INVESTOR
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Renewal Funds
Joel Solomon - Chair + Co-Founding Partner
Paul Richardson - President + CEO
Carol Newell - Founding Investor
- 2008-Present
- Canada's largest "mission venture capital" firm
- $98m assets under management
- Organics + Environmental Tech
- Vancouver, Canada
Advisor
"activist family office" for CAROL NEWELL
CEO
Co-Strategist with Carol
- 1994-2010
- Whole portfolio activation to mission
- Investments, grants, collaborations
- Major Initiatives: Renewal Partners. Endswell Foundation. Tides Canada. Great Bear Rainforest. Hollyhock. PlayBIG. Social Venture Institute (SVI). Social Change Institute (SCI).
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Convenor
- Kitchen + Garden Volunteer at Hollyhock founding in 1982
- Immersion in ecology, stewardship + conscious enterprise with Hollyhock founders, Rex Weyler and Shivon Robinsong, from early Greenpeace
- As long time board chair of Hollyhock, recruited Dana Bass Solomon as CEO. 2003-2017
- Joel + Dana married in 2003
- Curator or host for dozens of conferences
- Cross sector, inter-generational, peer learning conferences as a social/culture change leadership strategy
- Social Venture Institute (SVI), Social Change Institute (SCI), Story Money Impact, Accelerate Your Enterprise, Summer Gathering, and Web of Change anchor an extensive personal development program
- Joel + Dana host content rich gatherings at their home for many organizations
- Joel learned it all from Threshold Foundation + SVN
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Citizen
- Family active in progressive politics - Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Jimmy Carter Presidential Campaign 1974-1976
- Founding team. Vision Vancouver civic party. Close friend Mayor Gregor Robertson. Longest serving Mayor in Vancouver history
- Nashville, Tennessee. 7 term series of moderate progressive Mayors and Councillors
"Ignoring politics can lead to devastating consequences. Use it or lose it."
- Joel
other roles
RSF SOCIAL FINANCE
"Reinventing the way the world works with money"
- Senior Advisor
- Co-Producer - Integrated Capital Fellows Program
SOCIAL VENTURE + SOCIAL CHANGE INSTITUTES
- Hollyhock + elsewhere
- Co-Producer since 1996
SOCIAL VENTURE NETWORK (SVN)
"Lead the way"
- Founding Member
- Hall of Fame/Lifetime Achievement Award
BUSINESSES FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (BSR)
- Founding Member
B Corporation
- Renewal Funds Early Member
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
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