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Tom Tom Founders Festival 2018

The Seventh Annual Tom Tom Founders Festival is a week-long celebration of innovators, visionaries, and artists who are shaping small cities. The Festival occurs at dozens of venues throughout downtown Charlottesville.

John Kluge

Alight Fund
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Charlottesville, VA

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Alight Fund
Member, Human Rights Commission, City of Charlottesville
Board of Directors, New Hill Development Corporation, Charlottesville
Co-Chair, Virginia Policy Entrepreneurship Forum
Trustee, Babson College

10:30am EDT

How Ready for Funding Are You?Full The Paramount Theater - Balcony LoungeRoss Baird • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Virginia is for Entrepreneurs • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

2:00pm EDT

KEYNOTE: Fighting Inequality with FinanceNow Open The Jefferson TheaterGreg Fairchild • Ross Baird • Peter Jackson • Jerry Nemorin • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

3:30pm EDT

CIT Lab: An Empirical View of the Art and Science of Entrepreneurship and InvestmentFull Second Street GalleryCenter for Innovative Technology (CIT) • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

10:30am EDT

Case Study: Strategic Action for Economic Opportunity in Frederick, MDFull Common House - Vinegar Hall SouthWhitney Hahn • Elizabeth Cromwell • Michael O'Connor • Helen Propheter • Scott Ryser

2:00pm EDT

Partner Event: Affordable Housing DesignFull Water Street CenterMel Thompson • Gregory Powe • Kathleen Galvin • Andrew Gast-Bray • Laura Goldblatt • Ned Howe • Sunshine Mathon • Mike Osteen • Rush Otis • Brian Revere • Aakash Thakkar • Bruce Wardell • Urban Land Virginia Institute

3:30pm EDT

Partner Event: Affordable Housing Needs AssessmentFull Water Street CenterWes Bellamy • Chip Boyles • Kaki Dimock • Mark Graham • Anthony Haro • Jennifer Jacobs • Julie Jones • Janette Kawachi • Beth Kennan • Anita Morrison • Stacy Pethia • Elaine Poon • Rick Randolph • Mike Signer • Urban Land Virginia Institute

10:00am EDT

Partner Event: We Are Here Diversity FestivalNow Open IX Art ParkVanessa Braganza • Susan Bro • Khizr Khan • Office for Diversity and Equity

7:00pm EDT

Porchella Belmont Neighborhood