTEN -
VIRGINIA TENPENNY
Chief Global Social Impact Officer
Starbucks -
WARREN VALDMANIS
Partner
Two Sigma Impact -
WAYNE SUITER MATAMOROS
Managing Director, Product & Experience
Unreasonable Group -
WENDY RICHARD
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility & Community Relations, U.S.
Sanofi -
WILL BUTLER
Director, Portfolio
Unreasonable Group -
WINI HEBALKAR
Senior Vice President, Operations
SquareTrade 
ZEEV KLEIN
Founder & Curator of Social Innovation Summit; General Partner
Landmark Ventures
