Big Path Capital is honored to host the 2026 Impact Capitalism Summit, the premier convening for LPs and GPs in the impact space to discuss, collaborate, and actively chart our strategic path forward. Taking place in historic Charleston from June 1-3 and celebrating more than a decade since its launch, this year’s summit takes on special significance, occurring at a critical inflection point for our industry, and just ahead of midterm elections that will define the policy landscape for years to come.

Keynote speaker Lauren Booker Allen is a Partner, Head of Impact, and Portfolio Manager at Jordan Park, where she leads the firm’s practice focused on advising clients and activating capital aligned with their impact objectives, and oversees the firm’s impact investing program. Prior to Jordan Park, Lauren was Senior Manager of Impact Investing at Omidyar Network, where she managed investments, strategic partnerships, and thought leadership initiatives to drive the firm’s impact investing and philanthropy efforts globally, often advising family offices, foundations, entrepreneurs, and asset managers.

In this conversation, Lauren shares her perspective on the impact community’s role in this moment, what we need to do to build greater credibility and opportunity, and why she believes community is one of the most valuable forms of capital in our industry.

We’re in a time of uncertainty, polarization, and market pressure. How should the impact community think about its role in a moment like this?

Moments like this are precisely when our work matters most. Periods of uncertainty tend to strain both the motivation and the availability of capital at exactly the moment when needs on the ground become most visible and urgent. This is when impact investors need to stay steady and lead with conviction, looking beyond short-term volatility, market cycles, and political headwinds. At Jordan Park, we’re investing on behalf of clients who are thinking about impact in terms of decades, and sometimes generations. We aim to be thoughtful about the impact they’re trying to achieve and how we can strategically allocate capital to drive those desired outcomes. Over time, that’s what tends to hold up.

What do allocators, managers, and advisors need to get right if this field is going to keep maturing and earning credibility?

We need to accelerate the alignment and deployment of capital across the full spectrum of risk, return, and impact. Creating a more efficient marketplace requires allocators to think more expansively and managers to get the fundamentals right. We build credibility by matching the right type of capital to the right opportunities, setting clear expectations, striving to deliver on the financial performance and impact we promise, and iterating accordingly. Over time, that consistency earns trust, and trust creates even greater opportunity.

Why are you looking forward to attending the Impact Capitalism Summit?

I’m always energized by the opportunity to engage with thoughtful, committed leaders who are deeply immersed in this work. I’m looking forward to learning, being inspired, and hopefully surfacing new points of collaboration and possibility. Community remains one of the most valuable forms of capital in our industry.

What do you hope attendees leave the Impact Capitalism Summit thinking differently about?

I hope we all leave thinking more deeply about the intersection of ambition and discipline. Impact investing has always needed both the imagination to rethink how capital flows and the rigor to make the space credible and durable. At this stage in the field’s evolution, that balance matters more than ever. If we pair bold vision with uncompromising discipline, we can remain resilient and unlock the full potential of impact investing.

Join investors actively deploying capital for impact and return, including family offices, foundations, institutional investors, wealth advisors, and asset managers at the 2026 Impact Capitalism Summit, June 1–3 in Charleston. Learn more and apply here.