A Consortium of those Investing in Ukraine On July 13th Altru Institute hosts an afternoon session to continue the Altru Ukraine Project. A consortium of organizations interested in coordinated investment in Ukraine is meeting regularly to learn about promising opportunities in Ukraine. This is the second in a series of monthly meetings to foster collaboration. Charter members of this consortium and meeting series include the Ukraine Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA), Altru Impact Investment Network and Ukraine Business News (UBN). The format is compressed presentations and pitches by organizations and investment projects, followed by networking reception. Venue is…
Author: Nico Sciasci
Senior Business Development Principal, Communities in Schools (CIS) leads responsibilities associated with transforming public education experience for vulnerable students in new geographies across the United States.
When we began designing the program, our hope was that we could assemble people who truly understood the dynamics and challenges involved to give us the critical guidance to be successful in approaching this effort with intelligence.
We are delighted to have attracted to our Invest in Schools Summit two individuals who are among the most knowledgeable in the United States about federal funding for education.
Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years, greatly accelerating the capacity of computing power in less and less space. This has transformed the technology world. Could the medical laboratory space for diagnostic testing follow a similar path? Possibly. Although these labs will not shrink by half each year, they are trending toward smaller, faster, and more accurate testing for the customer. Fast turnaround times are critical for infectious diseases like COVID-19 where time matters. For example, a person with undetectable COVID-19 virus at 10:00 AM could be 100 times more infectious by…
CEO of Pure Edge, Inc. She is a 2018 Pahara Aspen Education Fellow, serves on the Board of Directors of CASEL, Coalition for Career Development Center, and is the board chair of Great Minds nonprofit board. She has served as a school superintendent, principal, teacher and leadership coach as well as a program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.