What's Happening at NI Local San Francisco.
Welcome to the Conference Schedule! This includes Keynotes & Tracks outlined to the right. Create your own schedule and choose your tracks first come, first served on day-of!
TRACK A: Empower Yourself = Workshops & Skills Development
TRACK B: Learn from the Best = Inspiration & Discovery
TRACK C: Impact Communities = Taking Action Today
9:30AM - 10:00AM: Registration
10:00AM - 10:10AM: Welcome Address
Tiffany Tran, Co-President, Net Impact San Francisco Professional Chapter
Cristina Nicoara, NI Local Conference Co-Chair, NISF (emcee)
10:10AM - 10:40AM: Keynote 1: Enabling Collective Impact
Maab Ibrahim, Portfolio Manager, Google.org
Veronica Ensign, Bay Area Executive Director, Defy Ventures
10:40AM - 11:10AM: Keynote 2: The Passionate Pursuit of Sustainability
Alan Ross, Professor, UC Berkeley
Bonnie Nixon, Senior Partner, Environmental Resources Management
11:25AM - 11:55AM:
Breakout Session 1
TRACK A: Clarify Your Purpose, Amplify Your Impact
Mary Shindler, Program Manager, EverwiseWomen
Brittany Cheng, Product Manager at Yelp, and Alumni Board Member at YCore
TRACK B: Building a Movement of Conscious Consumer Engagement
Tiffany Tran, Sustainability Analyst, Annie's and Co-President of NISF (Moderator)
Rafael Navarro, Business Development and Customer Service, Senda Athletics
Kyle Parsons, Founder and President, Indosole
Mischa Hedges, Founder & Chief Storyteller, TrimTab Media
TRACK C: Making an Impact Now as a Young Professional
Kana Hammon, Co-Founder and Executive Director, YCore
Simon Shachter, Co-Founder and Board Chair, YCore
11:55AM - 12:35PM: Lunch
12:35PM - 12:45PM: An Offering of Meditation & Embracing Mindfulness
Katja Davis, Development and Marketing Manager, A Home Within
12:45PM - 1:15PM: Keynote 3: B Corps: Using Business as a Force for Good
Ryan Hoffman, Partner, LIFT Economy (Moderator)
Andrea Walker, Creative Media Evangelist, Beneficial State Bank
Mike Hannigan, President and Founder, Give Something Back
1:15PM - 1:45PM: Keynote 4: Many Pathways to Purposeful Careers
Bonnie Nixon, Senior Partner, Environmental Resources Management (Moderator)
Jenni Grant, Manager, Global Programs, Sustainability & Communication, Oracle
Vaughn Maurice, Executive Director, WildCare
Sammie Rayner, Co-Founder and COO, HandUp
2:00PM - 2:30PM:
Breakout Session 2
TRACK A: Shared Value, CSR, and Business as Usual: A Case Analysis
Michael Murray, Senior Consultant, FSG
TRACK B: Ecosystems and Wildlife: A Vision for Optimism
Jonathan Evans, Environmental Health Legal Director and Senior Attorney, Center for Biological Diversity (Moderator)
Tim O'Shea, Founder and CEO, CleanFish
Phoebe Higgins, Director of California Fisheries Fund, Environmental Defense Fund
TRACK C: How to Drive Social Impact From Within Your Organization
Sean Rico Fisher, Associate, CR, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Patricia Nevers, Associate Manager, CR, Silicon Valley Community Foundation
2:45PM - 3:15PM:
Breakout Session 3
TRACK A: Design Thinking for Impact
Natalia Vasquez, Impact Design Program Manager, Net Impact
Maya Holm, Senior Associate at Net Impact
TRACK B: Cross-Sector Lens to Clean Energy
Jay Hirschton, CEO, Full Circle Fund (Moderator)
Andreas Karelas, Executive Director, RE-volv
Emily Fritze, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Powerhouse
Sienna Rogers, Director, Grid Integration and Innovation, PG&E
TRACK C: Dollars and Cents: How to Be a Big Donor Without a Big Bank Account
Simon Shachter, Program Manager, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Foundation
Keith Calix, Chief of Staff, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Foundation
3:30PM - 4:00PM: Keynote 5: Kickstarting Social Impact in the Startup World
Jeremy Brown, Founder, Startups Give Back (Moderator)
Rachel Katz, Director of Social Innovation, AngelHack
John Leonard, Senior Program Manager, Optimizely. org
Lisa Boyd, Director of Operations, Development & Pledge Success, Pledge 1%
4:00PM - 4:30PM: Keynote 6: Building Partnerships Across Public and Private Sectors
Claire Kaufman, NI Local Conference Co-Chair (Moderator)
Kathy Gu, Program Manager, Living Progress at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Valérie Bellande, Head of Development - Americas, Kiva
Mackenzie Cane, Associate Director of Business Partnerships, Sierra Club
Michael Scott, Major Gifts Officer, Center for Biological Diversity
4:30PM - 4:40PM: Closing Remarks
Lauren Whetstone, Co-President, Net Impact San Francisco Professional Chapter
4:40PM - 6:00PM: Networking and Drinks