Enlightened Bottom Line - Reimagining the Intersection of Spirituality, Business & Investing
The ethical business building the future (ebbf) NYC chapter invites you to reimagine how spirituality, business, and investing may intersect and shape each other.
What if business and investing could be rooted in the deepest values of the human spirit?
In her bestselling book, Enlightened Bottom Line, impact investor and author Jenna Nicholas explores the powerful intersection of spirituality, business, and investing — an intersection too often overlooked in a world driven by profit alone. Drawing on moving stories of entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders who are living out this integration, along with cutting-edge research, Nicholas reveals how spiritual wisdom can guide ethical choices in finance and business.
Unlike other books on business or investing, Enlightened Bottom Line is not just about strategies, numbers or policies. It is about reimagining what wealth, success, and leadership can truly mean when guided by purpose, compassion, and integrity. It offers readers concrete frameworks and real-world examples to align their financial decisions with their deepest beliefs.
At its heart, this is more than a book about money or management. It is an invitation to transform how we live, work, and lead.
You can order the book here: https://www.jenna-nicholas.com/book
Speakers:
Jenna Nicholas
President, LightPost Capital
CEO, Impact Experience
Jenna is the President of LightPost Capital, an investment and acquisition firm, and the Co-Founder and CEO of Impact Experience, which advances equity across climate, healthcare, education, and investments. An active angel investor, Jenna has backed over three unicorns. She previously served as Investment Partner at One Planet Group, where she also led corporate development and acquired four companies.
Jenna serves as an advisor to Ethic and the Nexus Global Youth Summit and previously sat on Apollo Global Management's Impact Advisory Committee. She holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, a BA in International Relations from Stanford with study at Oxford University, and has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur, PDSoros Fellow, Echoing Green Fellow, and is a Council on Foreign Relations member. Jenna serves on the board and investment committee of the Oakland Museum of California. She has been featured in the New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, amongst other publications.
Josephine Lau (Moderator)
Visiting Scholar, Columbia Climate School
Advisory Council Member, ebbf
Josephine is a Columbia Climate School Visiting Scholar, where she looks at the role of private capital in climate finance, with a focus on Asia-focused impact investors, family offices, and philanthropies. She also advises the Climate School’s leadership on fundraising and partnerships strategy.
Previously, Josephine held executive positions at US-China philanthropies, leading partnerships and convenings across investors, corporates, academia, nonprofits, and policymakers. She practiced law at Goldman Sachs and Davis Polk & Wardwell, focusing on institutional investors and US-China cross-border deals.
Josephine sits on the boards of the Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Club (SAPAAC), Serica Initiative, and ethical business building the future (ebbf). Her writing has appeared in publications including The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and CNN. Josephine holds a JD from Yale Law School, and MA/ BA degrees from Stanford University.