
Plenary and knowledge sessions included presentations, panel discussions and Q&A with Conference attendees. Click on the section below to find the keynote speeches, videos of the plenary sessions, and PowerPoint presentations of speakers at the Conference.
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, President & CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Keynote: Robert Steel, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development for The City of New York
Panel: J.Gregory Dees, Duke University, facilitator
Melissa Berman, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Paul Carttar , Social Innovation Fund
Charles Harris, SeaChange Capital Partners
Vanesa Kirsch, New Profit, Inc.
Speaker: Gordon Berlin, MDRC
Keynote: Nancy Roob, president & CEO, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Interviewed by: J. Gregory Dees, Duke University
Panel:
James H. Shelton, III, U.S. Department of Education
Jed Emerson, Blended Value
Nadya K. Shmavonian, Public/Private Ventures
Gordon Berlin, MDRC - Levels of Evidence and Readiness to Scale
Laura Callanan, McKinsey & Co. - Nonprofit Collaboration
J. Gregory Dees, Duke University - Planning for Scaled Impact
Rob Ivry & John Martinez, MDRC - Evaluating High Impact Scaling Initiatives
Barbara Krasne, KrasnePlows - Nonprofit Collaboration
Steve Lee, Robin Hood Foundation - Poverty Alleviation
Sheila Maguire, PPV - Poverty Alleviation
Joe McCannon, Institute for Healthcare Improvement - Health
Marcie Parkhurst, FSG - Nonprofit Collaboration
Jim Peyser, NewSchools Venture Fund - Youth & Education
Irene Skricki, Annie E. Casey Foundation - Poverty Alleviation
Geri Summerville, PPV - Planning for Scaled Impact
Andrew Wolk, Root Cause - Planning for Scaled Impact