Jess Yupanqui Feingold is an executive leader, impact investor, and creative entrepreneur. She currently serves as Co-CEO at Common Future, an intermediary which invests in Black and indigenous communities so that the racial economic inequality becomes a thing of the past. Her expertise lies in brand strategy and positioning, grant and capital raising, storytelling and influence—all in service to building a more equitable economy. She has been a past columnist at Forbes and has spoken at the Skoll World Forum, for Nonprofit Quarterly’s speakers series, and for convenings hosted by the Aspen Institute.

Prior to Common Future, Jess was Director of Development at Kiva.org, where she led the launch of the World Refugee Fund, and Director of Partnerships at Ashoka Changemakers, she brokered unlikely collaborations between Fortune 500 companies and leading social entrepreneurs. With 15+ years of experience in social enterprise leadership, Jess has been a co-founder of LiV and served on the founding team of Move This World; she has advised dozens of other leading impact organizations. Jess serves on the board of Community Credit Lab, and of Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup, which runs the Dance Italia residency and Motore592 performance space.

Jess holds an MPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BA from the University of Virginia. She and her wife split their time between Brooklyn and Hurley, New York.

SPEAKING TOPICS INCLUDE:

A creative’s take on how our economy can be equitable by design

White allyship and how we can take concrete steps towards a less extractive, more inclusive economy

Investing in repair, and the responsibility of wealth

The new majority and multiracial solidarity towards greater economic equity