Explore the trends that have changed how people work and think and how best to bring out the best in your teams.
Event Details
Navigating today's business landscape requires leaders who can guide teams through both established industries experiencing disruption and entirely new market frontiers. In this two-part session, you will develop a toolkit for leading teams through transformation. First, gain strategic insights from Sara Chamberlain's firsthand experience evolving her own venture capital firm's business model and guiding pioneering climate tech companies through uncharted waters. Then, engage in an intensive Mastermind mini-session led by Samantha Coleman, where collective wisdom and diverse perspectives converge to help you quickly generate solutions to your current leadership challenges.
10:30-11:20 Fireside Chat
11:20-noon Mastermind Mini-Session
Speaker Profiles
Sara Chamberlain (Speaker) '09
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Earth Foundry
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Sara Chamberlain is co-founder & managing director at Earth Foundry, an early-stage venture capital firm which has backed some of the most transformative energy and cleantech companies. Sara is the driving force of the firm, leading investment activity and actively building cutting edge companies including Advanced Diamond Technologies (acquired by SMIN), Azumo, e-Zinc, Intelihot, NanoGraf, Network Perception, Polystyvert, Tank Utility (acquired by Generac), and Volexion.
Prior to Earth Foundry, Sara built government advisory practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and helped climate tech startups raise $300M in non-dilutive funding. She also held roles with GE Energy and environmental consulting firm, GaiaTech.
Sara is an advocate for the ecosystem and serves on the Investment Committee for accelerator Evergreen Climate Innovations, an incubator program at Argonne National Laboratory, and as an executive-in-residence at the Rustandy Center-Chicago Booth. Fortune recently recognized Sara as a Top Seed Stage Climate VC to watch, and in 2015 by Midwest Energy News "40 under 40."
Sara currently sits on the board of Earth Foundry portfolio companies 3E Nano, Azumo, e-Zinc, Harvest Thermal, Polystyvert, and Volexion.
Samantha Coleman (Moderator)
Senior Associate Director of Leadership Development, Chicago Booth
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Samantha partners with faculty and staff to create innovative leadership opportunities for current students and alumni across the globe. Her experiences as a scholar, executive coach, and social entrepreneur assist her in inspiring others across industries to lead with their most authentic selves with a consistent pursuit toward personal and professional mastery.