Please take a look below for a snapshot of last year's panel discussions:

Panel Descriptions:

Money vs. Talent: Achieving Scale in Social Impact

Which is the greatest barrier to scaling social impact: money or talent?  This panel will shed new light on this perennial debate through an engaging dialogue with leaders who are taking distinct approaches to accelerate social change - whether as impact investors, social impact consultants, or developers of talent for an evolving social sector.  Learn how these leaders are leveraging their unique talents and resources to scale social impact and how you can too.

Moderator:

Jason Saul, Faculty, Kellogg School of Management

Panelists:

Drew Von Glahn, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Third Sector Capital

Liam Krehbiel '07, Founder & CEO, A Better Chicago

Megan Kashner '03, Founder & CEO, Benevolent.net

James Shepard '95, CEO, Achieve Mission

Innovative Solutions for Underserved Markets

From developing countries to emerging inner city hubs, needs of large populations are going unmet.  Rising to the challenge, visionaries across sectors are employing innovative strategies to provide high-impact products and services to these underserved markets and to empower local entrepreneurial talent to address these needs.  The diverse leaders featured in this panel will challenge you to rethink your definition of “attractive markets”, inspire you to consider the potential for social and financial return where others see obstacles, and highlight the unique skills it takes to launch innovative solutions for impact in new markets.  

Moderator:

Dr. Jamie N. Jones '09, Assistant Director, Social Enterprise Program, Kellogg School of Management

Panelists:

Amy Chen, Program Director, Food for Good, PepsiCo Global Nutrition Group

Paul Ellingstad, Director of Global Health, HP

Baily Blair Kempner, Director of Growth & Sustainability, Endeavor Global

Pompa Debroy, Program Director - India, Embrace

Speaker Biographies:

Jason Saul, Faculty, Kellogg School of Management (Moderator)

Jason Saul is a Lecturer of Social Enterprise at Kellogg. He is the author of numerous books and articles on social strategy and measurement, including: Benchmarking for Nonprofits: How to Manage, Measure and Improve Performance (Fieldstone Press 2006); Social Innovation, Inc.: Five Strategies to Drive Business Value through Social Change (Jossey-Bass, October 2010); and The End of Fundraising: How to Raise More by Selling Your Impact (Jossey-Bass, February 2011).

Professor Saul is the Founder and CEO of Mission Measurement, LLC, a strategy consulting firm focused on the social sector. Mission Measurement provides expertise in outcomes measurement, strategy consulting and data analysis to help clients measure and report their performance. The firm has advised leading corporations and nonprofits, including: McDonald’s, Kraft Foods, Levi Strauss & Co., Easter Seals, American Red Cross, the Humane Society of the U.S. and the Smithsonian.

In 1994, Professor Saul co-founded the Center for What Works, a nonprofit organization focused on benchmarking. It aims to improve social sector results through benchmarking for nonprofits, a strategy that facilitates outcomes measurement and reporting by linking nonprofits and funders through a common language. Prior to that he began his career as an attorney, most recently at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago where he represented government and nonprofit clients in public finance transactions.

Professor Saul holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, an M.P.P. from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a B.A. in Government and French Literature from Cornell University. He was awarded the Harry S. Truman Scholarship for leadership and public service and was selected as a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow. In 2008, Professor Saul was recognized as one of Crain’s Chicago Business “40 under 40” business leaders.

Drew Von Glahn, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Third Sector Capital

Drew von Glahn is the Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Third Sector Capital Partners.  Third Sector, a 501(c)3, provides investment banking services to nonprofit organizations, government agencies and philanthropic investors.  Third Sector’s goal is to develop innovative capital financings to support the growth and capacity of high-performing nonprofits.  As the co-founder of Third Sector, Drew plays a catalytic role in the development of the Social Impact Bond initiative in the U.S. The Social Impact Bond is a public/private partnership which funds organizations that achieve documented gains in social outcomes, allowing government agencies to focus their resources on innovative and cost-effective programs.   

Prior to launching Third Sector, Drew was President and CEO of FEI Behavioral Health, the social venture subsidiary of the Alliance for Children and Families, one of the nation’s leading associations of human service nonprofits.  The Alliance and its affiliates represent a network of over 500 nonprofit organizations that share a common vision of creating a healthy society and strong communities for all children and families. Operating with a combined budget of $14.8 billion, the Alliance member agencies serve more than 3.4 million individuals in 8,000 communities.  As part of this network, FEI is a global provider of crisis management, family counseling and life management resources.  During Drew’s tenure at FEI, the organization achieved a tenfold improvement in the firm’s financial profile, providing flexibility to sustain and grow the organization.  With the improved finances, FEI was able to invest over 20% of its revenues to support the mission of the Alliance.

