THE STATE OF THE EFFECT

SUMMIT 2025

NEW YORK, NY | OCTOBER 21

3-9pm ET

HOSTED BY

THIS YEAR’S THEME

THE SHIFT

Infrastructure, Intelligence & the Future of Growth

​​The State of the Effect this year is The Shift: we are standing at a threshold, a moment where institutions, markets, and governance structures are straining against forces they weren’t built to handle.

​AI, networks, and capital flows are rewriting the rules of power faster than our existing systems can adapt. Which is why the data we collect, the capital models we choose, and the systems we build today decide who benefits tomorrow. We have an opportunity, and a responsibility, to intentionally design the operating frameworks of the future, rather than inherit outdated assumptions and incomplete data.

​We are convening leaders, investors, and technologists to explore how power, value, and governance are being reprogrammed and why rethinking private-sector governance is essential to what comes next. By bringing this conversation into the broader context, alongside accelerating shifts in AI, capital, and infrastructure, we hope to spark the ideas and collaborations needed to build more adaptive, inclusive systems for a world in motion.

​Agenda:

  • ​3:00 - 3:30: VIP Arrivals

  • ​3:30 - 4:30: VIP Networking Hour/ Breakout Rooms Roundtable (Invite only)

  • ​4:30: General Admission Arrivals

  • ​4:30 - 5:30: Networking

  • ​5:30 - 6:45: Mainstage Programming

  • ​7:00 - 7:30: Pitch Competition

  • ​8:00: Pitch winner announced and closing remarks

  • ​8:00 - 9:00: Networking

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THIS YEAR’S VIP BREAKOUT ROOMS

🌎 Climate Capitalism: Investing in the Planetary Shift

  • ​​Exploring how capital flows, innovation, and infrastructure intersect to drive climate resilience and sustainability and why designing equitable, adaptive systems is essential to navigating planetary transformation.

  • Speakers: TBA

🔐 Trust, Threats & Transformation: Building Resilient Systems

  • ​Centering cybersecurity, compliance, and infrastructure governance in an era where AI and accelerating digital risk demand smarter, more adaptive frameworks to keep pace with change.

  • ​Speakers: TBA

🩺 Care as Capital: The New Economics of Women’s Health

  • ​From fertility to longevity, we’ll explore why investing in women’s health is core economic and innovation infrastructure — and how closing long-standing data and equity gaps unlocks new models of growth and impact.

  • ​Speakers: TBA

🤖 Intelligence at Scale: AI as Infrastructure

  • ​What happens when AI becomes the invisible operating system for business, investing, and decision-making? Examining the opportunities, risks, and inequities embedded in algorithmic systems and what it takes to build human-aligned intelligence at scale.

  • ​Speakers: TBD

💰 Capital, Code & Control: The Future of Financial Power

  • Examining how fintech, embedded finance, and investor innovation are reprogramming access, ownership, and governance — and what equitable financial systems could look like in a networked, AI-driven economy.Examining how fintech, embedded finance, and investor innovation are reprogramming access, ownership, and governance — and what equitable financial systems could look like in a networked, AI-driven economy.

  • ​Speakers: TBA

We hope you will join us!

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NEW YORK, NY | OCTOBER 22

SUMMIT 2024

THANK YOU

EQUITY IN ACTION

CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN OWNING ‘EQUITY’ AND CREATING ‘EQUITY’

This year, our Summit focused on identifying barriers to progress in Climate, Health, and Future of Work and how building diverse leadership pipelines, creating opportunities for equity ownership, and leveraging technology, education, and AI can help break these barriers and create equity. 

In our keynote conversation with the Education GTM lead at OpenAI, we explored the transformative potential of AI to break down barriers and create equity in healthcare, climate, governance, education, and the future of work.

Inspiring this Summit was the belief that building diverse leadership pipelines and creating opportunities for equity ownership today is an important part of paving the way for equitable solutions that will unlock real progress tomorrow. In order for technology, education and AI to be effective accelerants, we can't afford to leave so much human capital on the table!  

By asking ourselves ‘what can we do today as business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs to create equity tomorrow?’ we uncovered how we can make these ideas actionable in Climate Tech, Health Equity, and the Future of Work. This is the systemic change we need, and it starts now.

