Chris Eyre is a managing director of Legacy Venture, a unique venture fund devoted to amplifying the size and effectiveness of philanthropy. He was a founding partner of Merrill Pickard Anderson & Eyre, the pioneering venture firm that evolved from Bank of America in the 1970s. He served on the boards of numerous public and private companies and has been an eyewitness to the revolution in venture capital and entrepreneurship. Eyre holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS from Utah State University.

Jeff Hamaoui is an internationally known expert and thought leader in the social enterprise field. As a connector of both concepts and people, he has been instrumental in advancing partnerships in the global social enterprise arena, including his involvement with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). As an attractor of capital and other resources, he has been responsible for the disbursement of millions of dollars into sustainable livelihoods projects. Hamaoui’s early experiences as a teacher, setting up a school for children with learning disabilities, and working in the private sector, combined well with his later experiences helping to build and run a foundation and think tank. Founding Origo Social Enterprise Partners in 1999 as a global center of excellence in social enterprise design was a natural next step in his career.

Sara Olsen founded SVT Consulting, which specializes in environmental and social due diligence and performance measurement for companies, investors, foundations, and entrepreneurs. In 1999, she cofounded the Global Social Venture Competition. Olsen has lectured and taught workshops on nonfinancial performance assessment internationally, and is coauthor of papers on nonfinancial metrics. She is an advisor to Calvert Foundation’s Social Enterprise Fund and a member of the 2004 methodology committee for the Fast Company Social Capitalist Awards. Olsen holds an MBA from UC Berkeley, an MASW from the University of Chicago, and a BA from Dartmouth College.