The Amita Club is a small, invitation-only community of people in the Bay Area who care — about the world, about each other, and about doing more good with the time and money they have.
We gather a few times a year: over dinner, on a trail, over drinks. Members share what they're working on, what they're giving to, what's lighting them up. And somewhere in that conversation, something usually sparks — a connection, a collaboration, a cause that finds its champion.
There's no agenda and no pitch deck required. Just good people, honest conversations, and the belief that we're all more effective when we're not doing it alone.
A few times a year, members come together in person. Each gathering has a loose theme — but the real value is what happens in the margins: the stories shared, the introductions made, the ideas that find each other.
Members come from different worlds — business, philanthropy, medicine, education, the arts. What they share is a habit of generosity: with their time, their resources, or simply their attention. Nobody is here to impress anyone. Everyone is here to be useful.
Anything is fair to bring. The only requirement is that you care about it.
My focus is on the $5.7 trillion financing gap facing small and medium businesses in emerging markets — the enterprises that generate more than half of GDP and two-thirds of employment in developing economies, yet remain chronically underserved by both traditional finance and conventional philanthropy.
Through Xanh Impact, I've spent time identifying and evaluating fund managers working across the full SME spectrum — from smallholder farmers and informal cooperatives at the base, to established main street businesses in the middle, to fast-growing ventures in healthcare and climate at the top. The result is the Amita SME Debt Fund I, a fund-of-funds that brings three specialist managers together into a single diversified structure with a strong gender lens throughout.
I'm happy to talk anyone through what impact investing is, how it sits alongside philanthropy, and whether it might be a useful addition to how you deploy your resources. It's a space I find endlessly interesting — and one I think more people in this group would find valuable.
The Amita Club grows through its members. There's no application form and no committee. If someone you trust thought you belonged here, that's enough.