Heron Soundbites

We’re back with Episode Two of the Presidential Podcast where we talk to Dana Bezerra about placing community agency front and center in our work.

Heron is excited to launch our 2019 Presidential Podcast! In 2018, we welcomed Dana Bezerra as the new president of the Heron Foundation, and we shifted our focus to working at the intersection of communities and capital markets. Now, following her one-year anniversary, we've asked Dana to reflect on what she's learned throughout her time at Heron, and give us a glimpse of where the foundation is going next. Reflecting on the role of power in the traditional investment universe, we’re thinking about a new investment process that places communities front and center.

David Levine, President and CEO of the American Sustainable Business Council, on bringing sustainable businesses together to drive policy change.

T00: Tom Mitchell, Cambridge Associates by The Heron Foundation

Raúl Pomares

T100: Brent Kessel, Abacus Wealth Partners by The Heron Foundation

Toni Johnson of Mission OutLoud sits down with Heron's Dana Bezerra to discuss Net Contribution and what that actually means.

Toni Johnson of Mission Out Loud, sits down with Heron's Clara Miller to discuss her latest letter to the field.

Toni Johnson sits down with Matt Enstice, head of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Organization, a Heron grantee, to talk about BNMC's impact in the local community.

Gabi Zolla from CAEL discusses the ways that they are changing the practices of workplaces and schools to better accommodate adult learners.

Jesus Gerena of the Family Independence Initiative talks about their approach to community development, supporting the efforts of families in poverty with data.

Toni Johnson in discussion with Jennifer Pryce of the Calvert Foundation, on building communities and growing small business.

Maggie Grieve of Success Measures discusses a collaborative approach to building powerful metrics and serving more than 600 community-based organizations.

Maggie McCullough of PolicyMap discusses how organizations and individuals can use data to understand their impact on a community level.

Jennifer Tescher of CFSI sits down with Toni Johnson to discuss how the financial industry is learning to evaluate its own success by measuring its impacts on consumers’ financial health.

Toni Johnson spoke with Tamara Draut of Demos about her new book, the shifting demographics and conditions of the working class and upcoming work from Demos.

Toni Johnson sat down with the Housing Partnership Network's Tom Bledsoe to discuss HPN's work in places like New Orleans and the use of enterprise capital.

T00: Thomas Van Dyck, RBC Wealth Management by The Heron Foundation

interview with Patricia from Veris.

Toni Johnson talks with Laura Callanan, founding partner of Upstart Co-Lab, on the topic of social entrepreneurship and its unexpected heroes.