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Activation

Adjacent work:
  • InLocalyst: Helping high wealth individuals and families to invest to make a difference in their communities
  • The 90-10 Institute: Building a public benefit, universally accessible and affordable biomedical industry to address the fact that we lack effective treatments for 90% of all described maladies as a consequence of the current profit-maximizing approach to medicine.

 

 

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Advisory

Founder's community roles:
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Advocacy

Articles:

Representative Engagements

  • Support for early-stage social enterprises on structuring, fundraising, social impact strategies and structure
  • Advice to regional U.S. law firm in its strategic planning process
  • Contract review and advice

Recent Public Presence

  • Supercrowd Baltimore, Moderator, “Community Building Through Investing” (Mar 2024)
  • Glasgow Caledonian New York College, Panelist, “The Evolution of the Chief Sustainability Officer” (Apr 2024)
  • California Lawyers Association, Patrick Miller ESG-in-Law series video interview (Jan 2024)

ImpactPHL, Moderator, “ImpactPHL Conversations: A New Local Model—Philadelphia Green Capital Corporation” (Jul 2023)

Innovative Legal Leadership podcast, “Karyn Polak: Owning the Advice You Give” (Jan 2022)

Legal Marketing Association, Panelist, “CMO Summit: Walking In Their Shoes – What Has Changed?” (Oct 2021)

Association of Corporate Counsel Executive Leadership Institute, Panelist, “Partnering with Human Resources to Build a Diverse and Inclusive Company” (Aug 2021)

New York City Bar Association, Panelist, “Real Talk from Women General Counsels: What do Women Owe Each Other in the Workplace?” (Jun 2021)
Ascent Leadership Network Retreat, Panelist, “Lessons Learned on the Way to the GC Suite and the Boardroom” (Jan 2021)

DiversityLab: Mansfield Rule Client Forum, Speaker, “Tips for Outside Counsel” (Jan 2021)

KPMG Women of Risk Community, Panelist, “Future of Risk Management Collaborative Working Sessions” (Jan 2021)

The LGBT Bar: The Lavender Law Conference, Panelist, “NexGen: Disrupting Leadership Demographics” (Aug 2019)

Women’s Power Summit on Law and Leadership™, Advisory Committee Member & Organizer, “Power of Three Panel” (Apr 2019)

American Bar Association: Business Law Section Annual Meeting, Speaker, “Boardroom Diversity: Pressure’s On” (Mar 2019)

Forum of Executive Women, Organizer, “Conversations in the Boardroom: Values and Culture in the Boardroom – ESG Considerations” (Feb 2019)

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