// COMPANIES & CAUSES

Companies & Causes is the Opportunity Collaboration’s platform for sharing resources. In a structured, but relaxed, evening of presentations, Delegates publicize organizational opportunities and specific requirements needed to scale their institutions. Delegates with resources (consultants, grant makers, investors, philanthropists, field experts and others) describe how they can help. To learn more about Delegate outcomes, see For Prospective Delegates.

Whether a nascent idea or investment-ready, from new board members to strategic alliances, from consultants to collaborative partners, ecosystems of opportunities for greater impact in the campaign against poverty are presented. Delegates in the same ecosystem, as a group, highlight how their field is collectively progressing as well as how their individual organizations are catalyzing change.

Prior to the Opportunity Collaboration, in September a conference call is scheduled among Delegates in the same ecosystem to allow for coordination of a joint presentation. By awarding additional stage time to Delegates who do a group presentation, Delegates are encouraged to discover and highlight collaborative opportunities. Delegates may also focus exclusively on their own opportunity in a one-minute “elevator pitch.”

Companies and Causes include a broad range of poverty-alleviation actors: investors, grant-makers, for-profit social enterprises and non-profits. Every Delegate is invited to participate on a first-come, first-served basis.

To reserve a presentation, on or before August 30, 2010, summarize your resource needs or investment/grantmaking goals in 100 words or less in an email to: Topher Wilkins, COO, Opportunity Collaboration (Email: twilkins@opportunitycollaboration.net).

Companies & Causes will be moderated by Delegate Paul Herman, founding Chief Executive Officer, HIP Investor: Human Impact & Profit, and author, The HIP Investor: Make Bigger Profits by Building a Better World. Presentations are thematically organized and occur on separate evenings after dinner.

Resource Change - Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture, Etc. (Saturday)
   Sono Aibe, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, Pathfinder International & Robin Smalley, Co-Founder & International Director, mothers2mothers International
   John Anner, CEO, East Meets West Foundation
   Will Byrne, Co-Founder and Executive Director, The DC Project
   Heather Fleming, Chief Executive Office, Catapult Design
   Bob Freling, Executive Director, Solar Electric Light Fund
   Parag Gupta, Founder, Waste Ventures
   Tevis Howard, Founder & Executive Director, KOMAZA
   Jordan Kassalow, Chief Executive Offices, VisionSpring
   Cynthia Koenig, Founder, Wello
   Wendy Leonard, Executive Director and Founder, Ihangane Projec
   Lisa Nash, CEO, Blue Planet Network
   Rebecca Onie, CEO, Project HEALTH 
   Daniela Ruby Papi, Executive Director, PEPY
   Rosario Perez, Chief Executive Officer, Pro Mujer International
   Lucy Reckseit, General Counsel, Napo Pharmaceuticals
   John Swift, Trustee, Swift Foundation
   Rachel Zedeck, Managing Director, Medea Group Limited (Backpack Farm)
   Sakena Yacoobi, Chief Executive Officer, Afghan Institute of Learning
Social Change - Education, Policy, Human Rights, Women, Youth, Etc. (Sunday)
   Lucia Alcantara, Principal, Futures Today
   Clarke Blynn, Chairman, Nurturing Minds 
   Diana de Castro, Investor Relations, Terra Nova
   Jim Fruchterman, President and CEO, Benetech
   Lars Erik Harv, Director Microfinance, Stromme Foundation
   Sandy Herz, Director of Strategic Alliances, Skoll Foundation
   Scott Jackson, Vice President External Relations, PATH
   Linn Kincannon, Director, Thriive
   Frieder Krups, Founder, HiMaT Grassroots Development Foundation
   Elissa McCarter, Director of Development Finance, CHF International
   Melanie McDonald, President & CEO, World Neighbors 
   Nell Merlino, Founder & CEO, Count Me in For Women's Economic Independence
   Jithin Nedumala, Managing Director, Make a Difference
   Wiclif Odongo, Country Director, Kito International
   Angie Peltzer, Founder & Director, Global Women's Network 
   Robin Pendoley, Co-Founder, Thinking Beyond Borders  
   Jane Roberts, Co-Founder, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA
   Ritu Sharma, President, Women Thrive World Wide
   Chantal Sheehan, Executive Director, New Global Citizens
   Shino Tsuchiya, Researcher, The Japan Research Institute Europe, Ltd.
   Hilary Wilson, Executive Director, Silicon Valley Microfinance Network
   Sakena Yacoobi, Chief Executive Officer, Afghan Institute of Learning
Economic Change - Jobs, Enterprises, Microfinance, Arts, Ecotourism, Etc. (Monday)
   Xavier Alpasa, President, Loyola College
   Jeffrey Ashe, Director of Community Finance, Oxfam America
   James Bao, Executive Director, OneVietnam Network
   Marlys and Ron Boehm, President and Principal, Boehm Gladen Foundation
   Anne Marie Burgoyne, Portfolio Director, Draper Richards Foundation
   Aaron Charlop-Powers, United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti
   Monique Cohen, Founder & President, Microfinance Opportunities
   Pamela Davis, President & CEO, Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group 
   Martin Fisher, CEO & Co-Founder, Kickstart International
   Jessica Kizorek, Partner, Two Parrot Productions
   Frieder Krups, Founder, HiMaT Grassroots Development Foundation
   Adnan Mahmud, Co-Founder & CEO, Jolkona Foundation
   Sonsoles Navarro, Founder, Zuvy
   Cindy Powell, Principal, CP Knowhow Communications and PR
   Gerhard Pries, President, Sarona Asset Management, Inc
   Terry Provance, Executive Director, Oikocredit USA
   Harold Rosen, Executive Director, Grassroots Business Fund
   Jocelyn Wyatt, Social Innovation Lead, IDEO