Kaitlin Butler
Username
Kaitlin Butler
Proposer First Name
Kaitlin
Proposer Email
kaitlin.butler@greenbank.ny.gov
Proposer Last Name
Butler
Proposer Company/Organization
NY Green Bank
Proposer Phone
(646) 771-8708
Proposer Job Title
Vice President, Business Development
Boston 2023 Areas of Focus
Proposed Session Description
When it comes to financing the decarbonization of disadvantaged communities, CDFIs and green banks are much stronger together than they are apart, yet it’s been a challenge for CDFIs to take advantage of the opportunity presented by growing momentum for sustainable infrastructure development around the country. This panel will align green bank, CDFI, and impact investment perspectives to discuss how the climate and community finance sectors can leverage each other’s expertise and network.
Diversity and Inclusiveness
The goal of bringing together various types of impact investors and financiers, including green banks and CDFIs, is to align on how to design meaningful programs to more efficiently deploy capital towards their shared goals of environmental justice.
Learning Objectives
Learn strategies from investors operating at the intersection of climate change mitigation and social justice and gain new perspectives on the potential for community-based lending
Deepen an understanding of how CDFIs can take advantage of the unprecedented levels of funding and support being allocated for decarbonization at the federal and state level
Describe lending program features to bring needed financing to building electrification while centering disadvantaged communities
Better prepare for securing cost-effective financing from the lending community
Additional Comments
It is submitted for an upcoming conference in a slightly different format, but we are not accepted there yet
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 2 - Some prior knowledge helpful.
Session Format
Presentation followed by facilitated discussion or breakout groups
Recommended Length
60-minute session
Strongest Content Connection - Boston 2023
Comments about your speaker roster
Another speaking partner from the CDFI lending community to be identified
Anything else you'd like to tell us about your session proposal?
n/a
Reviewer 1
Chase, Tom
Reviewer 2
Pittman, Nick
Proposal #
121
Committee Decision
Being Considered
Presenters
Full Description
The panel will highlight financial resources for decarbonization to offer owners and developers better insight into getting cost-effective capital into their projects and to offer impact finance organizations a model for a collaboration and investment with community lenders and green banks