Delegate Roster
Øyvind Aadland
Secretary-General
Strømme Foundation
Kristiansand, Norway
Sarika Abbi
Research Analyst
Harvard University
Somerville, Massachusetts
Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai
Executive Directory
Society for Democratic Initiatives
Freetown, Sierra Leone
William Abrams
President
Trickle Up
New York, New York
Maria Aguiar
Director, Global Programs
Grassroots International
Boston, Massachusetts
Denise Albano
President
Feed The Hunger Foundation
San Francisco, California
Lucia Alcántara
Principal
Futures Today
Riverdale, New York
Joy Anderson
Chief Executive Officer
Criterion Ventures
Haddam, Connecticut
Dawnie Andrak
Chief Executive Officer
Capitol Webworks
Sacramento, California
John Anner
Chief Executive Officer
East Meets West Foundation
Oakland, California
Robert Annibale
Global Director, Microfinance & Community Development
Citigroup
London, United Kingdom
Talis Apud-Martinez
Director, Operations and Development
FeelGood
San Francisco, California
Antonio Ballabriga
Director, Corporate Responsibility
BBVA Banking Group
Madrid, Spain
Leah Barker
Chief Executive Officer
CHOICE Humanitarian
West Jordan, Utah
Joseph Barnes
Evaluation Facilitator
Research Into Use
London, United Kingdom
Janie Barrera
Chief Executive Officer
ACCION Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Carola Barton
Senior Consultant
Geneva Global, Inc.
Santa Cruz, California
Kern Beare
Director
FeelGood Changemaker Academy
San Francisco, California
Shari Berenbach
Chief Executive Officer
Calvert Foundation
Bethesda, Maryland
Alan Bernstein
President
Usher Group
Laguna Beach, California
Michelle Best
Directo, Business Development & Marketing
Edmodo.com
San Francisco, California
Jeroo Billimoria
Executive Director
Child Helpline International
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eve Blossom
Chief Executive Officer
Lulan Artisans
Charleston, South Carolina
Annette Bousquet
Chief Financial Officer
MicroCredit Enterprises
San Francisco, California
Filippo Bozotti
Founding Producer
Article 19 Films
New York, New York
Steve Brescia
Co-Director
Groundswell International
Washington, DC
Adrienne Marie Brown
Executive Director
Ruckus Society
Oakland, California
Martin Burt
Chief Executive Officer
Fundacion Paraguaya
Asuncion, Paraguay
Marie-Claire Burt
B.A. in Political Science Candidate
Pitzer College
Claremont, California
Olivia Calderon
Legislative Director
New America Foundation
Sacramento, California
Judith Cara
Director, Corporate Citizenship
Western Union Foundation
Englewood, Colorado
J. Daniel Catalano
President
Babson College Microfunds
Kent, Ohio
Rebecca Chaiklin
Producer
Article 19 Films
New York, New York
Curtis Chang
Chief Executive Officer
Consulting Within Reach
San Jose, California
Patti Chang
Chief Executive Officer
Feed The Hunger Foundation
San Francisco, California
Lindsay Clinton
Editor
Beyond Profit Magazine
Mumbai, India
Kate Cochran
Vice President, External Affairs
Unitus
Seattle, Washington
Monique Cohen
President
Microfinance Opportunities
Washington, DC
Caitlin Lee Cohen
Chair
Mali Health Organizing Project
Westminster, Vermont
Ron Cordes
President
Cordes Family Foundation
Pleasant Hill, California
Barry Costa-Pierce
Director, Rhode Island Sea Grant
University of Rhode Island
Narragansett, Rhode Island
Maureen Cronin
Chief Operating Officer
Worldways Social Marketing
Greenwood Village, Colorado
Victor d'Allant
Executive Director
Social Edge
Palo Alto, California
Dana Dakin
President
WomensTrust, Inc.
