Aunnie Patton Power is the founder of Intelligent Impact, an innovative finance advisory firm and a university lecturer on Innovative Finance, Impact Investing and Technology for Impact. She is also the author of Adventure Finance: How to Create a Funding Journey that Blends Profit and Purpose, and is starting a new book about alternative funding structures. We spoke to her about the most impactful lever and strategies for getting more capital flowing to women (and especially women of colour) - and how traditional structures can fall short.

Calvert Impact Capital has taken a holistic approach to gender since they began investing debt capital 25 years ago. They’re currently influencing over a billion dollars, and invest in intermediaries, institutions, and impact funds in the United States and more than 100 countries around the globe. We spoke to CEO Jennifer Pryce about the shifts she’s seen in the field, and what she believes gender finance needs to become the new normal.