Heron Soundbites

Tom Mitchell, Managing Director at Cambridge Associates by The Heron Foundation

Francis Byrd, CEO of Byrd Governance Advisory by The Heron Foundation

Toni Johnson joins Kristin Hull, Director of Nia Global Solutions to discuss their approach to investing for greater social and financial outcomes.

Teresa Erikson of the Northern Plains Resource Council frames the impact of a declining coal industry on the communities dependent on their success.

Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and President of PolicyLink by The Heron Foundation

Sonia Kowal of Zevin Asset Management talks about the future of the impact space and punishment profiteering among public companies.

Shamez Alibhai of Cheyne Capital discusses his work in investing in socially responsible real estate and overcoming the common prejudice that the finance sector is not in the business of creating impactful social change.

Matthew Weatherley-White discusses the growth of impact investing and transcending the embedded tribalism of public companies and capital markets by initiating impactful conversations.

Heron's Rodney Christopher discusses the importance of unrestricted revenue and offers thought son the overhead question.

Ross Baird offers insights into capital inequality and how Village Capital seeks investment opportunities beyond the usual suspects.

Gil Crawford talks about MicroVest, sustainable banking and the real economy.

Toni Johnson, VP of Knowledge & Influence at Heron, chats with Robynn Shrader, CEO of National Cooperative Grocers on how a co-op grocer works, the value of data sharing and future plans for NCG.

Joel Solomon of Renewal Funds discusses his organization's mission, focus on organic food, green technologies and future plans.

On a TalkPoverty radio interview, Clara Miller discusses why “business as usual” is no longer an option. As part of a Labor Day special,TalkPoverty Radio interviewed a series of experts around the issue of labor unions, poverty and philanthropy. Steve Kreisberg, Director of Collective Bargaining, spoke about the importance of unions while Terrence McCoy of The Washington Post discussed his findings of how companies benefit from lead-poisoned, poor black residents of Baltimore.Also on the show was Saqib Bhatti, Director of the ReFund America Project, who revealed the astronomical fees that cities pay for financial services. The show's final expert was Heron president Clara Miller, who talked about the foundation and why it decided to "go all in."