Spring Convening 2024: LP Day @ MoFo DC

This event is invitation-only and will observe the Chatham House Rule (not for attribution).

ICM has a discounted block of rooms at a nearby hotel. Scroll to the bottom to learn more.

Photos from last year’s Spring Convening are HERE.

April 30: Welcome!

5-7pm Rooftop Welcome Reception

May 1: Convening & Lightning Rounds

8:30am: Breakfast & Emerging Leaders Meeting

9:30am: Welcome Remarks, Diane Kulju, Director, Impact Capital Managers

9:45am: Allocator Perspectives Panel

Moderated by Mark Berryman, Caprock; featuring Christine Looney. Ford Foundation; Jonathan Hirschtritt, GCM Grosvenor; and Preeti Bhattacharji, JP Morgan Private Bank

10:45am: Simultaneous Breakouts

  1. Impact Reporting Best Practices with discussion leaders Diane Kulju, ICM & Mark Berryman, Caprock - everything fund managers wished LPs knew about reporting (and what allocators wished GPs knew about how they use reports) - and how we can work together to increase efficiency, accuracy, consistency, and decision-useful metrics

  2. New Frontiers in Value Creation with discussion leaders Ebony Pope, Rethink Education & Meredith Shields, Citi Impact Fund - interrogating the financial materiality of impact and how fund managers and allocators can use levers to drive impact value creation via growth, systems change, or by transforming markets

  3. Policy and Advocacy with discussion leaders Justin Conway, Calvert Impact; Jonathan Hirschtritt, GCM Grosvenor; and Eliza Erikson, Brown Advisory - the risks and rewards of engagement, how allocators are planning for various political futures, and how market-rate impact funds and their portfolio companies can play a unique role this year and beyond

  4. Investing to Advance Inclusive Economic Growth with Patience Ball, Apollo Impact Mission, Emma Sissman, GS Inclusive Growth Fund, and Marieke Spence, Impact Capital Managers – the opportunities and challenges faced by GPs and LPs as we work to move capital to diverse managers and founders; to companies that are working on solutions enabling access and meeting needs of the underserved; and using all asset classes and investment tools to advance equity and inclusive growth

  5. Impact Allocators: Foundation & Endowment Insights with discussion leader Brendon Reay, Maine Community Foundation - the journey of one ambitious community foundation toward investing for superior returns, sustainability, and impact

11:45am: Keynote: The Lost Art of Giving & Receiving Feedback - Jason Craige Harris, Perception Strategies

12:45pm: Closing Reflections & Commitments

1:00pm: Buffet Lunch

2:00pm: ICM Member Lightning Rounds

Get to know ICM member funds, learn about specific impact sectors and strategies, and provide invaluable feedback to emerging managers in these short one-on-one closed-door networking sessions. Sign up is required - email Marieke Spence at mspence@impactcapitalmanagers.com to learn more.

4:30pm: Close

Thank you to our preferred legal partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, for hosting us.


Accommodations

River Inn

924 25th Street NW, Washington, DC 20037 | (202) 337-7600

The River Inn is an 11-minute walk from the Convening location at the Morrison Foerster DC Office.

ICM group rate is $249, a 15% discount. Book by April 12 and mention Impact Capital Managers to receive this special rate: (202) 337-7600.

Other options nearby…

Washington Marriott Georgetown - 7 min walk

Hilton Garden Inn Washington DC/Georgetown Area - 6 min walk

Hotel AKA Washington Circle - 5 min walk

Yours Truly DC Hotel - Vignette Collection by IHG - 5 min walk