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With Saumya Sahay (Founder, Kheyti), Blesson John (Founder, Nyweza), Manal Kahi (Founder, Eat Offbeat).
Thu, May 05, 2016 @ 06:30 PM   FREE   Common Bond HQ, 524 Broadway, 6th Fl
 
     
 
 
              

      
 
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<P><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>CommonBond is giving $10,000 to an early-stage entrepreneur using business to drive social impact at our Third Annual Social Impact Award. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Join us on Thursday, May 5th at CommonBond's NYC headquarters to watch the finalists compete for a chance to win $10,000 for their venture. (<SPAN>Not in NYC? Join us on Periscope at @CommonBond @ 6:45pm!)</SPAN></P>
<P><A TARGET="_blank" HREF="https://commonbond.co/blog/meet-the-finalists-for-the-commonbond-social-impact-award/" REL="nofollow"><STRONG>Learn more about our finalists:</STRONG></A></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN><EM>Saumya Sahay, Kheytis Co-Founder:</EM></SPAN></STRONG>Kheyti designs, adapts and implements low-cost farming solutions that help growers in India increase the yield and predictability of their produce.</P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN><SPAN><EM>Blesson John, Nywezas Co-Founder:</EM></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG>Nyweza aims to make unregulated public passenger transportation safer in Uganda.</P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN><EM>Manal Kahi, Eat Offbeats CEO and Co-Founder:<SPAN><EM></EM></SPAN></EM></SPAN></STRONG>Eat Offbeat delivers authentic ethnic meals that are prepared and delivered by refugees in New York City.</P>
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<P><STRONG>Judges:</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN>Michael Dougherty,</SPAN></STRONG>CEO, Pencils of Promise</P>
<P>Michael has 25+ years of experience in the education space, including stints at Bain & Co. and in Washington DC helping states keep pace with international best practices of student achievement. Working in developing nations with PoP, he sees even greater impact for students and higher ROI for supporters. Michael has degrees from Colgate and Stanford, is<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://pencilsofpromise.org/qa-with-pops-ceo-michael-g-dougherty/" REL="nofollow">an ultra marathoner, Springsteen fanatic & adventure motorcyclist.</A></P>
<P><STRONG>David Klein</STRONG>, CEO & Co-Founder, CommonBond</P>
<P><SPAN>David, a 2016 Crains NY 40 Under 40 honoree, launched CommonBond nationally in late 2013, and the company is expected to surpass $1 billion in loans funded by the end of 2016. Prior to CommonBond, David worked in consumer finance at American Express, where he managed a $250M annual portfolio, and at McKinsey & Company, where he advised fnancial services clients. He graduated from Brandeis University with a BA in Politics, Economics and International Business, and attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.</SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG>Tiffany Pham,</STRONG> Founder & CEO, Mogul</P>
<P>Tiffany Pham is the Founder & CEO of Mogul, an award-winning worldwideplatform connecting women to trending content, including stories, products,and jobs that are personalized to their interests. Mogul is visited by millionsof women from over 196 countries and 30,000 cities worldwide.Tiffany was named one of Forbes "30 Under 30" in Media, BusinessInsider "30 Most Important Women Under 30" in Technology, ELLEMagazine "30 Women Under 30 Who Are Changing the World," and alsothe Recipient of the Cadillac "IVY Innovator" Award.<SPAN>Previously Director of Business Development at CBS, Tiffany handled</SPAN>strategic initiatives and partnerships for more than 150 digital properties forCBS TV stations and radio stations across 29 US markets. For hercontributions, she received the 2013 CBS Digital Media "All-Star" Award.She has also worked with HBO, Credit Suisse, and Goldman Sachs.<SPAN>She is a graduate of Yale University</SPAN>and Harvard Business School.</P>
<P CLASS="p1"><SPAN CLASS="s1"><STRONG>Jalak Jobanputra,</STRONG>Founding Partner, FuturePerfect Ventures</SPAN></P>
<P>Jalak Jobanputra is Founding Partner of<A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://www.futureperfectventures.com/" REL="nofollow">FuturePerfect Ventures</A>, an early stage venture capital fund in NYC. FPVs portfolio includes Abra, Open Garden, Blockstream, Bitpesa, FuseMachines, and Blockchain. Before founding Future\Perfect Ventures, Jobanputra was the Director of Mobile Investments at Omidyar Network, a philanthrocapitalist fund started by Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay. She has 20 years experience in venture capital, impact investing, media and technology. She was previously Senior Vice President at the New York City Investment Fund (NYCIF), <SPAN>a Principal at New Venture Partners</SPAN><SPAN>She began her career in media, telecom and tech investment banking at Lehman Brothers and Broadview in NYC and London.<SPAN>In 2013, Jobanputra was selected as a 40 Woman to Watch Over 40. Jobanputra was selected as an Outstanding 50 Asian American in Business in 2010 by the Asian American Development Center.</SPAN></SPAN>She received her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in 1999 andgraduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Communications from the Annenberg School and a BSE in Finance from the Wharton School.</P>
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