More Than $$

In this episode, listeners are introduced to the challenge of affordable housing with Brian Dowling the Senior Vice President of Community Investments at CDT, America's first affordable housing REIT.   The conversation continues with Susanne Slater, the CEO of DC Habitat for Humanity and the Chairman of the Board of the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development and the District of Columbia's $100 million affordable housing production trust fund

In this episode, listeners are introduced to the story of A Yard and a Half Landscaping Company through a conversation with former Harvard Divinity student Carolyn Edsell-Vetter who discusses how a successful family-owned business is transformed into a worker cooperative.  The conversation continues with Yuri Reyes, an immigrant from El Salvador, who serves as the President of the Cooperative.  Keep the conversation going on the Off the Air Conversation page of the More than Money website.

In this episode, listeners meet Dr. Katrin Kaeufer from the MIT CoLab. Katarin shares with our listeners the conclusions from research geared at helping mission-oriented organizations and business hire employees that share their values and have a passion for the mission.  The conversation continues with the addition of John Allen the Vice President fo People Solutions at Vancity

In this episode, listeners meet New York Times business reporter Alexandra Stevenson to talk about her research into the efforts of the nation's largest institutional investors to influence corporate governance policies.  The conversation continues with a discussion with Donna Anderson, the Vice President and Global Corporate Governance Analyst for T.Rowe Price who discusses her role in leading the company's engagement efforts with portfolio companies

In this episode, listeners are introduced to the concept of community development financial institutions (CDFIs) through a conversation with the CEO of Capital Impact Partners, Ellis Carr.  Ellis explains the niche served by CDFIs and the import role they play throughout the country in bringing capital investment into under-served communities.  The conversation continues with a discuss two executives from Axis Community Health in California-- Sue Compton (CEO) and Valarie Jonas (Chief Development Officer)

In this episode, listeners are introduced to the role of the directors of corporate social responsibility through a conversation with Tim McClimon the President of the American Express Foundation and its Senior Vice President for Corporate Social Responsibility. The conversation continues with Marc DeCourcey the Senior Vice President of the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation and its Corporate Citizenship Center

In this episode, listeners are introduced to the Conscious Capitalism movement through a conversation with Conscious Capitalism co-CEO Alexander McCobin. Alexander shares the work of his organization in celebrating and encouraging intentionality in the conduct of business.  The conversation continues with a discussion of capitalism on "purpose" with Seth Goldman, co-founder of the Honest Tea Company and his new work with a company called Beyond Meat

In this episode, listeners are introduced to the concept of impact investing through a conversation with Amit Bouri the co-founder and CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network.  The conversation then turns to a discussion with Manuel Lewin, the Head of Responsible Investment at Zurich Insurance who shares the story of how Zurich uses impact investments as part of its responsible investment strategy. Keep the conversation going in the Off the Air Conversations page on the More than Money website

In this episode, listeners are introduced to the idea of using business as a force for good.  Kim Coupounas, a director at BLabs, tells the story of the creation of BCorporations and shares some stories of transformative work of these businesses. Listeners then will meet Jennifer Griffin Pawlik, the Program Manager at Amavida Coffee, a BCorp from Florida.  Jennifer shares the inspiring story of how Amavida is about much more than money

Introduction to the Show.