From 40,000 feet to 3 inches - Margot Brandenburg, Rockefeller, MyStrongHome

Systems thinker and lifetime activist Margot Brandenburg has worked to scale the global impact investing movement, launched her own climate resilience startup, and everything in between. She connects the dots of her journey and shares what she’s learned, and what she’s passing on to her kids. - THE IMPACT. Margot: - Is founder of My Strong Home, a benefit corporation that uses insurance-based financing to fund climate resilience - Is a former Senior Associate Director at The Rockefeller Foundation, where she focused on economic development program initiatives, and literally wrote the book on impact investing - Received her Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, and her BA in International Relations from Stanford University THE JOURNEY. In our conversation, we explore: - Becoming an activist in middle school after watching the movie Dirty Dancing - Toggling between the 40,000-foot and the 3-inch view of impact - Finding satisfaction in playing the “inside-outside” game simultaneously - How two activists raise kids in this urgent time