Drew spent over twenty years as a Wall Street executive at Credit Suisse, ING and the predecessor firms to J.P. Morgan Chase.  His roles included capital raising, financial advisory, M&A and venture capital investing.  He gained a reputation for providing innovative financial solutions for global corporations, government agencies, as well as small enterprises and start-ups.  Drew has extensive experience in structuring complex financings, having arranged billions in issuances, across different products and markets.

Drew has co-authored several papers on the Social Impact Bond.  In addition, he has been a guest speaker in numerous forums covering investment banking, risk management, eCommerce and philanthropic capital.  He is a graduate of the Boston College Carroll School of Management with degrees in Economics and Accounting.

Liam Krehbiel '07, Founder & CEO, A Better Chicago

Liam Krehbiel is the Founder and CEO of A Better Chicago, a new venture philanthropy fund that provides growth capital and management support to high-performing nonprofits working in early childhood development, K-12 education and workforce development.  A Better Chicago will be making its first round of investments in Fall 2011.

Prior to founding A Better Chicago, Liam spent ten years working in the corporate and nonprofit sectors.  Most recently, he was a management consultant at Bain & Company, where he worked on a variety of strategy and operational projects for Fortune 500 and mid-market clients.  Prior to Bain, Liam worked at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, where he identified, assessed, funded and supported a portfolio of high-performing youth development organizations that aspire to scale nationally.  Earlier in his career, Liam worked in the investment banking group of William Blair & Company and in the development office of ACCION, a global microfinance organization.  He has a BA in history from Dartmouth College and an MBA in finance and marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Megan Kashner '03, Founder & CEO, Benevolent.net

Social entrepreneurship struck on February 13, 2011 when Megan woke up with a kernel of innovation on her mind. Over the coming weeks and months, Megan explored, shaped, and refined that concept, crafting what would become Benevolent.net, a new social enterprise designed to foster individual giving to meet individual needs - connecting those who face a hurdle along their path to stability and success with those who wish to help. By heretically breaking the barrier that divides those who give from those who are in need, Benevolent seeks to bring dignity and selfdetermination to both sides of the giving equation and illuminates the realities of lives lived in low income circumstances.

Prior to founding Benevolent in July of 2011, Megan spent over 20 years leading organizations and programs dedicated to improving lives for those living in need and at risk. Megan has served as Executive Director for the Taproot Foundation, leading and expanding Taproot’s pro bono movement and efforts across the Midwest and East Coast. Megan has also served as the Executive Director of the Infant Welfare Society of Evanston, Chief Development Officer for Chicago’s Deborah’s Place and Program Director for organizations including the Howard Area Community Center, Methodist Youth Services and the Heartland Alliance.

Megan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a BA in Public Policy and American Civilization from Brown University, a master’s degree from University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration, and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. A New York to Chicago transplant, Megan and her partner live in Evanston, IL where they raise their two children and attend more than their fill of soccer games.

James Shepard '95, CEO, AchieveMission

James is the CEO of AchieveMission a consulting organization working to dramatically reshape the way the nonprofit sector perceives and practices human capital management.  James has been scaling organizations, consulting, and building technology to enhance human capital management for more than 20 years. Previously, as COO & National VP Programs, he built Taproot Foundation’s nonprofit consulting practice into one of the largest capacity building organizations in the country, growing it more than 40% per year and overseeing more than 1,000 consulting engagements in strategy, marketing, IT and human capital management. Earlier, James held senior roles at several high growth software companies that supported superior human capital management in the areas of learning and development, online community, and knowledge management; three of these companies were successfully acquired or taken public. James began his career as a strategy consultant with JSA International/A.T. Kearney. He earned his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and his BA cum laude from Georgetown University.

Dr. Jamie N. Jones '09, Assistant Director, Social Enterprise Program, Kellogg School of Management (Moderator)

Jamie N. Jones is the Associate Director of the Social Enterprise at Kellogg (SEEK) Program, where she works with students, alumni and members of the community to apply business principles to affect social change. Jamie firmly believes that the greatest social challenges can be mitigated with innovation and the application of sound business practices. She is in constant search for new opportunities to foster collaboration between Kellogg students and the community toward significant social impact.

