Tackling complex social problems can be challenging and sometimes lonely; especially when we are juggling different stakeholder needs while figuring out how to fund our impact in an efficient and lean way.
Impact Club brings together non-profit leaders, social enterprise founders and allies for a casual evening of connecting and learning to hopefully make it less challenging and less lonely. This month will feature a special guest, Raissa Espiritu, who will share about her experience in the non-profit space as a founder and now a potential funder. Hear more about her story, while sharing your own wins and challenges as we collectively and collaboratively build a better Alberta and beyond.
Agenda:
5:00pm : Doors open, dinner served
5:20pm: Introductions and icebreaker (all attendees will be asked to introduce themselves)
6:00pm: Storytelling with Q&A
6:30pm: Networking
7:00pm: End and Doors Close
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Impact Club happens one evening a month and encourages folks working to support social change to come with their authentic selves, connect with each other and build a network to support their entrepreneurial journey.
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The Social Innovation Hub is located on the second floor of the Alastair Ross Technology Centre. Parking is available for $9 a day. The Hub is also about a 10 minute walk from the Brentwood Train Station.
About Raissa Espiritu (seen below)
An accomplished serial entrepreneur with extensive expertise across various domains including health & wellness, consumer packaged goods (cpg), and MedTech/FemTech, Raissa has co-founded numerous innovative businesses that challenge the status quo and advance industry standards. Beyond her business ventures, Raissa is deeply committed to community and civic wealth building. She led North West Co.’s corporate foundation dedicated to empowering youth in northern Indigenous communities and served as the Director of Partnerships for the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), where she led fundraising and impact investing campaigns to support social innovators and entrepreneurs. Her leadership extends to nurturing innovative ecosystems that support sustainable and inclusive growth. Other leadership roles include (but are not limited to):
- Co-Managing Partner, Audaxa Ventures: Investing in tech innovation at the intersection of climate and health led by women + non-binary founders.
- Executive-in-Residence, UCeed-Cenovus Equity Diversity Inclusion Accelerator at UCeed Investment Funds.
- Former Interim Director of Growth, Platform Calgary.
- Former Managing Director, Healthy Horizons Foundation: Empowering youth in Northern Indigenous Communities.
- Former Director of Partnerships, Centre for Social Innovation
- Co-Founder & Executive Director, ReThink Collaborative Labs: Fund focused on early-stage enterprises at the intersections of health and civic wealth building.
- Co-Founder of COSM Medical: Tackling female health research.
- Co-Founder & CEO, Infused Canna: Edibles for social justice.
- Co-Founder & CEO, BlankSpace: Live life optimal.
