The Apollo Opportunity Foundation marked this year's United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) with "From Purpose to Placement," a VIP nonprofit board matchmaking event held in partnership with the Social Innovation Summit and Landmark Ventures. More than 15 Apollo Partners and Managing Directors sat down with leaders from 10 nonprofit organizations for a series of five-minute matchmaking conversations, each one a chance to find the right board fit.

"We don't approach this as a box to check," said Lauren Coape-Arnold, Global Head of Citizenship at Apollo and Executive Director of the Apollo Opportunity Foundation, in her welcome remarks. "We approach it as a real investment in leadership, in community, and in the kind of impact that compounds over time."

At Apollo, board service is how purpose becomes practice.