Greenwich,CT: Foundation House’s Women in Impact Summit

As part of Foundation House’s inaugural Women in Impact: Climate Summit—a day-long gathering of women leaders driving innovation across philanthropy, finance, and climate—LEBEC curated and moderated a featured panel discussion exploring how capital can serve as a force for equity and resilience.

Moderated by Julia Wilkinson, LEBEC’s Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, the session brought together a cross-sector group of changemakers:

• Yoca Arditi-Rocha , Executive Director, The CLEO Institute

• Ruby Khan, Strategy Lead, Private Family Office

• Kate Landon, Executive Director, Ban-ki Moon Foundation

• Georgia Sherwin, Senior Director, Closed Loop Partners

The panel, titled “Women & Resilience: Unlocking Capital for Scaled Solutions,” examined how women are reimagining the role of capital—shifting away from short-term, extractive approaches and toward long-term, community-centered investment strategies.

Panelists shared how they are advancing systems change through climate education, catalytic capital, circular economies, and global policy advocacy. Key themes included:

• The urgency of increasing investment in women-led, locally rooted solutions

• The power of flexible finance to drive innovation in vulnerable and underserved communities

• The importance of integrating equity, climate, and economic resilience into all capital deployment strategies

This session reflected the broader spirit of the summit: bold, solutions-oriented, and grounded in the belief that women are not only leading climate action—but redefining how capital is moved, shared, and scaled.