In this episode, Sarah sits down with Miguel Santana, a veteran public servant and current CEO of the California Community Foundation, to discuss what it takes to build a more equitable Los Angeles and how Measure A is redefining affordable housing and the role of community in local government. About Our Guest Miguel Santana is […]

In this episode, Sarah sits down with Gary P. Jenkins, Chief Administrative Officer at Urban Pathways to talk about his prior role as Commissioner of the Department of Social Services for the City of New York, his current role at Urban Pathways, and the importance of supportive and rapid rehousing, among other innovative solutions, to […]

In this episode, Sarah sits down with Richard Thorsten, Chief Insights Officer at Water.org and Heather Arney, Global Director, Insights at Water.org to talk about how the organization scaled its work to serve over 58 million people in 11 countries, and the innovative solutions Water.org is implementing to tackle the global water crisis. About Our […]

In this episode, Sarah Johnson sits down with Darren Isom, a Partner at the Bridgespan Group, to discuss funding strategies that consistently work for non-profits, based on Bridgespan’s consulting work with various organizations, creating the landscape for equitable philanthropy and his focus on developing BIPOC leaders. About Our Guest Darren Isom is a partner at […]

In this episode, Sarah sits down with Sunday Leonard, the Executive Officer and Head of Secretariat of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel to the Global Environment Facility, which is hosted by the United Nations Environment Program, to share more about his role and discuss the facility’s investments in projects focused on climate change mitigation, […]

In this episode, Sarah sits down with Josh Newton, a consultant at UN Water and the UN Economic Commission for Europe, to discuss key takeaways from the UN’s recent 2nd Conference on Water and the importance of preparing a future workforce for the water sector. About Our Guest Josh Newton is a consultant and thought […]

In this episode, Sarah sits down with Alice Hill, to talk about her career path, current role as Catastrophic Risk and Resilience Expert at the Council on Foreign Relations and the escalating threats posed by climate change impacts on national security, hurricane and flood risk, and the US Electric Grid. About Our Guest Alice Hill […]

In this episode, Sarah sits down with Andrew Aurand, Senior VP of Research at the National Low Income Housing Coalition and Courtney Cooperman, Housing Advocacy Organizer at the National Low Income Housing Coalition to discuss the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s work and advocacy in the affordable housing space, as well as solutions being implemented […]

In this episode, Sarah sits down with James Stockard, an expert in afforable housing and community development, current lecturer in Urban Planning and Design at Harvard University, and former curator of Harvard’s Loeb fellowship to talk about key challenges in the development of affordable housing and innovative ideas being implemented to meet US housing needs. […]

In this episode, Sarah Johnson sits down with Andrea Erickson-Quiroz, Global Director for Water Security and Deputy Managing Director for the Food and Water Systems Priority at the Nature Conservancy, to discuss how the organization is addressing what many experts describe as a “looming global water crisis”. About Our Guest Andrea Erickson-Quiroz is the Global […]