We are recruiting mentors to help interview and select the next Miller Center Accelerator (MCA26) launching December 2023. Interviews will be scheduled from September 25 – October 13 (additional interview dates in November may be added) either early morning or evening and will take place over Zoom for 45 minutes plus 10 minutes of debrief. For each interview, mentors will ask specific topic-related questions regarding business, finance, and impact for ~10 minutes each. If you express interest in being an interviewer, you will be provided the specific dates for this opportunity and can indicate your availability within those dates. Also, if you sign up to be a mentor in this cohort, you will have priority in your choice of social enterprise to mentor.

Dates: 

• Weeks of September 25, October 2, and October 9 (additional dates in November may be added)

Time Commitment:  

• 2-3 hours of prep work for each social entrepreneur plus 1-hour interview

Program Managers: 

• Joce Pulido

We are looking to staff Miller Center’s SOCAP conference booth in San Francisco with mentors from our network on October 23-25. Two mentors per AM or PM time slots will take turns working at the booth speaking with attendees, or networking the conference looking for future applicants to the accelerator, potential mentors for our network, and possible impact investors willing to be part of future mock investor panel sessions.  SOCAP tickets will be provided for half-day attendance and will be shared among the mentors at large. Our goal is to allow as many mentors the chance to attend as possible, so if fully subscribed, we will limit participation to a single time slot. If you express interest, we will reach out to you to select a time slot and confirm your availability. To sign up, on the Mentor Interest Form, please check the “Interested” box for the “Fall 2023 In-Residence” “At Large” role.

Dates: 

• October 23, 24 and 25

Time Commitment:  

• Four-hour shift either in the morning or afternoon at SOCAP

Program Managers: 

• Lynne Anderson and Sharon Bunyard

We are recruiting mentors for the next Miller Center Accelerator launching in December. This program is designed for high-potential social enterprises with proven traction working on women’s economic power, climate resilience, or the intersection of both. This accelerator combines mentorship with structured curriculum to help social entrepreneurs address gaps in their impact model, business model, and growth strategies, and ultimately move them along the path toward growth, significant scale, and investment. If you plan to mentor for this cohort and also volunteer to interview and select the cohort, you will have priority pick of the admitted social entrepreneurs to mentor!

Dates: 

• December 4, 2023 – June 28, 2024

Time Commitment:  

• Weekly one-hour calls; plus 1-3 hours prep time

Program Managers: 

• Joce Pulido