10th Annual Symposium - February 18 & 19, 2010
Corporate Creativity: The Vermont L3C & Other Developments in Social Entrepreneurship
Keynotes
Robert Lang, Creator of the L3C
As the current CEO of the Mary Elizabeth & Gordon B. Mannweiler Foundation, Robert Lang saw inefficiencies in how nonprofits and foundations meet their goals. In response, he created the L3C as way to bring for-profit efficiencies to non-profit missions. Immediately following Governor Douglas's signing of the bill, Mr. Lang organized the world's first L3C, L3C Advisors L3C. This firm advises clients around the world on organizing, structuring and establishing L3Cs. Mr. Lang will discuss his path and how lawyers and social entrepreneurs can follow.
Dana Brakman Reiser, Professor of Law
At Brooklyn Law School (BLS), Dana Brakman Reiser teaches courses in Nonprofit Law, Corporations, Property and Trusts and Estates. Her recent scholarship focuses on the legal and social ramifications of the increasing trend towards the hybridization of nonprofit and for-profit endeavors. She also has written extensively on non-profit accountability and governance; and the role of members and other non-fiduciary constituencies in non-profit organizations. Before joining the BLS faculty, Professor Brakman Reiser was a legal fellow in the Office of the General Counsel of Partners HealthCare System, Inc. and served as a law clerk to Judge Bruce Selya of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Stephen Lloyd, UK Charity & Social
Enterprise Attorney
Stephen Lloyd is the Senior Partner of the UK firm, Bates Wells & Braithwaite London LLP. He has been a part of the firm for over 20 years. He currently heads their Charity & Social Enterprise Department. He has written and presented on a number of publications intended to guide small businesses and nonprofits in their ventures. One of his most notable accomplishments was the drafting of the CIC legislation, a form of hybrid organization that has now been adopted by thousands of enterprises, throughout the UK.
Arthur Wood, Vice President of Social Financial Services,
Ashoka
After making great innovations in the financial sector, Arthur Wood brought his experience to Ashoka, an organization devoted to helping social entrepreneurs succeed around the world. As the head of Social Financial Services (SFS) at Ashoka, he connects global financial institutions to the social sector. At Ashoka he applies the same creativity used in developing novel financial products, to find of ways of funneling capital to various social ventures.