Treasurer, Third Horizon Earth

Janice Shade is a social entrepreneur, financial innovator, and author with over 30 years’ experience building brands, businesses, and movements. Since 2006, she’s pioneered efforts toward democratic access to capital and economic justice, including the Capital Innovation Lab, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that develops education, tools and networks to increase access to community capital for historically marginalized entrepreneurs. Her book, Moving Mountains: The Power of Main Street Americans to Change Our Economy, published in 2020, explores the impact of traditional capital markets on social entrepreneurism and provides a vision for how citizen investors can be a positive force for change in their communities.