Areas
of Focus
Summit Impact focuses on hyper-relevant topic areas where creative solutions are well positioned to be scaled for maximum impact.
Areas
Our 6 Areas of Focus
1
The Future of Work
Meeting the growing economic challenges in the US with entrepreneurial solutions that support underestimated youth and diverse talent pipelines.
2
Equity & Justice
Developing a series of community-based policy recommendations co-authored by activists, progressive DAs, and chiefs of police around the country.
3
Environmental Stewardship
Preparing global leaders in environmental conservation for the tasks ahead through intensive leadership training, network cultivation, and capacity-building.
4
Art & Imagination
Gathering a coalition of bold artists and creatives to develop national campaigns and envision new paradigms for our future.
5
Health & Wellbeing
Scaling access to innovative solutions for trauma, anxiety, and PTSD, and supporting harm-reduction nationwide.
6
Civic Engagement
Increasing voter turnout for critical elections and encouraging business leaders to provide employees with paid time off to vote.
Spotlight: Summit Criminal Justice Lab
The Criminal Justice Lab accelerates solutions for community safety and criminal justice reform, to create a more free and just society.
The two year program features four Criminal Justice Fellows and is designed to amplify and support their critical work to advance justice reform.
Lab Participants
Mike de la Rocha (LC)
Founder, Revolve Impact
Patrisse Cullors
Co-founder, Black Lives Matter
Cristine Soto DeBerry
Deputy Chief of Staff, San Francisco District Attorney
Art Acevedo
Chief of Police, Houston
Katy Miller
Chief of Programs & Initiatives, San Francisco District Attorney's Office
Charlie Beck
Former Chief of Police, Los Angeles
Scott Budnick
Founder, Anti-Recidivism Coalition
Wendy Still
Probation Chief, Alameda County
Chloe Cockburn
Program Officer, Criminal Justice Reform
Richie Reseda Edmond-Vargas
Co-founder, Initiate Justice
Todd Fogleson
Professor of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
Laurie Levenson
Michael Gennaco
Vincent Schiraldi
Mike Moore
Erwin Chemerinsky
William Waterson
Juan Cartagena
Aaron Goldzimer
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Aaron Goldzimer
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Shellye Archambeau
Executive Board Member. Fortune 500s
Wendy Sill
Chief Probation Officer. Alameda County
Patrisse Cullors
Founder, BLM. Senior Distinguished Fellow
George Gascón
District Attorney, Los Angeles. Senior Distinguished Fellow
Stephen Saloom
Director, Advocacy & Capacity Building
Jamelia Kelsey Jones
Program Manager, Summit Impact
Susan Olesek
Founder, Enneagram Prison Project. LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Danielle Allen
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Colette Kessler
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Frank Luntz
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Sam Mar
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Andrew Yang
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Ellyn Guttman
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Richie Reseda
Founder. Question Culture. LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Jenna Arnold
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Kate Collins
Program Associate
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