IMPACT VENTURERS - Change-makers Share their Stories

In the second part of the interview with Terri Belkas-Mitchell, we discuss what it takes to develop affordable housing, and how it can contribute in the redevelopment of underserved urban communities.

Terri is an expert in affordable housing development. She is a founding principal at Xenolith Partners LLC, a very successful, woman-owned affordable housing development firm based in Connecticut.

In this interview with Terri Belkas-Mitchell, we discuss what it takes to develop affordable housing, and how it can contribute in the redevelopment of underserved urban communities.

Terri is an expert in affordable housing development. She is a founding principal at Xenolith Partners LLC, a very successful, woman-owned affordable housing development firm based in Connecticut.

In this episode I am joined by Anu Gupta, who is the Founder and CEO of Be More, a company dedicated to unleashing human capital by breaking bias.

Anu is an expert in mindfulness and unconscious bias.

With a background in Philosophy as well as Law, he developed Be More’s methodology through multidisciplinary research that lasted over a decade and has brought his methodology to over 15,000 professionals nationwide, in sectors like healthcare, finance, law, technology and government.

We discussed how Be More brings together mindfulness and technology to help heal communities from the damaging effects of unconscious bias.

In this episode of Urban Impact Podcast, Terri Belkas-Mitchell discusses what it takes to develop affordable housing, and how it can contribute in the redevelopment of underserved urban communities. 

Terri is an expert in affordable housing development. She is a founding principal at Xenolith Partners LLC, a very successful, woman-owned affordable housing development firm based in Connecticut. 

Emily Galvin is the co-founder and co-executive director of Partners for justice (PfJ), a group focused on improving the lives of low-income people by empowering and supporting them through holistic defense. In this episode of Urban Impact Podcast, we discussed PfJ's approach of 'holistic legal representation', and the transformative effects that it can have on disenfranchised communities around the US. 

Emily has been a public defender in California and New York, and has worked to protect both people facing charges, and people returning home from incarceration. She is a graduate of Harvard University and Stanford Law School, and was honored as one of the American Bar Association’s Top 40 Young Lawyers in 2017

Interviewed by Evangelos Limpantoudis

In this second part of our conversation with Pavlos Pavlakis, he describes the current state of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Greece, and compares it to its state 5 years ago. He also discusses the investment approach of  Venture Friends, the largest VC fund in Greece, and describes stories of success and failure. 

Pavlos Pavlakis is currently an associate at Venture Friends a venture capital fund in Athens, Greece. He was Head of Strategy and Finance at Quiqup, a tech and logistics start-up in London, and also worked in structuring and transaction execution at capinvest, a financial and investment management firm. He has a BS in Math and Economics from London School of Economics, and an MS in finance from the Imperial College Business School.

Interviewed by Evangelos P. Limpantoudis

When we talk about VC funding, we think Silicon Valley, and disruptive tech businesses. In this episode, Lee Tabas shares his insight on financing local businesses and how it could lead to growth and prosperity for the entrepreneurs and their communities. 

Lee Tabas is President of Tabas Funding Ltd and is an expert in community banking and entrepreneurship. For 30 years, he grew from bank trainee to bank president, and under his leadership, Royal Bank of Pennsylvania (acquired by Bryn Mawr Trust in 2017) grew from $20 million in assets to $500 million. He has served as trusted advisor to bankers, and has invested in several small businesses through Tabas Funding Ltd.

Interviewed by Evangelos P. Limpantoudis