Riley Jones
Hailing from Chicago's South Side, Riley is a social entrepreneur with a passion for creating pathways to opportunity. In 2015, he co-founded Bloc, a company using emerging technologies to prepare young people for the future of work. He was recognized by Forbes as a 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur in 2019. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and American Studies from Columbia University and will graduate from the New York University School of Law in 2020.
Jules B. Kroll
Jules B. Kroll is chairman and co-founder of K2 Intelligence. He also serves as chairman of Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc., and as a member of the board of directors of BlueVoyant.
Jules is the acknowledged pioneer of the modern investigations, intelligence, and corporate security industry and is credited with establishing investigations and risk consulting as indispensable corporate services.
He currently serves as chairman of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Foundation, is a former member of the Board of Regents of Georgetown University and the Board of Trustees of Cornell University, and served as the chairman of the Georgetown Law Center Board of Visitors.
Erica Lock
Erica Lock builds programs and partnerships to get social entrepreneurs further, faster. She is the thread across departments at Echoing Green, the world’s leading angel investor in next generation social innovators. Erica translates organizational strategy to thoughtful collaborations within and beyond the impact sector. Before joining Echoing Green, Erica worked at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability in the Bloomberg administration, MTV Networks, and various marketing, branding and advertising agencies in research, operations and business development roles. She has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS in Economics from Wharton.
Liz Luckett
Liz Luckett has an extensive background in technology, data, market research and philanthropy. As the Founder and Managing Director of The Social Entrepreneurs’ Fund (TSEF), she created and manages a portfolio of early stage impact investments that began in 2012. TSEF focuses on companies that are helping to improve affordable access to goods and services for low-income communities around the world. Before joining TSEF, Ms. Luckett was Director of Impact Investing at the Pershing Square Foundation, Senior Vice President at Citigroup, co-Founder of Fulcrum Analytics (formerly, Cyber Dialogue), a predictive modeling market research and technology platform, and an Analyst at Gartner.
Liz is a board director Columbia University Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing, The Bail Project and Aunt Bertha. She received a B.A. from Columbia University and a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University in England. Liz lives in Brooklyn with her husband, two children and Labrador Retriever.
Jeremy Reiss
Jeremy Reiss is the Deputy Officer for Public Policy and External Relations at Henry Street Settlement, one of the nation’s leading non-profit organizations. In this role, Reiss oversees the agency’s policy, advocacy, and government relations efforts; institutional fundraising; and volunteer program. Prior to Henry Street, Reiss was the Vice President for Communications and External Affairs at the East River Development Alliance (now known as Urban Upbound), and was also a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to ERDA, Reiss was the Director of Workforce and Economic Security Initiatives at the Community Service Society, where he authored groundbreaking reports on paid sick leave and NYC’s human capital development systems, and oversaw the agency’s public opinion polling institute. Over the last two decades, Reiss has also worked as a program evaluator, community organizer, direct service practitioner, and policy advocate. A graduate of Wesleyan University, Reiss has a master's degree in social policy and planning from the London School of Economics. He also served on the Urban Policy and Labor/Employment Advisory Committees for President Obama’s 2008 election campaign.
Lisa Tomanelli
Lisa Tomanelli has been helping unemployed youth and adults secure viable employment for her entire 20+ years working in New York City. After earning a Master's Degree in Social Work from Columbia University, Lisa worked with organizations including Women In Need, Coalition for the Homeless, and Dress for Success supporting clients in their education and career goals.
Nir Tsuk
Dr. Nir Tsuk is a seasoned practitioner, academic and facilitator with over 20 years of international experience in the fields of social capital, entrepreneurship, impact and culture of innovation. Serving as a Visiting Professor at the Bronfman Center, Nir is now launching for New York University a new impact and intrapreneurship institute connecting New York and Tel Aviv.
Prior to this, Nir helped idealist.org – the world's largest social online talent acquisition platform – to increase its size and impact as its Head of Growth, and has brought Ashoka – the world's largest social entrepreneurship organization – to Israel, after serving as a Ashoka's Global Fellowship Director in Washington DC, connecting more than 3000 social entrepreneurs in 72 countries. Nir holds a PhD from Cambridge University in social and political sciences – where he wrote his dissertation on social networks, social capital and intentional communities. Previously, Nir led policy research initiatives at the Community Development Foundation in London and at the Committee for Social Affairs in the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem.
He has been, among other things, a curriculum developer at the Rabin Centre and the Israeli national authority for Holocaust remembrance, the editor of Israel's bestselling computer magazine, a restaurant manager, and a street cleaner. Nir advises and lectures citizen organizations, entrepreneurs, government bodies, and companies. He is also a compulsive tea drinker and a fan of animated movies.