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Bio: Michael Lustig retired after a 25-year career on Wall Street, and now devotes the majority of his time and energies toward non-profit & impact-related enterprises. Prior to retiring, Michael spent most of his career at BlackRock where he was a Senior Managing Director overseeing Structured Mortgage & Derivative Products trading, and was the portfolio manager overseeing the Federal Reserve's managed assets arising from their activities during the market crisis of 2008-9. He subsequently managed the Cash Collateral accounts for BlackRock’s Securities Lending business. Michael serves on a number of non-profit Boards and is an impact investor on the Board of GigaWatt Global, a solar energy company that built the first large-scale grid-connected field in East Africa (with more in-process!), as well as maintaining several other corporate Advisory & Board positions. He has also curated a number of exhibits at The Society of Illustrators (the most recent one: https://www.societyillustrators.org/exhibits/tony-harris). https://www.jfunders.org/greenbook_a_guide_to_jewish_impact_investing In this exciting interview, we cover: 1. A Stable Family Life 2. What is Mentoring? 3. The Financial Crisis 4. Impact Investing 5. UJA/Jewish Mutual Fund 6. NFT Projects 7. Fractional shares in Alternative investments 8. Creating Job Opportunities And so much more!