Sorenson Impact

We believe a healthy Utah requires a healthy Great Salt Lake and a healthy water ecosystem. 🌊

The inaugural Utah Blue Industry Summit will bring together capital providers, corporate and industry leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and scientists to coalesce around the urgent mobilization of capital toward innovative solutions for the lake.

There are a few spots left at the Summit, taking place August 31 at the Impact & Prosperity Epicenter in Salt Lake City. ➡️ If you are interested in attending, learn more and request to join.

Utah Blue Industry Summit · Luma A convening of thought leaders shaping and investing in innovative solutions to Utah's water challenges and the Great Salt Lake. Hosted by the Sorenson Impact…

The fall semester is right around the corner at The University of Utah! 🎓 We're looking forward to welcoming students back to campus, and we're pleased to offer the course “Social Impact Strategy and Innovation” in partnership with the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business.

In this course, instructed by Dr. Allison Boxer, students will learn how to embed and measure social considerations into strategy while still prioritizing business success.

This course is open to all majors across the university. Add it to your fall 2026 schedule or share this opportunity! https://sorensonimpactinstitute.com/classes/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=student_program

📚 STRAT 5100 / STRAT 6100
⏰ Monday / Wednesday 11:50 a.m. – 1:10 p.m.
🧑‍🎓 3 Credit Hours

We are thrilled to return to this September to host the Sorenson Impact Natural Capital Summit! This full-day convening on September 23 features impact investors, economists, foundations, entrepreneurs, innovators, conservationists, and water and forest ecosystem experts. Together, they're committed to moving capital that actually closes the nature funding gap and impacts real landscapes, critical watersheds, local communities, and the innovations and ventures built to protect them. 🌎

Programming includes:

• The Climate × Water Venture Showcase hosted by Imagine H2O, combining an investor market briefing, a curated startup pitch session, and structured networking across the climate and water ecosystems.
• An insightful conversation led by Sorenson Advisory on market-rate impact investments.
• Blue Forest and World Resources Institute will present results from their forest health and wildfire mitigation analysis of the Upper Weber watershed.
• The American Forest Foundation will share its latest work with Sorenson Impact on unlocking conservation capital for family-owned forests.
And more to come!

💡➡️ Admission is free, and space is limited. We invite our community and the impact ecosystem to learn more and express interest in attending here: https://luma.com/6593xuov

📢⏰ Today is your last chance to register for at the "Spring Ticket" rate! Buy now to save $400 before tickets go up to full price on Tuesday, August 4: https://socapglobal.com/event-socap-26/?utm_campaign=27924641-SOCAP26%20Registration&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Once registered for the event, be on the lookout in the coming weeks for details on how you can be among the first to sign up for the limited-attendance sessions on day one, network in the event app, and join the pre-event virtual panels for each content track.

Join us in Chicago from October 12 to 14 to move solutions from conversation to implementation and help build meaningful, resilient impact! 🌐

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We're seeking two student interns to support our Marketing and Communications team! 📢💬 Learn more and apply today, or share these opportunities with students in your network!

🎓 Marketing & Communications Intern: Support our team through a combination of content development, event support, systems management, and administrative coordination. This role is ideal for students interested in impact investing, social impact, social entrepreneurship, or related fields, as well as hands-on learning in marketing, communications, and professional writing. Learn more: https://sorensonimpactinstitute.com/internships/marketing-communications-internships/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=student_program

🎓 Research & Strategic Initiatives Intern: Support internal strategic initiatives and client-facing projects through research, analysis, writing, partnership support, and data management. This role is ideal for students with strong research and writing skills and an interest in impact investing, social impact, social entrepreneurship, or related fields. Learn more: https://sorensonimpactinstitute.com/internships/impact-storytelling-internships/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=student_program

Proudly housed at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, we are a team of expert practitioners with a mission to expand the market for impact investing. Our headquarters, the Impact & Prosperity Epicenter, is a pioneering live/work ecosystem that fosters a shared vision for the betterment of people and the planet.

Ready for your next career in impact? We're hiring for two full-time roles!

➡️ Manager, Impact Finance: This role will manage a portfolio of client and partner projects spanning a variety of issue areas and financial structures, such as outcomes-based financing, community development finance, health and health equity, workforce development, economic development, Nature-based Solutions, and conservation finance.

➡️ Senior Associate, Venture Capital: Our Venture Capital & Impact Investing team invests in high-impact entrepreneurs to drive meaningful positive impact and simultaneously trains the next generation of finance and impact investing professionals. This role will be responsible for training students and managing investment processes and operations.

Learn more and apply here, or share these opportunities with your network: https://sorensonimpactinstitute.com/careers/
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We are excited to spotlight Lindsay Richards, an alumna of the Institute’s student program and a current mentor in our mentorship program. “Sorenson was my first introduction to financial modeling,” she says. “Beyond that, I really learned about how much my personal bias impacts what I think of a potential investment, and I learned to really incorporate the thoughts of other people and perspectives before I jumped to a thesis on any particular company.”

Lindsay was part of the Accordion team for 5 years, most recently serving as a Vice President on the Turnaround and Restructuring team. She is gearing up to begin her MBA at The Wharton School. “I'm honestly inspired to learn the ins and outs of a business so that I can be a competent leader in the future,” she says. “I'm inspired to think more strategically and understand the long-term vision so that I can make a stronger impact on my current and future clients and help them solve real issues.”

🎓 Learn more about our student program here: https://sorensonimpactinstitute.com/studentprogram/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=student_program

University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Impact & Prosperity Epicenter David Eccles School of Business Alumni

Adults over 50 represent one of the most powerful economic forces of our time, driving more than 50% of U.S. consumer spending and projected to command $65 trillion in global spending by 2030. By 2053, a third of Europe, a quarter of America, and nearly two billion people globally will be over 65.

To address this growth, Next50, a private, $300 million foundation whose mission is to promote independence and dignity for an aging population, engaged the Sorenson Impact Institute to design an “Aging Investing Roadmap.” The roadmap is a toolkit to help direct capital toward scalable solutions and integrate aging considerations into long-term investment strategies.

🔗 Read more about this project in this article, featuring insights from Dr. Nzinga Broussard, Senior Director of Impact Measurement at the Institute, and Peter Kaldes, Esq., President and CEO of Next50.

An Opportunity Hiding In Plain Sight: Developing An Aging Investing Roadmap Next50 and the Sorenson Impact Institute designed a toolkit to guide investors in deploying capital towards scalable solutions for a growing population of older adults.

Hear from Lis Green, Sorenson Impact Institute Director of Impact Investing, in a recent Utah Business article exploring gender parity in Utah's Venture Capital (VC) landscape.

Lis discusses the importance of being represented in the industry and being supported by peers, including "male champions." She also emphasizes the innovation that comes with more women decision-makers in VC, saying, "There is so much economic opportunity that sits outside the parameters of very narrow, traditional venture pattern recognition."

💡 Read more.

Women investors in venture capital: When women invest, women get funded More women are entering venture capital across the state, but leadership roles, investor access and funding outcomes show how far gender parity still has to go.

How do you measure impact? At JCF, it starts locally—with jobs, lower energy bills, and healthier communities. Sorenson Impact recently highlighted our work in Forbes, showing how we measure what matters to ensure clean energy investments deliver real benefits. Read the full article below ⬇️

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sorensonimpact/2025/07/17/measuring-what-matters-in-community-based-climate-finance/