Mark Beam - Listening to the Local
Mark is an advisor to Halloran a leading investor in “energy for good,” including social, business and community innovation, impact investing and well-being initiatives. Mark is also a Co-Founder of the Social Capital Markets Conference (SOCAP), Impact Hub Oaxaca and ¡CATAPULTA! , the first festival for Social Innovation. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Buckminster Fuller Institute, Clincas del Azucar, Impact Hub Oaxaca and Impact Hub DF in Mexico City, and a member of the Advisory Board of Adobe Capital.
With Calvert Founder Wayne Silby Mark co-authored the Enterprise Innovation Fund a proposed multi-billion dollar fund designed to foster social enterprise development. Recent focus is on the creation of a unified social innovation movement using global platforms and networks that are interlinked with locally based, grass-roots ecosystems. Before turning his attention to social innovation and impact investing Mark was social media entrepreneur in San Francisco and before that a senior executive for several major Wall Street banks in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. He continues to live in Oaxaca, Mexico with his wife Cath and his two sons Weston & Sky.
