Akhtar Badshah is the founder and chief catalyst of Catalytic Innovators Group. He led Microsoft’s global community investment and employee program for 10 years. Akhtar will be speaking at the Minnesota Council on Foundation’s Annual Conference, giving our closing keynote presentation the afternoon of October 29th. The last day to register for this year’s conference is October 16th. Go to www.mcf.org/2015conference for more details. In this interview, Akhtar Badshah talks about impact investing, mission-driving corporate giving, and the importance of putting a face and name to the communities grantmakers serve.