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The Road to COP28: supporting the CIFAR Alliance in climate resilience-building action
Shining Rock Ventures is pleased to be a partner of the CIFAR Alliance through the fractional leadership role of Principal & CEO Jesse Fripp as Co-Lead of the CIFAR Alliance Secretariat, hosted by BFA Global. It all begins with an idea.
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Building an inclusive Green Appalachia Innovation Accelerator (GAIA)
Shining Rock Ventures was pleased to support key partner Appalachian Community Capital and its President and CEO Donna Gambrell for the second consecutive year as a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment Maker for its Inclusive Data Hub initiative on September 18th and 19th in New York City and also at the OFN Annual Meeting in DC on October 16th, 17th and 18th.
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