Calvert Impact Capital CEO, Jenn Pryce on Community Investing, Investing Where Banks Won’t, the Seychelles Blue Bond, and the Community Investment Note with 100% Repayment Record (#001)

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Jenn Pryce (@JennPryce) is President and CEO of Calvert Impact Capital, a global investment firm investing in communities, people, and businesses that are overlooked by traditional finance in the United States and in over 100 other countries. Essentially, they’re putting their money where banks won’t.

Jenn learned the power of community at the start of her career working in the Peace Corps in Africa teaching math in Gabon. She then worked as an equity research analyst for Neuberger Berman before making her way to the investment banking team at Morgan Stanley’s London office and then went on to help raise financial support for The Public Theater in New York City. Facing several challenges in this endeavor, she stumbled upon a Community Development Financial Institution where she began to understand the importance of community investing.

During a stint at the Nonprofit Finance Fund in Washington D.C., she learned about the value of driving financial support to community businesses after which she landed at Calvert Impact Capital where she later became the CEO. During Jenn’s tenure at Calvert, she has expanded the sectors they work in and developed new products and services to ensure that impact investing is accessible from institutional to small retail investors. Since Calvert Impact Capital’s founding, the company has worked with nearly 20,000 individuals, institutions, and advisors to raise nearly $3.5 billion.

Jenn studied engineering at Union College and holds an MBA from Columbia University. She serves as a Forbes contributor, a lecturer at Oxford Saïd School of Business, a board member of UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children, the Advisory Board Chair of Quantified Ventures, and as a member of the Advisory Board of Ecofin and Operating Principles for Impact Management.
Show notes: https://sri360.com/podcast/jenn-pryce/
SELECTED LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Connect with Jenn Pryce: Twitter | LinkedIN
• Calvert Impact Capital
• Calvert Community Impact Investment Note
• Community Development Financial Institutions
• Incapital/InspereX
• Jonathan Rose Funds
• Neuberger Berman
• Non-Profit Finance Fund (NFF)
• Seychelles Blue Bond
• SunFunder
• The Public Theater

PEOPLE :

• Harold Newman, Financial Advisor
• John G. Guffey, Jr., Director Emeritus and Founder of Calvert
• Joseph Papp, NYC Theatrical Producer & Director
• Wayne Silby, Director Emeritus and Founder of Calvert