The Economic Opportunity Summit Hero for the 2025 Nasdaq Purpose Forum

    Driving Purposeful Growth

    The Economic Opportunity Summit

    Nasdaq's Economic Opportunity Summit is a dynamic half-day event—an evolution of the Nasdaq Purpose Forum—that brings together industry leaders, researchers, and change-makers to explore how we can expand access to opportunity, revitalize communities, and build a more prosperous future for all. 

    2025 Summit Highlights

    Empowering Economic Opportunity

    Watch the Summit Sizzle The Economic Opportunity Summit brought together bold voices at the intersection of tech, money, access, and storytelling. From creators to investors, we explored how purposeful growth can unlock prosperity for all.

    Jailan Griffiths

    Article: Reflections from the Summit

    This year’s Economic Opportunity Summit reflected our shared commitment to building a more equitable financial future, one where opportunity is scaled, communities are strengthened, and progress reaches more people, in more places. 

    NationSwell

    Article: Nasdaq’s Economic Opportunity Summit

    On October 6, Nasdaq convened its Economic Opportunity Summit, designed to bring together innovators, policy experts, and business leaders under one roof to talk about what economic prosperity really looks like in 2025 and beyond. 

    Panel Replays

    The New Company Town - Regional Revitalization Through Economic Opportunity
    Oct 21, 2025
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    Themes of the Summit

    Economic opportunity is the spark that powers tomorrow—it’s how changemakers shape what’s next."

    Featured Speakers

    Oyin

    Moderator

    Oyin Adedoyin

    Personal Finance Reporter, Wall Street Journal

    sue bird

    Speaker

    Sue Bird

    WNBA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist and Hall of Famer; Co-Founder of A Touch More and Togethxr; Host of Bird’s Eye View and Co-Host of A Touch More: The Podcast; Co-Owner Seattle Storm

    Headshot photography of Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Managing Director, Shultz Foundation.

    Speaker

    Rajiv Chandrasekaran

    Managing Director, Schultz Family Foundation

    Laura Correnti

    Speaker

    Laura Correnti

    Founder & CEO, Deep Blue Sports + Entertainment; 
    Partner, Giant Spoon 
     

    Headshot photography of Nicola Corzine, Executive Director, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center.

    Moderator

    Nicola Corzine

    Founding CEO, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center

    Headshot photography of Tiffany Dufu, President, Tory Burch Foundation.

    Speaker

    Tiffany Dufu

    President, Tory Burch Foundation

    Headshot photography of Jailan Griffiths, President of the Nasdaq Foundation and Global Head of Purpose at Nasdaq.

    Moderator

    Jailan Griffiths

    President, Nasdaq Foundation; Global Head of Purpose, Nasdaq

    Maya Higa, Founder, Alveus Sanctuary

    Speaker

    Maya Higa

    Founder, Alveus Sanctuary

    Emma

    Moderator

    Emma Hinchliffe

    Editor, Most Powerful Women, Fortune

    Headshot photography of Jenny Just, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at PEAK6 Investments.

    Speaker

    Jenny Just

    Co-Founder and Managing Partner, PEAK6 Investments

    Headshot photography of Kelli Keough, EVP, Group Business Unit Leader for Spend, Invest, Protect and Save, SoFi.

    Speaker

    Kelli Keough

    EVP, Group Business Unit Leader for Spend, Invest, Protect and Save, SoFi

    ed Knight

    Moderator

    Ed Knight

    Executive Vice Chairman, Nasdaq

    Headshot photography of Phil Mackintosh, Chief Economist, Nasdaq.

    Speaker

    Phil Mackintosh

    Chief Economist, Nasdaq

    Headshot photography of Linda McMahon, CEO of Dallas Economic Development Corporation.

    Speaker

    Linda McMahon

    CEO, Dallas Economic Development Corporation

    Homium

    Speaker

    Tommy Mercein

    Vice Chair Board of Directors, Homium

    Headshot photography of Anna-Lisa Miller, Executive Director at Ownership Works.

    Speaker

    Anna-Lisa Miller

    Executive Director, Ownership Works

    Headshot photography of Mike Minton, Chief Product Officer, Twitch.

    Speaker

    Mike Minton

    Chief Product Officer, Twitch

    Headshot photography of Jessica Oliveira Lee, Senior Community Manager, LinkedIn.

    Speaker

    Jessica Oliveira

    Senior Community Manager, LinkedIn

    Headshot photography of Andrea F. Presbitero, Deputy Division Chief of International Monetary Fund.

    Speaker

    Andrea F. Presbitero

    World Economic Studies Division of the Research Department of the iMF

    Headshot photography of Ida Rademacher, Vice President, Aspen Institute & Co-Executive Director, Financial Security Program.

    Speaker

    Ida Rademacher

    Vice President, Aspen Institute & Co-Executive Director, Financial Security Program

    Headshot photography of Haley Sacks, Founder, Mrs. Dow Jones.

    Speaker

    Haley Sacks

    Founder, Mrs. Dow Jones

    Headshot photography of Brandon Tepper, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Data at Nasdaq.

    Moderator

    Brandon Tepper

    Senior Vice President and Global Head of Data, Nasdaq

    Headshot photography of Emily Spurling, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Index of Nasdaq.

    Moderator

    Emily Spurling

    SVP, Global Head of Index, Nasdaq

    Headshot photography of Sloane Stephens Professional Tennis Player; Founder, Sloane Stephens Foundation and Doc & Glo.

    Speaker

    Sloane Stephens

    Professional Tennis Player; Founder, Sloane Stephens Foundation and Doc & Glo


     

    Headshot photography of Dale Strange, President, Corporate Impact, Blackbaud.

    Speaker

    Dale Strange

    President, Corporate Impact, Blackbaud

    chris wheat

    Speaker

    Christopher Wheat

    President, JPMorganChase Institute 

    Jabari Young

    Moderator

    Jabari Young

    Senior Writer, Editor, Forbes

    Questions?

    Please email purpose@nasdaq.com for any questions or additional information.