We are recruiting mentors to serve as Mock Investor Panelists for the currently running Miller Center Accelerator ending in December 2024. The 90-minute panels (only one session per enterprise) are scheduled to take place over zoom between December 2-5 at either 7:30-9:00 AM, 9:15-10:45 AM, or 7:00-8:30 PM. The panel will simulate an introductory meeting with an impact investor with the entrepreneurs giving their pitch and then panelists diving into deeper due diligence. During these sessions, panelists will role-play as impact investors by asking clarifying questions, challenging the entrepreneur’s assumptions and testing their knowledge of their business. We will have a training session on November 12 at 8:00 AM and will be recorded if you’re unable to attend.

Dates: 

• December 2-5

Time Commitment:  

• 90-minute panel session per social enterprise; plus 1-3 hours prep time

Program Manager: 

• Diana McKeage

We are recruiting Mentors for the next Miller Center Accelerator (MCA28) running January 6 – June 30, 2025. This program is designed for high-potential social enterprises with proven traction working on women’s economic power, climate resilience, or the intersection of both. This accelerator combines mentorship with structured curriculum to help social entrepreneurs address gaps in their impact model, business model, and growth strategies, and ultimately move them along the path toward growth, significant scale, and investment. Mentors hold weekly one-hour calls with the social entrepreneurs for the duration of the program to help them build sustainable and scalable businesses by providing their insights and feedback. If you plan to mentor for this cohort and also volunteer to interview and select the cohort, you will have priority pick of the admitted social entrepreneurs to mentor!

Dates: 

• January 6 – June 30, 2025

Time Commitment:  

• Mentors hold weekly one-hour calls with the SE; plus 1-3 hours prep time

Program Manager: 

• Joce Pulido