Forum Agenda
8:15 am | BREAKFAST and Registration |
9:00 am | Welcome Roy Bahat — Bloomberg Beta |
9:10 am | Approaches to Impact: Two Illustrations — Participant Interviews Jessica Mah — InDinero John Wolthuis — Twilio Interviewed by Denise Hearn — The Myth of Capitalism |
9:35 am | Building Connections — Framing Questions Ryan Burke — Schmidt Futures |
10:00 am | BREAK |
10:15 am | “Lean Leverage” Conversations — Round One Economic Development in Cities and States Lenny Mendonca — California Office of the Governor Guidance for Choosing the Right Donor Networks Gretchen Sisson — University of California SF, Women Donors Network Action Fund, and Emerge America One Couple’s Example: Practical Donation Tracking and Making Philanthropic Decisions as a Family Rick Klau — GV and Robin Klau Public Interest Technology Ginny Hunt — Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Social Impact Delivered Through the Workplace Elizabeth Tse — Upwork Scarcity, Inequality, and Health: How AI Can Help Rather Than Hurt Sendhil Mullainathan — University of Chicago Booth School of Business Climate Change Jonathan Foley — Project Drawdown Housing in the Bay Area Kay Fernandez — San Francisco Foundation Group Coaching: working in small groups to offer insight into specific problems |
11:15 am | “Lean Leverage” Conversations — Round Two |
12:05 pm | LUNCH |
1:05 pm | Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How it Can Do Better Rob Reich — Stanford Center on Philanthropy an |
1:55 pm | BREAK |
2:10 pm | Seminars — Round One A. Managing Wealth for Impact: First decisions about foundations, donor advised funds, family offices, impact investing, and tax implications Greg Nelson — Parker Media and Sean Parker Foundation Dana Reid — Davis Wright Tremaine LLP B. Introduction to Strategic Philanthropy: Outcome-oriented philanthropy, crafting a theory of change, monitoring, and evaluation (two hour seminar — continues in Round Two) Paul Brest — Former President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Erinn Andrews — Stanford PACS C. Philanthropy Moonshots: The role of 21st century philanthropy in pursuing ambitious, achievable goals Tom Kalil — Schmidt Futures D. Political Investing 101: How insiders make their donations count David Slifka — Bluem Ventures E. Angel Investing for Impact Ellen Levy — Silicon Valley Connect |
3:00 pm | BREAK |
3:20 pm | Seminars — Round Two |
4:15 pm | Impact at Scale — Mainstage Interview Matt Rogers — Incite.org Interviewed by Roy Bahat — Bloomberg Beta |
4:50 pm | Closing Discussion and Next Steps |
5:30 pm | Cocktail Reception |