Jordan: At Reaching Out MBA, I get to help members of the LGBT+ community reach their goals while growing in their personal development. My hope is that when one person succeeds, they will bring others along with them and inspire them to make positive changes in the world.

Archana: To realize our vision of creating an integrated equitable impact ecosystem in the New York Metropolitan Area, we will continue to create opportunities for stakeholders to intentionally collaborate through formal and informal partnership agreements. We are cementing our identity within the existing ecosystem by creating a culture of cooperation and partnership. This is reflected in the breadth and scope of our Advisory Board members expertises and networks. It is reflected in the speakers, experts and facilitators we have featured in our programs to-date. Our members represent the breadth of the impact ecosystem from innovators to investors, academics to practitioners, nonprofits to for profits. Through these intentional partnerships, we will not recreate but rather recognize and reorganize existing resources making them visible and accessible more widely and equitably. We believe this will benefit the whole ecosystem.  We are committed to the deliberate and consistent approach needed if we are to be a credible ecosystem builder within the Metropolitan Area.