Dear John,
We are thrilled to announce that the keynote speaker for our upcoming Policy. Practice. Power. Conference is Santhosh Ramdoss. Mr. Ramdoss is President & CEO of Gary Community Ventures, a philanthropic organization that combines the power of business, policy, and philanthropy to make Impact Investments, such as the Dearfield Fund for Black Wealth, which has invested more than $9 million in first-time Black home buyers in Metro Denver. He also serves as the organization’s Chief Investment Officer.
Mr. Ramdoss, who was raised by a single mother in a small Indian village, takes pride in his identity as an immigrant and leverages these experiences to inform his commitment to equity. During his opening keynote session, titled Assets or Activism: How the Ownership Economy is Forging a New Kind of Movement, he will explore how we can harness the power of the capital markets, public policy and philanthropic innovation to realize a future in which each U.S. household possesses the minimum wealth necessary to achieve economic stability, mobility, and prosperity.
We hope to see you from May 27-29, 2025, in Washington, D.C., for this special keynote, as well as our other thought-provoking sessions featuring a broad spectrum of housing stakeholders dedicated to creating affordable solutions that last for generations! Click below to learn more and register!
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We are thankful to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Melville Charitable Trust, Land Home Financial Services, Gary Community Ventures, Forsyth Street Advisors, and Royal Bank of Canada for their support in making this conference possible. If you’re interested in supporting our conference as a sponsor, click here to learn more.
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At Grounded Solutions Network, we know what policies and strategies work to build and preserve housing opportunities, and we help communities use them.
