Americans are living longer and that shift is already reshaping the country’s needs and possibilities. Longer lives are creating pressure and opportunity across health care, behavioral health, caregiving, housing, technology, and financial security. This discussion will look at what it would take for the Philadelphia area to become a place where people not only live longer, but age well. The conversation brings together three organizations approaching aging from different but connected angles: The SCAN Foundation, the Scattergood Foundation, and AgeTech Capital.
The panel will move beyond the idea of aging as only a health care issue. The discussion will consider how Philadelphia’s impact community can build on existing strengths and bring more capital, innovation, and collaboration to the work ahead. The discussion will explore questions such as:
Where are the strongest investment opportunities in aging? Which areas—such as caregiving, behavioral health, housing, aging at home, financial security, and AgeTech—show the most promise?
What makes an aging-related investment attractive? What should investors look for when deciding whether an idea or company has the potential to grow and create meaningful impact?
Where are there gaps in funding? When is traditional investment capital enough, and when are foundation, public, or other forms of flexible capital needed to help an idea get off the ground?
How can different investors work together? What roles can foundations, impact investors, family offices, venture investors, health systems, and other institutions play in helping strong ideas grow?
How should investors think about impact? What outcomes matter most when investing in aging, and how can investors tell whether a solution is improving people’s lives?
How can investors support solutions that are both accessible and financially sustainable? How can new products and services reach lower-income and underserved older adults without losing the ability to grow?
What can Philadelphia do particularly well? Where does the region already have the people, institutions, ideas, and capital to become a stronger hub for investment in aging?
The session is designed to give participants a fuller sense of aging as both an impact investment opportunity and a systems challenge. It will also highlight the links among aging, behavioral health, caregiving, technology, and financial security, while offering a clearer view of how different kinds of capital can work together. The goal is not just to describe the needs of older Philadelphians. It is to help the ImpactPHL community see aging as a field where Philadelphia has the assets to lead—and to begin naming the places where investment, innovation, and collaboration can turn that potential into measurable impact.
Speakers
Lyne Landry
Founding and Managing Partner, AgeTech Capital
Lyne Landry is a seasoned private equity investor and impact investment architect whose career spans continents and capital stacks. From leading $300M+ M&A transactions to structuring multi-fund platforms, she has consistently fused fiduciary discipline with a bold vision for systems change. At ThirdWay Partners, she helped build the firm from inception into a 45-person platform managing three funds. She later co-founded AgeTech Capital to launch a next-generation investment firm focused on the trillion-dollar opportunity at the intersection of aging, AI, and purpose. Known for building strong teams and operational foundations, Lyne delivers strong financial returns pairing sharp investment strategies with a long-term view on how capital can accelerate impact at scale.
Sarita Mohanty
President & CEO, The SCAN Foundation
Sarita A. Mohanty, MD, MPH, MBA, serves as President and CEO of The SCAN Foundation (TSF), one of the nation’s leading philanthropic organizations focused on improving the quality of health and life for older adults. Under her leadership, TSF is advancing a vision for aging that is inclusive, equitable, and rooted in community and lived experience. Through grantmaking, partnerships, and mission-aligned investments, TSF drives systems change so all older adults can age with dignity, purpose, and independence. Previously, Dr. Mohanty held leadership roles at Kaiser Permanente, USC, COPE Health Solutions, and L.A. Care Health Plan. She earned her MD from Boston University, MPH from Harvard University, and MBA from UCLA. A Forbes “50 Over 50” honoree and UC Berkeley Social Impact Fellow, she continues to practice internal medicine with Kaiser Permanente.
Joe Pyle
President, The Scattergood Foundation
Joe Pyle, MA, is President of The Scattergood Foundation and brings more than 30 years of experience in philanthropy and behavioral health care leadership. He has helped guide the Foundation’s focus on evaluation, design thinking, and community participation in programming, positioning Scattergood as a thought leader in philanthropy and behavioral health. Pyle also serves on several nonprofit boards focused on health care, behavioral health, intellectual disabilities, and philanthropy. He holds a Master of Arts in School Psychology from Glassboro State University, now Rowan University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Special Education from La Salle University.
Moderator
Craig Muska
Senior Advisor, SCAN Foundation
Craig is a senior asset management, finance, and mission aligned investing executive with more than 25 years of experience across private foundations, institutional investing, and community impact. He helps mission driven organizations align financial resources, investment strategy, and operations with long-term goals. He has advised foundation boards, investment committees, institutional investors, and public sector partners on investment strategy, governance, financial management, and mission aligned investing. His work spans health equity, climate solutions, infrastructure, place-based economic development, and sustainable finance. Craig co-founded a multi-asset class impact investment firm serving institutional investors and launched a place based investment collaborative focused on regional economic development. Earlier, he built an industry leading private foundation advisory practice and impact investment platform within a global private wealth management firm.