Julie Davitz

Julie Davitz, Founder/CEO of Plus Media Solutions, Inc is an internationally
recognized social impact leader who leverages her knowledge of development,
grantmaking, media and impact investing with global executive experience. +
Media bridges the gap between inspired audiences and action by curating,
vetting and delivering positive impact solutions seamlessly into content. +M
reports back to creatives and solutions providers on concrete viewer behavior.
Prior to founding +Media Solutions, Julie was Head of Impact Solutions for BNP
Paribas/Bank of the West, the 8th largest private bank in the world, where she
was responsible for developing the bank's strategic wealth efforts towards
sustainability and impact. As CEO of her global consulting firm, Julie and her
team worked with hundreds of organizations from the US to India to Africa,
guiding generous donors into committed philanthropists and concurrently,
offering opportunities to align philanthropic values with for-profit investments. She
helped personalize giving and investment strategies for families, individuals and
nonprofits through exploration of giving goals and motivations as well as risk and
return. As the founding Executive Director of a large private Silicon Valley family
foundation, Julie led keynote projects while building public/private partnerships
around the Bay Area and established an early literacy program that was adopted
by the State of California.
Julie’s work embodies collaboration, communication and consistency. Today,
Julie recognizes the urgency of interest, the rise in viable solutions and the
variety of technological delivery mechanisms. Her vision is to connect these three
to offer scalable actions in order to address our 17 UN Sustainable Development
Goals.