Miami: Join the Gender Equity Movement
On the sidelines of The Elevate Prize Summit, Lebec hosted its second event in Miami, bringing together philanthropists, impact investors, business owners, and social entrepreneurs to discuss exciting solutions at the intersection of gender and climate, 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 women and girls 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 of 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:
Sandra Y Sainz Heredia, Managing Director, Sonen Capital LLC
Raul Moas, Senior Director, Knight Foundation
Teresa Njoroge, Founder and CEO, CleanStart and Acumen Fellow
Tzvetelina "Lina" Bonova, Chief Revenue Officer, Water.org
Matt Haggman, Executive Vice President, Opportunity Miami