Isaac Silk, Author at ImpactAlpha

About

Isaac is an editor, producer and composer. He produces ImpactAlpha's podcasts and Agents of Impact calls, and works with the editorial team to publish The Brief, Impact Voice and sponsored content. He attended Wesleyan University where he received the Leavell Memorial Prize for undergraduate scholarship in their highly regarded music department, where he studied ethnomusicology, sound design, and composition. He has produced radio pieces for KQED and KALW in the San Francisco Bay Area. He lives in Hartford, CT with his wife and their cattle dog/chihuahua mix.

Impact Investing | March 13, 2026

The unfortunate growth market of investing in refugees + building portfolios that value aging

Anthropic’s showdown with the Pentagon + How much value should private equity buyout funds share with workers

States of the union take a policy lead in the US + Mast Reforestation’s new biomass burial carbon credit strategy

Quash secures $2.6 million to bring artificial intelligence to credit unions

From planting trees to burying them, Mast Reforestation follows the market for carbon credits

Shaping the AI algorithm + innovative finance for local infrastructure projects

Enduring Planet’s loans help climate startups facing the chicken-or-egg dilemma (podcast)

How Africa’s mining industry is leveraging demand for critical minerals + Next steps for place based investing

Patient capital drives India’s affordable home lending market + Nippon’s foray into system-level investing

Preserving and improving affordable housing in overlooked places (podcast).

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