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060 Tom Soto| shoulders of giants

TOM SOTO BIO

Tom has been in the impact investing game for a long time. He was born and raised in East LA to two of the state’s most well-respected Latino Civil Rights leaders. His dad was Assemblyman Phil Soto, the first Latino elected to the state legislature in 1962. His mom was Nell Soto, she too served the last ten years of her life as a member and leader in the California State Senate. Impact runs through Tom’s blood.

Tom has owned four PE funds, one of which, Craton Equity Partners, he sold to T.C.W., and leads his family investment office, Latimer Partners, LLC with his husband of 19 years, Todd Soto. The focus has been at the intersection of energy, climate tech, carbon monetization, renewable energy, and other Fourth Industrial Revolution driven platforms.

He previously served as Chairman of the New America Alliance, founding Vice Chairman of the LA Clean Tech Incubator, Trustee of the California Science Center, Trustee of the NRDC, and Board Member of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation.

Tom is also a former member of the board of trustees of the Redwood Mutual Fund, owned by Aspiration, the neo bank. He is a former appointee of President Clinton and served on Obama’s Presidential Transition Team focused on the Council on Environmental Quality.

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083 Re-Release | Seattle Podcast with Jonathan Sposato

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082 Alejandro Grajal| ecosystems and life

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081 Marissa Solis| own the game

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080 Tod Leiweke| going all in

TOD LEIWEKE Tod is a remarkable human being, full stop. His journey’s genesis is rooted in very humble beginnings in one of the poorest counties in Missouri, punctuated by two tragedies, to becoming o...

9 Huhti 202517min

079 Lyndee Fletcher| priceless reputational intelligence

LYNDEE FLETCHER Lyndee Fletcher is CEO of VCheck GLobal and she is one of the foremost experts in the public record and reputational due diligence industry. Since joining VCheck Global in 2016 as the ...

2 Huhti 202515min

078 Elisa Orlanski Ours| design architecture function

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26 Maalis 202517min

077 Tom Llamas| curiosity informing truth

TOM'S BIO On March 5, 2025, Tom Llamas was named as Lester Holt’s successor as anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News beginning in summer 2025. This episode is a re-released show originally r...

7 Maalis 202517min

076 Ethan Stowell| foundational simplicity excellence

ETHAN STOWELL We're diving into the story of Ethan Stowell—a name that’s become synonymous with the culinary world in Seattle. He comes from a family of artists, specifically ballet dancers. He’s not ...

28 Tammi 202517min