Linda is a nationally recognized leader in affordable housing development and housing policy. For the past 20 years, she has served as CEO of Eden Housing, one of California's oldest and most successful non-profit housing development organizations. Linda has served on the boards of a wide range of housing policy organizations at the local, regional, state, and national levels. Currently, she chairs the National Housing Conference, the policy committee for the California Housing Consortium, and the steering committee for the International Housing Partnership Exchange.

Cedric Bobo is the CEO and Co-founder of Project Destined. This social impact vehicle trains urban youth and military veterans to be owners and stakeholders in the communities where they live, work, and play. Before founding Project Destined, Cedric spent over 20 years as an investor and an investment banker, including over ten years at The Carlyle Group, where he committed over $2 billion of equity capital. Cedric received his MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSME, summa cum laude, from the University of Tennessee.

Toussaint Bailey is the founder of Uplifting Capital, a platform empowering personalized impact through private investing for financial advisors and their clients. Before founding Uplifting Capital, Toussaint was CEO of Enso Wealth Management, a private wealth firm, overseeing its growth to nearly $2 billion. Before financial services, Toussaint spent over a decade as a practicing attorney. He serves in several advisory and board capacities, including for RIA Institute, Financial Advisor IQ, Alternative & Direct Investment Securities Association, Raphael House of San Francisco, Alliance for Safety and Justice, and Saint Mary’s College of California, among others. He has a JD from UCLA Law and a BSE from St. Mary’s College of CA.

Ahmad Thomas is the CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the region’s most dynamic business association. As a change agent and next-generation business leader, Thomas partners with 350+ member companies to promote entrepreneurial solutions to strengthen Silicon Valley's business competitiveness, bolster its innovation ecosystem, and create shared economic value throughout the greater Bay Area. Thomas holds a B.S. from Cornell University, a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Steve is President and CEO of Joshua Tree Consulting and Joshua Tree Conference Group. He is also a partner at RealtyCom Partners LLC, the apartment industry’s leading asset manager of telecom marketing rights on behalf of property owners. Steve previously served as Senior Vice President of BRE Properties, Inc. and as Vice President of the National Multi Housing Council. He started in multifamily as a Vice President of the New York State Housing Finance Agency, and served briefly as an associate at Prudential Securities in New York. Steve has a BA from Yale University and a MPA from Princeton University.

Sam Cobbs is the CEO of Tipping Point Community, a leading philanthropic organization that finds, funds, and strengthens the most promising poverty-fighting solutions in the Bay Area. Since being at the helm, Sam has expanded Tipping Point’s approach by pairing effective direct service grant-making with policy work to disrupt the conditions that hold poverty in place. Prior to joining Tipping Point, Sam served as Chief Executive Officer of First Place for Youth, where under his leadership, the organization’s impact increased significantly—from serving approximately 600 youth in one location in 2006 to being a national program operating throughout the state of California and four other states. Sam graduated from California State University, East Bay, with a degree in psychology and a master's in counseling with an emphasis in organizational development.

After a 26 year career, Bob recently retired from AllianceBernstein where he was Head of the Global Client Group Business Unit and a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. As such, he was responsible for client service, sales, marketing and product strategy within the firm’s institutional and retail businesses globally. He was also the President and Chief Executive Officer of AllianceBernstein’s US mutual fund business. Since joining the firm in 1996, as an institutional asset advisor, he occupied a variety of senior client-facing roles in the firm’s institutional, retail and private wealth businesses. Before AllianceBernstein, he held sales and sales management roles at Investors Bank & Trust Co., Digital Equipment Corporation and IBM. Bob holds a BA in political science from Brown University.

Bryant Jenkins is Managing Principal at Sperry Capital, a full-service infrastructure advisory firm offering financial, strategic, and commercial advisory services to state and local government agencies, private sector organizations, and non-profit corporations. Bryant has over 20 years of experience advising public and private sector clients on developing infrastructure projects, including workforce housing, transportation projects, water and sewer utilities, schools, and hospitals. He holds a BA in Economics from Columbia University and an MBA from Stanford University.

Yusef Freeman is a Partner at The Vistria Group in Real Estate. Prior to joining Vistria, Yusef served as the Sr. Managing Director of California for the Jonathan Rose Companies, leading ground-up development and acquisitions on the West Coast. He served as a Vice President of Investments in the transactions group at PGIM Real Estate, sourcing investment opportunities for the real estate private equity funds of the company. He was previously Managing Director for McCormack Baron Salazar and a Graduate Program lecturer in the City and Regional Planning Department at the University of California, Berkeley. Freeman holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MPA from New York University.

Ben Metcalf leads the UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation as well its sister organization Terner Housing Innovation Labs. He is also on the faculty of UC Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning. Previously, Ben was appointed by former Governor Jerry Brown to lead California’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and he has worked in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C., including as an appointee of President Obama in the role of Deputy Assistant Secretary overseeing HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs.

Tomiquia Moss is the Founder and CEO of All Home, an organization that advances regional solutions to disrupt the cycles of poverty and homelessness and create more economic mobility for extremely low-income people in the Bay Area. Tomiquia brings more than 20 years of leadership and management experience in housing and homelessness, public policy, and community development. Before founding All Home, Tomiquia served as the CEO of Hamilton Families, served in senior roles under the mayors of San Francisco and Oakland, and was the Executive Director of the HOPE SF Initiative. Tomiquia holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Golden Gate University. She serves on the California Interagency Council on Homelessness and on the board of directors for SPUR and the Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California.

Matt Regan is Senior Vice President of Public Policy at the Bay Area Council. He currently oversees the Council’s work on Housing, Workforce Development, and Early Childhood Education as well as the Government Relations function. Matt holds an LLB from Middlesex University School of Law in London and a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the University of Ulster School of Business.

Linda Assante is a senior advisor and working equity partner with Azimuth Capital Management, a private equity firm focused on energy transition, and serves on the Board of Directors of the James Campbell Company, The Swig Company, Terreno Realty Corporation, Uplifting Capital, Urban Alliance, and the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) Foundation. Linda is also Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for Lafayette College. Previously, Linda was a Managing Partner with Jasper Ridge Partners, a discretionary investment management firm serving ultra-high net worth families and institutions, where she led the real assets team responsible for developing investment strategies in real estate and natural resources. She also held roles at The Townsend Group and J.P. Morgan. Linda has a BA in Economics and Business from Lafayette College.

Dr. Jonathan Woetzel is a senior partner of McKinsey & Company. He is the global leader of its Cities Special Initiative and the Asia-based director of the McKinsey Global Institute. He has also led McKinsey’s Energy and Materials practice in Asia and was the Founder and co-Chair of the Urban China Initiative. Dr. Woetzel has extensive experience developing strategies and organizations for companies and government institutions to promote sustainable, inclusive economic growth. Industries of particular interest include real estate, energy, mining, and infrastructure. He holds a BA, MA and a Ph.D. in Political Science and Government from the University of Southern California.