<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default">Greetings friends,<br><br>If you are a journalist, or know someone who writes about sustainability, there is information here about SOCAP15, the leading gathering for impact investors and social ventures, happening October 6-9 at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Nearly 3,000 people with more than 140 panels uniting global innovators in business, environment finance, tech, the sharing economy, philanthropy and more, to create positive impact at the intersection of money and meaning.<br><br>If you are interested in attending/covering as a member of the media, or know someone who is, see below and feel free to share with press...<br><br>Marissa<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:19.2px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:19.2px"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SOCAP15, the leading gathering for impact investors and social ventures, happening October 6-9 at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Nearly 3,000 people with more than 140 panels uniting global innovators in business, environment finance, tech, the sharing economy, philanthropy and more, to create positive impact at the intersection of money and meaning. </span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:19.2px"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:19.2px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">SOCAP15 Main Stage Speakers, to name a few:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Deval Patrick</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, Managing Director, Bain Capital, Former Governor of Massachusetts</span></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Deborah Winshel</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, Managing Director and Global Head of Impact Investing, BlackRock</span></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Bill Drayton</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, CEO and Founder, Ashoka</span></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Gar Alperovitz</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, Co-Founder, The Democracy Collaborative, Co-Chair, Next System Project</span></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Ann Mei Chang</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, Executive Director, U.S. Global Development Lab, USAID</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">SOCAP themes: Impact Investing, Meaning, 21st Century Talent, Divest/Invest, Financial Inclusion, Neighborhood Economics, Living in the Future, and Sustainable Supply Chain.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Schedule an Interview with MissionHUB Leadership</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">SOCAP is powered by MissionHUB</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, which also operates a network of Impact Hub coworking and events space campuses in San Francisco, Berkeley, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. MissionHUB leadership team members will be present at SOCAP15, available for interviews about the organization’s future, including a NEW education initiative, making SOCAP content available year-round at its Impact Hub campuses.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Reserve Your SOCAP15 Press Pass Today</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Please let me know if you're interested in a press pass for SOCAP15 by replying to this email and we will get you set up for fast track entry. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Press passes are available to editorial staff as well as freelance writers, contributing editors or bloggers if the event is being covered for a specific publication or topic-related article.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Get on the Guest List: SOCAP15 Preview Event at the Commonwealth Club </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">You are also invited to attend a special SOCAP15 Preview Event, </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Funding What Matters in Our Local Economies,</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> tonight, September 22 at 6 pm at San Francisco’s The Commonwealth Club for a panel featuring one of SOCAP’s founders, Kevin Jones.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.655;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">SOCAP15 Preview Event Panelists</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Kevin Jones</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, Founder, Good Capital; Co-founder and Convener, Social Capital Markets</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Jenny Kassan</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, Capital Raising Coach; Former CEO, Cutting Edge Capital</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Michael Shuman</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, Co-founder, Cutting Edge Capital; Author, Local Economy Solution; Founding Board Member, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Kevin O’Malley</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, President TechTalk/Studio – Moderator</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.655;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Doors open at 5:30 pm and the event begins at 6 pm at the Commonwealth Club, 555 Post St. San Francisco, CA 94102.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.655;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">If you want to get on the guest list for the SOCAP15 Preview Event, schedule an interview with MissionHUB leadership, as well as attend SOCAP15, please let me know as soon as possible.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.655;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Best,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Marissa Feinberg</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">PR & Brand Director, MissionHUB</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="tel:%28917%29%20494-5041" value="+19174945041" target="_blank">(917) 494-5041</a></span></p></div></div></div>