At this event, we will be hearing from Isabelle Wisco, the Chief Executive Officer of the Hilltop Microfinance Initiative, currently the largest student-run microfinance organization in the nation. Based out of Georgetown University, the initiative focuses on lending to small-business owners in the D.C. area, encouraging financial freedom and fostering economic development. Similar to the mission of many high-school microfinance clubs, HMFI aims to provide stable funding to individuals without access to commercial loans. We will be learning in-depth about the structure and operations of the organization, discussing their perspective on what makes an effective loan, how sustainable the impact of a loan can be, and how they measure such sustainability. 

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