Since starting her role at Kellogg, Jamie has launched the International Impact Investing Challenge, conducted research in collaboration with the US Dept. of State and co-hosted the Impact Investing Summit.  Jamie’s current research interests are in the design of inclusive business models to create sustainable social impact.  Jamie is also the co-founder of Impact Engine, a Chicago-based impact venture accelerator.

Jamie earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Prior to Kellogg, Jamie was a product development chemist and worked in several areas including medical devices and material science. She earned a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin and a BS in Chemistry from the University of Tennessee. Any free time Jamie has is spent running or biking the trail by Lake Michigan.

 Amy Chen, Program Director, Food for Good, PepsiCo Global Nutrition Group

Amy Chen is a Director in PepsiCo’s Global Nutrition Group, where she leads the global schools strategy and the Food for Good initiative, which aims to improve access to healthy food in underserved communities in the United States. Food for Good’s flagship program is an innovative summer “mobile meals” program, which partners with community non-profits and public sector agencies to provide healthy meals and physical activities to kids at risk of hunger when school is out of session. She previously served as the Brand Manager for Stacy’s Pita Chips. Amy graduated from the joint JD and MBA program at Stanford Law School and the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), where she was elected the Managing Editor of the Stanford Law and Policy Review and served on the University’s Advisory Panel on Investment Responsibility. Amy is a member of the New York State Bar. She previously worked at McKinsey & Company and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. Amy received a BA in Chemistry from Harvard University and currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband Charles.

Paul Ellingstad, Director, Global Health, HP

"Global Health stands as one of the last frontiers in technology transformation. We have the ability to deliver on the ambitious vision of better health for all through meaningful innovation and applied use of appropriate technology.”

Paul Ellingstad leads the office’s global health partnerships and initiatives,a vital new strategic priority for the organization. Upon joining the team in October 2009, he developed the group’s health strategy and launched it in early 2010.

With the support of a high caliber international team and recognized leaders in global health as partners, Paul is collaborating to drive transformational IT implementations which strengthen health systems and accelerate the adoption of mobile solutions within the health sector.

Paul has worked in the technology sector for 19 years. Prior to his current role he led communications and customer programs for the head of HP’s enterprise business sales in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, which included driving the organization’s work to improve customer experience and loyalty. He has served in various senior roles in strategy, communications, marketing, and research.

Paul Ellingstad holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from the University of South Dakota.

Baily Blair Kempner, Director of Growth & Sustainability, Endeavor Global

Baily is Director of Growth & Sustainability Initiatives at Endeavor Global. In this role, she is responsible for raising long-term capital and promoting Endeavor's sustainability using innovative, market-driven models. Baily previously worked with Endeavor in South Africa through the eMBA Program.

Prior to Endeavor, Baily worked at Grassroots Capital, a private equity fund that invests in microfinance banks throughout the emerging markets. Previously, she worked at Lehman Brothers in the alternative asset management group where she helped to launch over a dozen new hedge fund products.

Baily received her MBA from Harvard Business School, with Second-Year Honors, where she served as co-President of the Social Enterprise Club. She received her BA from Yale University, cum laude and with Distinction in the History major. A native New Yorker, Baily enjoys mountaineering/climbing, history, and reading. She also serves as an Advisory Board member of Grameen America.

Pompa Debroy, Program Director - India, Embrace

Pompa Debroy is Program Director for Embrace's India programs. Embrace is a social enterprise that aims to reduce mortality and morbidity in newborns suffering from hypothermia through a low-cost infant warmer. The Embrace Infant Warmer is an affordable, locally appropriate solution that works with or without electricity, has no moving parts, and is safe and intuitive to use. Embrace works to accomplish its mission of inspiring sustainable impact and change through partnering with successful local organizations. As Program Director in India, Pompa leads Embrace's partnership and evaluation strategy.

Prior to joining Embrace, Pompa has worked on a range of global health research topics in the US, India, Bangladesh, and Tanzania. Pompa holds a Master of Science in Global Health and Population from the Harvard School of Public Health and a BA with honors in Public Health from UC Berkeley. Pompa has previously worked in governmental, consulting, and non-profit organizations. Based in Bangalore, Pompa enjoys traveling and fencing.