This spotlight is part of the “PLACE Builders mentors” series. More information about the PLACE (Pava LaPere Award for Cultivating Ecosystems) Builders fellowship can be found here.
Kristin Leutz
Petra Impact Partners
PLACE Builders mentor Kristin Leutz leads Petra Impact Partners, an organization dedicated to creating an ecosystem of valued connections to help entrepreneurs establish a solid foundation in people, tech, and process.
Matched Fellow: Sarah Spear, New England region
"To honor Pava's memory and serve as a guide to up and coming professionals as she did for so many."
Kristin Leutz
Kristin Leutz came to PLACE Builders with a strong desire to honor Pava LaPere's memory and to guide emerging professionals. Her collaboration with Sarah Spear involved exploring ways to build community value by engaging parents to share insights about businesses that serve them best, pivoting from a place-based model. Kristin found the experience with Sarah immensely rewarding and is enthusiastic about continuing their collaboration post-fellowship. She is eager to assist Sarah in aligning with mission-based partners and launching a monetized community platform that could further enhance her impact.
Meet the other PLACE Builders mentors:
Inspired by the legacy of Pava LaPere, forever Chief Ecosystem Officer and Co-Founder of EcoMap Technologies, as a tribute to her legacy of fighting for equal access to opportunity, the PLACE (Pava LaPere Award for Cultivating Ecosystems) Builders fellowship aims to catalyze more equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems by providing intensive training, peer support, and community pilots to eight selected fellows.
We invite you to support the inaugural PLACE Builders fellowship fund.