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SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS OF SACRAMENTO
SVP FAST PITCH
Social Venture Partners of Sacramento hosted SVP Fast Pitch April 3 at Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento. Fast Pitch recruits 40
business professionals to coach 20 local nonprofits in how to tell their story in a three-minute pitch. The top 10 finalists competed to win
more than $90,000 in prize money and in-kind awards. Photography: Tia Gemmell
1 Slamson, mascot, Sacramento Kings; Ashlie Bryant, president
and CEO, 3Strands Global Foundation; Victoria Manasyan,
CEO, Kids Helping Kids Sacramento; Cameron Law, executive
director, SVP Sacramento. 2 Scott Syphax, president and CEO,
Syphax Strategic Solutions; Amanda Blackwood, president
and CEO, Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce; Roger
Niello, corporate secretary, The Niello Company; Beth Ruyak,
host of “Insight,” Capital Public Radio; Dale Carlsen, CEO,
Bunker Wilson. 3 Tara Taylor, executive director, Single
Mom Strong. 4 Kevin Bender, executive vice president and
chief operating officer, American River Bank; David Ritchie,
president and CEO, American River Bank. 5 Joe Collinwood,
CEO, CySure and SVP Sacramento board member; Eric Solis,
managing director investment officer, Solis Financial Strategies
Group of Wells Fargo Advisors and SVP Sacramento board
member; Jack Crawford, general partner, Impact Venture
Capital and SVP Sacramento founder and board member;
Mark Haney, CEO, HaneyBiz and SVP Sacramento partner;
Cassandra Berry, CEO, Lagunitas Asset Management; Michael
Knittel, chief investment officer and lead portfolio manager,
Lagunitas Asset Management and SVP Sacramento partner.
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