The Silicon Couloir and the Town of Alpine have combined to present an Engineering For Impact presentation with Lindsey Kneuven, Pure Impact CEO and a resident of Alpine.
The evening will explore how entrepreneurs can integrate social and environmental impact into their businesses from the outset.
Lindsey will present tactics to audit your resources, align your focus with core business strategy and evaluate community needs.
This presentation is free and open to all and scheduled to take place at Melvin Brewing in Alpine on Wednesday May 8, from 5-7 p.m.
- About Lindsey Kneuven
Lindsey Kneuven Lindsey Kneuven, founder of Pure Impact, is an award-winning impact practitioner, social entrepreneur and humanitarian with over 20 years experience across the for profit, nonprofit and social enterprise sectors. She is the founder and CEO of Pure Impact, a social impact consultancy that focuses on systems change. Prior to launching Pure Impact, Lindsey served as the Chief Impact Officer at Pluralsight, a fast-growing enterprise technology learning platform, as well as founder and Executive Director of Pluralsight One, Pluralsight’s social enterprise and foundation. In her role, Lindsey developed and implemented the strategy for all global philanthropic initiatives, including the creation and management of a $40M+ foundation with $5M+ in annual grants.
Prior to joining Pluralsight, Lindsey served as the Chief Impact Officer at Cotopaxi, the first social enterprise to incorporate as a Public Benefit Corporation and receive venture funding. While there, Lindsey developed and oversaw the company’s global philanthropic strategy, including all giving, supply chain initiatives and community engagements. Under her leadership, the company launched a successful and thriving model, proving to investors that an integrated social impact strategy created positive value for both the business and the world.
Lindsey also held senior positions at several notable nonprofit and private organizations, including Salesforce.com Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation–the largest community foundation in the world, and Nuru International. While at Nuru, Lindsey lived in Kenya and designed education programs to improve literacy rates among primary school-aged children experiencing extreme poverty in rural communities.
Lindsey is an active member of the philanthropy community and serves as a member and advisor on several national and international boards. She has been acknowledged for her outstanding work on several occasions. Lindsey was awarded the Leigh Stillwell Award for Excellence, recognized by Utah Business as one of 30 Women to Watch, listed by the Community Foundation of Utah as an Enlightened 50, received the Women in Tech Award, was a finalist for EY Social Entrepreneur of the Year, was recognized as a Utah Community Hero awardee by Silicon Slopes, and more.
