Come Celebrate the Launch of Ideal Impact We're announcing the launch of Ideal Impact's mobile app: the first news-based, social impact app (now available on Android and iPhone/iPad). Ideal Impact is a civic-tech company that turns news into action for social impact. Our apps empower you to immediately act on the news stories that most inspire you. We hope to unite people motivated by service, civic engagement, and advocacy with leadership opportunities that address society's social challenges. To kick things off, Ideal Impact and Impact Hub DC are hosting a panel discussion about what it takes to join the board of a non-profit organization. Panel Discussion: How to Join a Non-Profit Board Our panel of experts will provide insight on: 1. non-profit organizations governance workings; 2. required skills and experiences for Board membership; 3. how to get in the pipeline to serve on non-profit boards in the Washington, DC area. The panelists: Maureen Dwyer Maureen Dwyer is the executive director of Sitar Arts Center, a creative youth development program for underserved youth in Washington, DC. During her tenure, the Center grew from a small afterschool program to a year-round visual, digital and performing arts education program with 850 students. In 2015, under Maureen’s leadership, Sitar Arts Center won the Washington Post Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award and in 2014, Maureen was selected as a class member of Leadership Greater Washington. Maureen serves as the secretary of the Board of the DC Alliance of Youth Advocates and is on the membership committee of the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative. Maureen holds a BA in drama from Catholic University of America. Previous careers as a performing artist and early childhood educator (as well as parenting three boys) shape her convictions that the arts are vital for positive youth development and the opportunity gap for youth from low-income homes must be closed. Sara Gibson Sara Gibson has over fifteen years of experience in the nonprofit sector. She currently serves as the Chief Development Officer at Miriam’s Kitchen and the Board Chair for Jubilee JumpStart. Sara dedicates her professional life working toward a day Washington, D.C. when all homeless people are able to find housing, all children have access to high quality early childhood education and the city reaches its full potential. She has previously served as the Director of Development at the Sitar Arts Center and at Samaritan Ministry of Greater Washington. In addition, Sara served as a development consultant for French and U.S. clients while working in Paris in 2007. Sara is a member of Leadership Greater Washington’s class of 2015 and has been recognized by The EnVest Foundation as one of the 40 Under 40. Sara holds a BA in Political Science and Communications from Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana. Sabrina Hersi Issa Sabrina Hersi Issa is the CEO of Be Bold Media, a digital agency focused on global advocacy that produces Relief Hack, a hackathon series to build and improve technology tools used for humanitarian relief and Vanguard, a global donor engagement program. She is the co-founder of End Famine, a campaign dedicated to developing sustainable solutions to hunger, food security and humanitarian assistance. She is the 2015 Event Chair of Web of Change at Esalen. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post, USA Today, National Public Radio, The Guardian (US), Stanford Social Innovation Review and The Nation.Washingtonian Magazine named her a Woman to Watch as part of it’s annual Most Powerful Women issue. Sabrina sits on the board of directors of Exhale Pro-Voice, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Web of Change and the Project on Middle East Democracy. She was formerly the President of the Board of Directors for Women, Action & the Media. Olivier Kamanda (Moderator) Olivier Kamanda is the founder and CEO of Ideal Impact. He is a fellow at the Halcyon Incubator and the Truman National Security Project. After founding and leading Foreign Policy Digest, an online magazine aimed at engaging young Americans in international affairs, Olivier served as a speechwriter and senior advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Princeton University and as an elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in Adams Morgan in Washington. D.C. He is a long-standing volunteer and sous-chef at Miriam’s Kitchen, a homeless services organization based in DC, and a campaign partner to The Way Home Campaign to end chronic homelessness. In 2014, Olivier was named one of D.C.’s “Most Influential Leaders Under 40” by Washington Life Magazine. Olivier earned his bachelors degree in science and engineering from Princeton University and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. About Impact Hub DC (Event Host) Impact Hub DC is a coworking & events space for a community of entrepreneurs, activists, creatives, and professionals taking action to drive positive social and environmental change.