ADAP | Team

Andy Lower

Founder

Andy is Founder of ADAP Capital LLC and ADAP Advisory LLC. Andy passionately believes that entrepreneurs can create lasting social change and has spent years working closely with visionary entrepreneurs to encourage and empower them to build authentic, ethical, and effective businesses. He enjoys learning alongside investors and entrepreneurs and seeks to build the early-stage impact investing ecosystem by aligning the right type of capital and intellectual support.

Andy, a British national, is a qualified barrister and has a Masters Degree in International Development from London-based Middlesex University as well as an Undergraduate Degree in Law from University of Southampton. Andy lives in the unique border city of El Paso, TX and crosses the bridge every Tuesday for tacos in Mexico. He has traveled extensively, working with national partners in a variety of sectors throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He loves spending time with his wife and two young kids.

Dan Luscher

Managing Director

Dan is Managing Director of ADAP Capital LLC and ADAP Advisory LLC. An operations guy at heart, Dan loves using his strategic CFO/COO background to help organizations learn the power of simplicity and discipline to grow effectively. He never tires of working through financial statements and KPIs to identify how companies can reach their potential. He has 25 years of experience within social enterprises, NGOs, and consulting firms, and he has invested part of his own portfolio in early-stage social enterprises.

Dan holds a Master in Public Policy degree from the Harvard Kennedy School and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Stanford. He strongly believes that private enterprise has a critical role to play in eradicating extreme poverty. Dan, who lives in San Francisco with his wife and three kids, is a trail runner who can occasionally be found in local music clubs playing drums with his rock band.

Guidance Council

ADAP wants to be held accountable to its mission and values. We work with a Guidance Council of respected professionals that provide structured feedback and insights, sharing their inputs from a diversity of perspectives.

John is Chairman and Founder of the 1to4 Foundation, which invests seed capital and supports social enterprise start-ups.

Ayesha founded Remake, which aims to ignite a conscious consumer movement and rebuild human connections with the women who make our clothes.

Linda, Director of Program Development at The Museum of Tolerance, applies research-based rigor and community insights to projects advancing social good.

Jennifer is an experienced global business leader advising and developing new companies and funds.

Dana, Managing Director of Monitor Institute by Deloitte, works with innovative leaders to pioneer breakthrough approaches for addressing social and environmental challenges.

Simi, Managing Partner of SR Shah Capital, is an experienced impact investor with a passion for using finance as a tool for social change.

Galen cofounded Jibu, which capitalizes and equips entrepreneurs in East Africa to establish affordable access to basic necessities, starting with an anchor product of safe water.

Topher, CEO of Opportunity Collaboration, convenes and connect nonprofit leaders, for-profit social entrepreneurs, grant-makers, impact investors and all other agents of positive change.