IMPACT U: Recent Episodes
Stephen Distante
Authenticity comes from intrinsic motivation according to Jina and this is her commitment to her clients who are looking to take action in their own lives with their money. As a socially responsible investor since the 90’s and an advisor as of 2004 Jina has been working on impact investing with a strong sense of […]
As someone who likes to keep busy, I wear a lot of hats. I’m a father, a CEO, an entrepreneur, an impact investor and a United Nations ambassador for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Now, I’m adding documentarian to that list. Over the last several months, I’ve been overseeing the development of Impact, a new documentary […]
The other week, I had the privilege of addressing hundreds of young entrepreneurs and investors from around the world at the 2018 NEXUS Global Summit. As part of my remarks, I challenged the audience to pursue what I like to call a “congruent life” – making sure your values and passions fully align with your […]
Alexandra Ostrow is the founder of WhyWhisper Collective, a strategy firm that focuses on helping clients to build approached to better the world. A leader of the firm, Alex empowers innovative business and nonprofit leaders to address social, economic, and environmental issues through strategy, planning, and project management. WhyWhisper Collective’s dedication to corporate social responsibility […]
Joan Trant, Director of Marketing and Impact of TriLinc Global, LLC, is this week's Expert Spotlight
This week’s Expert Spotlight is focused on a very good friend of ours, Chintan Panchal. We like to call Chintan “the Impact Attorney”. His firm, RPCK|Rastegar Panchal is a global private equity focused law firm.
Steve Distante is the Founder and Chief Disruption Officer of Impact U and the CEO or Chief Entrepreneurial Officer of Vanderbilt Financial Group an independent broker dealer and RIA. Learn about his Impact journey in this week's Expert Spotlight
You may remember our blog “Impact Investing: Aware, Unaware, and Just Don’t Care”, in which we acknowledge that many advisors are unaware to impact investing, or just don’t care about it until they hear a story that leads them to their Impact Aha! moment. This story can be from a fellow advisor who has attracted many […]
Vanderbilt Financial Group CEO and Impact Enthusiast, Steve Distante, had the pleasure of sitting down for a chat with Kevin Mahn on February 19th, 2016. This is part two of our two part interview series; if you missed part one, you can check it out here! Kevin is the Chief Investment Officer of SmartTrust® UIT. Steve nicknamed Kevin, the “Chief Impact Officer” after learning […]
Vanderbilt Financial Group CEO and Impact Enthusiast, Steve Distante, had the pleasure of sitting down for a chat with Kevin Mahn on February 19th, 2016. Kevin is the Chief Investment Officer of SmartTrust® UIT. Steve nicknamed Kevin, the “Chief Impact Officer” after learning of his passion for sustainable and responsible impact investments, what Kevin calls, “the new SRI”. Kevin explained why SmartTrust® has […]