interviews with purpose-driven leaders
Inspiration from the leading lights in nonprofits and purpose-driven companies who are dedicated to helping others and making a positive impact in the world.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Boris Bulayev | Educate!
Boris Bulayev is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Educate! which prepares youth in Africa with the skills to succeed in today’s economy.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Sean Meyerhoffer | Brent Eley Foundation (Brent’s Place)
Sean Meyerhoffer is the CEO of the Brent Eley Foundation (Brent’s Place) which provides a long-term home away from home for children and their families facing cancer and other life-threatening illnesses who have traveled far from home in search of a medical miracle.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Adrienne Elliott | Adoption Options and ARISE Adoption Academy
Adrienne Elliott is the Executive Director of Adoption Options, an inclusive Colorado non-profit adoption agency dedicated to enriching the lives of children, youth and families.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Susan Graf | Amalgamated Bank
Susan Graf is FVP, Senior Commercial Banker of Amalgamated Bank, which supports thousands of people, organizations, causes, and businesses that are striving to build a stronger, safer, smarter, cleaner and fairer world.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Robert Lee | San Diego Refugee Tutoring
Robert Lee is the Board Member, Special Events Coordinator of San Diego Refugee Tutoring, a tutoring organization with a vision to achieve social justice through educational access for refugee students in San Diego.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Andy Vermouth | UpDIG
Andy Vermouth is the CEO of UpDIG which fosters knowledge exchange solutions and adaptations to support the planet’s 500 million+ small-scale farmers, as well as the ever-increasing billions of city dwellers around the world.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: David Goldberg | CSMlearn
David Goldberg is the CEO of CSMlearn, a Public Benefit Corporation committed to empowering people around the world to reach their full potential and succeed in school, college, work, and life.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Josh Evans | The Learning Source
Josh Evans is the Chief Executive Officer of The Learning Source which promotes and provides educational opportunities through collaborative partnerships for adults and families to support their future achievements.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Charlie Coglianese | Schoolrunner
Charlie Coglianese is the Founder & CEO of Schoolrunner, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) education technology startup that supports K-12 schools and teachers to improve student outcomes using data. Their mission is simple: Help teachers help kids.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Julia Baker Hansen | Jeengle
Julia Baker Hansen is the Executive Director of Jeengle which is exciting humans to give more to humanity by making giving easy.
Jeengle is a giving gateway that allows you to give to a group of vetted charities. It’s easy! One donation reaches the spectrum of causes. And Jeengle isn’t skimming anything from the top. (Promise!)
When you give to Jeengle, we divide that donation equally among a vetted group of organizations that covers the reach charitable giving. Using our methodology, we diversify the charities that you give to. By carefully choosing the largest, most efficient and most effective organizations, Jeengle maximizes your dollars – allowing you to do the most for humanity.
You can delight in the fact that you’re giving to the good guys. The ones doing the most with your dollars. We’re just in it for everyone that wants to give and everyone else that needs a little extra love.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Jose Esparza | BuCu West
Jose Esparza is the Executive Director of BuCu West which facilitates community-based economic development.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Heather Ehle | Project Sanctuary
Heather Ehle is the Founder and CEO of Project Sanctuary which serves at-risk military families to restore hope and empower families to find the healing they need to recover and thrive.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Heidi Rickels | Freshwater Project International
Heidi Rickels is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Freshwater Project International which supports community-led water, sanitation and hygiene projects in Malawi, Africa.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Mary Faltynski | Boulder County Public Health GENESIS Program
Mary Faltynski is the GENESIS Coordinator of the Boulder County Public Health GENESIS Program which helps teen parents prepare for childbirth and beyond, including things like breastfeeding, birth control, child nutrition and healthy relationships.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Beau Kiklis | Colorado Outdoor Business Alliance
Beau Kiklis is the Business Alliance Organizer of Colorado Outdoor Business Alliance, the business advocacy program of the state-based environmental advocacy organization, Conservation Colorado.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Jennifer Hendrick | Laradon
Jennifer Hendrick is the Executive Director of the Laradon Foundation which provides services to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Scott Lininger | Bitsbox
Scott Lininger is the Co-founder, CEO, CTO of Bitsbox which teaches kids ages 6-14 how to code.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Yoal Kidane Ghebremeskel Redda | Street Fraternity
Yoal Kidane Ghebremeskel Redda is the Executive Director of Street Fraternity which provides a place of brotherhood and personal growth for urban young men.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Bryan Bowen | Caddis PC
Bryan Bowen is the Principal of Caddis PC, an architecture firm changing the built environment to be more sustainable and resilient, and improving lives through neighborhood design and the provision of affordable housing, cohousing, co-ops, and other alternative modes.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: George Bye | Bye Aerospace
George Bye is the Founder and CEO of Bye Aerospace which develops electric and solar-electric aircraft, ranging from small unmanned aerial systems and general aviation aircraft to large, medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles.
INSPIRED IMPACT :: Janiece Mackey | Young Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism (YAASPA)
Janiece Mackey is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Young Aspiring Americans for Social and Political Activism (YAASPA) which endeavors to build the self-efficacy of youth who desire to make change in our communities, pursue social science degrees, and social justice careers.