Social Impact Entrepreneurship
Reimagining Capitalism : Private Capital in Pursuit of Good
When & Where
05/08/2021
9:00 am – 9:30 am
Hall D
About This Talk
Join Melanie Begun-Schnoll in a conversation with Maya Chorengel about impact investing, social entrepreneurship and corporate social impact strategies as key tools in the commercial pursuit of positive social and environmental outcomes. Come learn why reimagining capitalism is critical in the wake of a global pandemic, social and racial justice movements and a reckoning of the role of business in safeguarding people and planet.
Speakers
Maya Chorengel is Co-Managing Partner of The Rise Fund and the fund’s Sector Lead for Financial Services. She has been with TPG since 2017 and is based in San Francisco. Maya has over two decades of impact investing and private equity experience, and is a co-Founder of Elevar Equity, a leading impact venture firm, and earlier was with Warburg Pincus in Hong Kong, Menlo Park, and New York. Maya has a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is on the boards of EverFi, Globokasnet, Kiva, Nithio, and Varo Money, and is an advisor to several impact investing initiatives and organizations.
Melanie Schnoll Begun is Managing Director and Head of Wealth Management’s Philanthropy Management group. She works with the firm’s most influential clients to focus, support, and scale their philanthropic endeavors. In addition to spearheading Philanthropic Consulting Services, Melanie launched and oversees the Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust (GIFT), the firm’s global Donor-Advised Fund, and Foundation Management Services, a platform for family and corporate foundations. Melanie exemplifies her professional work by living a life of committed action: She is the Nominating Chair and a former board president of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation New York City chapter, President of Morgan Stanley GIFT, and Co-Chair of Inwood Charities, among other roles. She holds a BA from Binghamton University and a JD from Quinnipiac University School of Law.