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WHAT WE SHARED AT THE SUMMIT

In one year, our growth and our impact have doubled!  We’re now in over 40 countries, 450 cities, with more than 15,000 members. We’ve made over 270,000 recommendations, matched 2,000+ members to board and investment opportunities, and connected more than 600 startups with advisors and investors. This matters because behind each number is a story of transformation and equity creation. The future of leadership and ownership depends on who is at the table today.

HIGHLIGHTS

Our breakout rooms and pitch competition centered around three key areas essential for our collective success: the well-being of our planet, our health, and our productivity. Paving the way for equitable solutions in climate, health and Future of Work will guide us toward a brighter future.

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CONGRATULATIONS Azul Bio!

STATE OF THE EFFECT SPEAKERS

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

MAIN STAGE

​Anna A. Tavis, PhD, Department Chair, Human Capital, NYU

​Candice Hunter Corby, CEO at Hidden Star Capital

​Komel Caruso, Co-founder & COO, HerMD

​Rupal Patel, 2x Founder & CEO, Best-Selling Author

​Siya Raj Purohit, Education at OpenAI

​William Provine, CEO, Innovation Space

PITCH COMPETITION JUDGES

​​Crystelle Desnoyer - Masters of Ceremony, Chief of Staff, Kyndrl

​Helena Wasserman - Investors for Climate

​Silvia Garcia Codony - NY Ventures, Empire State Development (Health)

​Zac Geinzer - Commonweal Ventures (Future of Work)

VIP BREAKOUT ROOMS

1

CLIMATE

BREAKING BARRIERS TO A SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE FUTURE

​This session will focused on the real-world barriers to deploying climate tech solutions that advance both environmental sustainability and social equity. Industry leaders and innovators will identify specific, tangible challenges they’ve encountered within their organizations or industries and extrapolate them to broader systemic issues. The final portion focused on brainstorming actionable steps we can take today to dismantle these barriers and drive climate innovation forward.

BREAKING BARRIERS FOR EQUITABLE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL

HEALTH EQUITY

2

​This session focused on the real-world barriers that prevent advancements in life sciences, healthcare, and well-being from reaching the populations that need them most. Speakers will share tangible challenges from their industries and extrapolate them to broader systemic issues. The final portion concentrated on brainstorming actionable steps to overcome these barriers and foster equitable access to healthcare innovation.

3

FUTURE OF WORK

REIMAGINING SYSTEMS

​This session dove into the evolving nature of work, governance, and global operating systems. Participants explored the structural challenges preventing equitable work environments and inclusive governance, while brainstorming ways to reshape operating systems to promote global equity and empowerment.

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THE CURRENCY OF INCLUSION:

CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN POWER, MONEY, AND EQUITY

We walked in The Fourth Floor and walked out The Fourth Effect! 

We were thrilled to celebrate our rebrand as well as announce the launch of our UNSTOPPABLE campaign to our attendees of over 150 change makers and leaders.

Thank you to all of our amazing speakers who drove home the point that a systems change is necessary and that Diversity & Inclusion is essential and profitable. Equity in the investment and innovation ecosystem will create better products, better companies and more pie for all.

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THANK YOU TO OUR

VIP Sponsor

Highlights

Speakers

  • Ariel Giumarelli

    PARTNER, ESG & IMPACT, KIRKLAND & ELLIS

  • Cat (Hernandez) Middleton

    GENERAL PARTNER, THE VENTURE COLLECTIVE

  • Cate Luzio

    FOUNDER AND CEO, LUMINARY

  • Cherae Robinson

    HEAD OF COMMUNITY, FLYBRIDGE

  • Cheryl Kellond

    CO-FOUNDER, PLAY MONEY STUDIOS

  • Christine Okike

    PARTNER, RESTRUCTURING, KIRKLAND & ELLIS

  • Karen Sunderam

    INVESTMENT STRATEGIST, IMPACTASSETS

  • Kathy Gardner

    VP, HEAD OF PEOPLE OPERATIONS, PALLADIUM

  • Linda Davis Taylor

    GOVERNANCE CHAIR, MORNINGSTAR FUNDS TRUST

  • Matt Moscardi

    HEAD OF BOARD MONEYBALL, FREE FLOAT

  • Mina Black

    FOUNDER, THE RAINMAKERS COLLECTIVE

  • Rich Taylor

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PEOPLE EXPERIENCE & DIVERSITY, NASDAQ

  • Ruth Shaber

    PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, TARA HEALTH FOUNDATION

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for hosting and sponsoring this extraordinary evening.