Kathleen Paylor became VP of Impact Investing and Philanthropy at Regenerative Social Finance (RSF) in 2023. RSF is a pioneering impact investor whose mission is to change finance and finance change. Paylor helped raise around $200 million through RSF’s Social Investment Notes to support mission-driven enterprises. She also addressed a broader sector challenge: only about a quarter of DAF assets were going to grant payouts. Paylor engineered a program that encourages clients to direct assets toward social investment rather than traditional market funds, with a goal of influencing the $250 billion in U.S. DAF funds.
Before RSF, Paylor founded Conscious Capital and helped scale impact at FoodCorps and Root Capital. A leading voice in impact investing, she advocates for leveraging financial tools for social transformation, combining rigor, creativity, and a commitment to social equity to produce outsized results.
A leading voice in impact investing, she advocates for leveraging financial tools for social transformation, combining rigor, creativity, and commitment to social equity to produce outsized results.
