Miami: Innovative Finance

On the sidelines of The Elevate Prize Summit, Lebec hosted its second event in Miami, bringing together philanthropists, investors, business owners, and social entrepreneurs to discuss exciting solutions, in partnership with Water.org, Acumen, and the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth. To kick off the evening’s festivities, LEBEC Founder and CEO, Alix Lebec, moderated an inspiring discussion on the different ways we can deploy philanthropic and investment capital to improve the lives of communities worldwide. Special guests and key partners included Tara Jafarmadar, Founder and CEO of Baobab; Hector Mujica, Head of Economic Opportunities at Google.org; Xaira Ferrara, Head of Partnerships, Acumen; Lara Leigh-Wood, Managing Director & Founder of Beacon Gainer Group; and Sarah Haacke Byrd, CEO of Women Moving Millions, among many others.

Panelists included: