Bold New Ventures: Visionary Philanthropists and Impact Investing at the Cutting Edge

Moderated by Melissa Berman, president and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and adjunct professor for Columbia Business School, this session at the 2011 Social Enterprise Conference included: Doug Borchard, managing partner and COO of New Profit Inc.; Mike O'Brien, CEO of iMentor; Bonnie Oliva, director of the InVenture Foundation; and Michael Smith, senior vice president of Social Innovation at the Case Foundation.

Speakers discussed the increasing investments in promoting technology solutions to advance environmental and social causes as well as what cutting-edge organizations are both funding and being funded in this space.