C6: 360 Degree Problem-Solving by Working Together
Session Designer
Anastasia Stathopoulos, REDF
Session Description
Undertaking collaborative, cross-sector problem-solving is an increasingly popular approach to expanding impact. Federal funding from the Social Innovation Fund, paired with private grantmakers’ support, is supporting the replication of New York’s successful Center for Employment Opportunities program in other parts of the country. Through an engaging “fish bowl” format, participants will hear and discuss the history and progress of this case example and how it is focusing on funding results, and will explore the ways in which government, grantmakers, intermediaries and nonprofits can work together to solve a problem in the communities they serve.
Conference Theme
Scaling Impact
Speakers
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/55035b97e7744c257fd2aaa0cb77d9b4.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Carla Javits, REDF")
Carla Javits, REDF
Title
President
Speaker Biography
Carla Javits is the president of REDF, an organization that provides equity-like investments and business assistance to create and grow ‘double bottom line’ enterprises, operated by nonprofits. These enterprises create jobs to employ people who face high barriers, while earning income that makes the businesses sustainable. Prior to joining REDF, Javits directed the California expansion of the Corporation for Supportive Housing before becoming its national president and CEO, building the field of service-enriched housing. Previously, she was a program analyst with the California Office of the Legislative Analyst and was director of policy and planning for the San Francisco Department of Social Services.
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4e490d9be6412d45ed1a4faae5979b68.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Mindy Tarlow, Center for Employment Opportunities")
Mindy Tarlow, Center for Employment Opportunities
Title
Executive Director/CEO
Speaker Biography
Ms. Tarlow began her association with Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) as a program director at the Vera Institute of Justice in 1994, where she managed the successful spin-off of CEO from Vera. Prior to joining CEO, Tarlow spent close to ten years at the New York City Office of Management and Budget where she rose from senior analyst in 1984 to deputy director in 1992. Tarlow guided many criminal justice projects during her tenure in government including co-authoring the mayor’s Safe Streets, Safe City Omnibus Criminal Justice Program.
![[photo]](https://8ca84662c5b8f0cff50d-4baaaf97d63fd7b01243e1b1c57f0cc1.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/175/profile_c50712920d8025c70db4b945d6c6c460.png "Charles \"Chuck\" Harris, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation")
Charles "Chuck" Harris, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Title
Portfolio Manager, Director of Capital Aggregation
Speaker Biography
Charles “Chuck” Harris joined the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation in September 2011 as portfolio manager and director of capital aggregation. In this role, Harris oversees and guides the Foundation’s capital aggregation activities and manages relationships with various grantees. Before joining the Foundation, Harris co-founded and served for five years as executive partner of SeaChange Capital Partners, a financial intermediary designed to enhance the flows of capital to outstanding nonprofits serving children and youth in low-income communities in the United States.
Harris has spoken broadly on the role of capital formation in advancing social change. He is a graduate of Harvard College and holds a master’s in finance from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.