COVID-19 has changed the economy and social enterprise. How should those who measure and invest respond?
In this second event in our three-part series on impact measurement, we will hear from two practitioners, Sachi Shenoy and Uma Sekar, who will speak about how they are adapting to the pandemic as social entrepreneurs and investors.
Ms. Shenoy is the Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer of the social enterprise Upaya Ventures (https://upayasv.org ) and will speak about how she measures the impact of Upaya's work.
Ms. Sekar is Director for Impact and Fund Manager Advancement at Capria (https://capria.vc) and is an angel investor at Grubstakes (https://grubstakes.vc). She will speak about measurement at a fund and fund-of-funds level.
The event will be hosted by Mary Joyce, Founder of Do Big Good..
Sachi Shenoy has a decade of experience in developing social enterprises to meet the needs of the poor and ultra poor, designing and implementing field interventions, and conducting social performance evaluations and investment advisory for a variety of organizations throughout Asia. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Upaya and on the Advisory Board of the Chicago Booth Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI). Her work has been featured in Wall Street Journal – India and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. In 2014, she was named to the Puget Sound Business Journal's "40 Under 40" list.
Uma Sekar brings close to a decade’s experience designing and implementing actionable impact frameworks using collaborative approaches adapting logical frameworks for various organizations. At Capria, she has worked with 19 fund managers in the Capria Network and over 30 companies in the Unitus Ventures portfolio to develop and integrate impact management strategies. Uma strongly believes impact and financial returns can be enhanced by aligning impact with business operations and strategies. She is a thought leader and active contributor to multiple global impact working groups including the GIIN IRIS+ and EMPEA's SDG working groups.
Mary Joyce is the Founder and Principal of Do Big Good and has over a decade of global experience at the intersection of research, innovation, and social change. She was New Media Operations Manager for President Obama’s 2008 campaign, is the editor of the book Digital Activism Decoded, and was named a Graduate Research Fellow by the National Science Foundation for her work creating data sets documenting activism campaigns around the world.
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