Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, chats with Kalen Salmon, Founder of Identity Ministry – a program that provides material and spiritual support for ex felons returning to society – about his troubled history with the law, his path to living a redemptive life, leveraging his past to help others get their life in order, his thoughts […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, chats with Tim Johnson, the Senior Pastor of Orlando World Outreach Center – about his 9-year NFL career in which he won a Superbowl with the Washington Redskins, dedicating his post football career to ministry in Tennessee and Florida and later helping the incarcerated of Rikers Island with his […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, chats with Sister Charlotte Davenport of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, about how her early life as a biologist in Alaska prepared her for a life as a finance manager, educator, and Impact investor for her congregation, how the concept of stewardship is intertwined as is relates […]

In a replay of one of our favorite episodes – Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, is joined by Pete Leonard, founder and Roast Master of I Have a Bean, on how moving a lot as a child taught him the value of diversity, how a missions trip to Brazil and his brother-in-law’s prison sentence collided […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, chats with Edmund Higenbottam, Managing Director of Verdant Capital, discussing his over 20 years of experience in investment capital and investment banking, how his early career in financial services led him to a focus on emerging markets, his passion to bring opportunity to lower-middle and low income African countries, […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, speaks with Kenny Eck, Founder and CEO of Patient Sortal, on his favorite part of growing up on a large-production farm, his accelerated educational path the led to 3 degrees in 5.5 years, his shift in focus from medical school to the founding of Patient Sortal, which helps formerly incarcerated citizens […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, speaks with entrepreneur Janvier ‘Mike’ Ngamije, whose father died in the Rwanda genocide when he was 7 years old, on why it was important for him to forgive his father’s murderer, being raised by a dedicated single mother, the time he rescued a baby girl from a deep hole […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, chats with Greg Lanier, a pastor and New Testament professor at Reform Theological Seminary, on how his experience in financial services dovetailed nicely into a transition into ministry, how faith-based investors early-adopted the impact investing space, what Jesus thought about utilizing capital for good, why environmental stewardship is generally resisted […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, speaks with Alix Lebec, CEO of Lebec Consulting and an entrepreneur and advisor focused on the intersection of impact, philanthropy, and sustainable finance. Alix details her unique formative years growing up as a French citizen attending school on a US military base in Korea, her time helping to grow water.org into a global organization, how philanthropic capital […]

Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, speaks with Reid Thomas, Managing Director and Chief Revenue Officer of JTC Americas, about living as a dual citizen, applying his Silicon Valley tech background to impact and opportunity zone funds, how the passage of time has influenced Reid’s perspective on life, how his involvement in the EB5 job creation program led to […]