Speaker Series
Social Innovation Speaker Series featuring Kat Taylor
USC Davidson Conference Center - Vineyard Room 3409 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CABio: Kat Taylor works in service of restoring social justice and environmental well-being to build a more equitable and inclusive world. Kat is active in a variety of social enterprises and philanthropic ventures on the West Coast focused on deep … Continue reading
Social Innovation Speaker Series
VPD 101 Lower LevelCynthia Strathmann is currently the Executive Director of SAJE (Strategic Actions for a Just Economy), a 501c3 that focuses on tenant rights, healthy housing, and equitable development. SAJE is known for creating the nation’s first welfare-to-work bank account, organizing a … Continue reading
Social Innovation Speaker Series: The Link Between Neighborhoods & Schools
VPD 101 Lower LevelAnn Owens is an Associate Professor in the Sociology department at USC. She received her PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Harvard University. Ann was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford … Continue reading
Social Innovation Speaker Series: Saul Garlick, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Unleesh
University Club of USC, Scriptorium Room 705 W 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSaul Garlick has spent his entire career as a social entrepreneur focused on creating opportunity for populations that have traditionally been left out of the global economy. He has founded and operated companies across the United States, Africa and … Continue reading
Social Innovation Speaker Series: Scott Allard, Author and Professor of Social Policy, University of Washington
VPD 101 Lower LevelScott W. Allard is the Daniel J. Evans Endowed Professor of Social Policy at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington with expertise in poverty and inequality, social welfare policy, and urban policy. … Continue reading
Social Innovation Speaker Series: Patagonia’s Road to Ecological Regeneration
VPD 101 Lower LevelVincent Stanley, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of The Responsible Company, has been with Patagonia on and off since its beginning in 1973, for many of those years in key executive roles as head of sales or marketing. More informally, … Continue reading
Are Social Impact Bonds an Innovation in Finance or Do They Help Finance Social Innovation?
CA, United StatesPrice Center Director Gary Painter will facilitate a conversation with Dr. Chris Fox, Director of the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University, to explore new financial models that can spur innovation within social service delivery, and ultimately … Continue reading
Social Innovation Speaker Series: A Conversation with Marc Ventresca
Join us for a lunchtime seminar with Dr. Marc Ventresca to learn more about collective impact. Marc Ventresca Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Saïd Business School Governing Body Fellow, Wolfson College Marc Ventresca is an economic sociologist in the Strategy, … Continue reading
Social Innovation Speaker Series: A Conversation About Collective Impact with Wilma Franco
Join us for a lunchtime seminar with Dr. Wilma Franco to learn more about collective impact. Wilma Franco Director of the Southeast Los Angeles (SELA) Collaborative Dr. Wilma Franco serves as Director of the Southeast Los Angeles (SELA) Collaborative and … Continue reading
Social Innovation Speaker Series: A Conversation with Tara Roth
Join us for a lunchtime seminar with Tara Roth to learn more about funding social innovation. Tara Roth President of the Goldhirsh Foundation Named one of LA’s “Most Inspiring Women” by Los Angeles Magazine, Tara Roth is the president of … Continue reading
Social Innovation Speaker Series: Rucker Johnson
USC Davidson Conference Center - Vineyard Room 3409 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CAJoin us for a conversation about public school segregation. Rucker Johnson Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley Rucker C. Johnson is the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy in the Goldman School of … Continue reading