Wilmot Flat, New Hampshire
Sam Daley-Harris
Executive Director
Microcredit Summit Campaign
Washington, DC
Nancy Harris Dalwin
Senior Consultant
Fusion Consultants
San Francisco, California
Jim Davidson
President
JGD Ventures
Reston, Virginia
Tanya Dawkins
Executive Director
Global-Local Links Project
Miami, Florida
Diana de Castro
Director, Investor Relations
Terra Nova Regularizações Fundiárias
São Paulo, Brazil & Sagaponack, New York
Kriss Deiglmeier
Executive Director
Center for Social Innovation
Stanford, California
Allison DeLauer
President
DeLauer Associates
San Francisco, California
Greg Demirjian
Chief Executive Officer
iGiving World
Nassau, Bahamas
Krishanti Dharmaraj
Executive Director
Women's Institute for Leadership Development
Pacifica, California
Eu-Wen Ding
Founder, Engineering Design for the Developing World
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
Juan Carlos Domenzain
Chief Executive Officer
Promotora Social México
México City, México
Jonny Dorsey
Executive Director
Global Health Corps
Woodside, California
Louisa Dow
Rotary World for Peace Fellow
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Katie Drasser
Health Systems Consultant
Global Health Group
San Francisco, California
Christopher Dunford
President
Freedom from Hunger
Davis, California
Toc Dunlap
Executive Director
Creating Hope International
Dearborn, Michigan
Carol Erickson
President
Carol A. Erickson Associates
Alexandria, Virginia
Kjerstin Erickson
Executive Director
FORGE
Oakland, California
Judith Espinar
Creative Director
Santa Fe International Folk Art Market
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Connie Evans
Chief Executive Officer
Association for Enterprise Opportunity
Arlington, Virginia
Theresa Fay-Bustillos
Principal
Ideal Philanthropy
San Francisco, California
Kate Fenner
Interim Executive Director
Rural Education and Development (READ) Global
Washington, DC
Brian Fikkert
Executive Director
Chalmers Center for Economic Development
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Emily Fintel
Director, Global Relations
Fundación AVINA
Washington, DC
Martin Fisher
Chief Executive Officer
KickStart International
San Francisco, California
William Foote
Chief Executive Officer
Root Capital
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Gary Ford
President & Chief Executive Officer
MicroCredit Enterprises
Washington, DC
Robert Friedman
Chair, Board of Directors
Corporation for Enterprise Development
San Francisco, California
Anne Friedman
Member
Women Donors Network
Hillsborough, California
Elizabeth Funk
Chief Executive Officer
Dignity Fund
San Francisco, California
Robert Gailey
Director, Center for International Development
Point Loma Nazarene Unviersity
San Diego, California
Saul Garlick
Executive Director
Think Impact
Washington, DC
Dan Geballe
Program Associate
Corporation for Enterprise Development
San Francisco, California
Marjorie Gelin
Communications Associate
Public Policy Institute of California
San Francisco, California
Thomas George
President
Vipani
Mountain View, California
Paola Gianturco
President
Gianturco Family Foundation
Mill Valley, California
Shamaya Gilo
President
Winds of Change
New York, New York
Gina Girodier
Cameraperson
Article 19 Films
New York, New York
Patrick Gleeson
Chief Executive Officer
Meyer Family Foundation
Oakville, California
Rich (Raghurai) Goldstein
Chief Executive Officer
Yoga Yoga
Austin, Texas
Clare Golla
Senior Vice President
ShoreBank
Chicago, Illinois
Arthur Goshin
Chief Executive Officer
HealthyWorld Foundation
Buffalo, New York
Robert Graham
Chief Executive Officer
NamasteDirect
San Francisco, California
David Green
Chief Executive Officer
The Eye Fund
El Cerrito, California
Peter Greer
President
HOPE International
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Leigh Hafrey
Senior Lecturer, Behavioral & Policy Studies
MIT Sloan School of Management
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Paul Haible
Executive Director
Peace Development Fund
Amherst, Massachusetts
Priya Haji
Chief Executive Officer
World of Good
Emeryville, California
Sara Hall
Principal
New Philanthropy Advisors
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Debbie Hall
Chair, Board of Directors
Village Enterprise Fund
San Carlos, California
Yuree Han
Business Analyst
Capital Group Companies
Buena Park, California
Dan Hanson
Former Corporate Executive
Home Equity Plus
Corona Del Mar, California
Steve Hardgrave
Senior Managing Director
Gray Ghost Ventures
Atlanta, Georgia
Alan Harlam
Director, Social Entrepreneurship
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Gina Harman
Chief Executive Officer
Acción USA
New York, New York
Jake Harriman
Chief Executive Officer
Nuru International
Mountain View, California
John Harrington
President
Harrington Investments
Napa, California
Alex Hartzler
President
WCI Partners, LP
Santa Monica, California
John Harvey
Executive Director
Grantmakers Without Borders
San Francisco, California
Laura Hattendorf
Portfolio Director
Mulago Foundation
San Francisco, California
Douglas Henry
Former Editor-in-Chief
Erudition
Madison, Wisconsin
R. Paul Herman
Chief Executive Officer
HIP Investor
San Francisco, California
Mia Herndon
Executive Director
Third Wave Foundation
New York, New York
Amy Herskovitz
Executive Director
Pershing Square Foundation
New York, New York
Christopher Hest
Chief Executive Officer
Friends Without A Border/Angkor Hospital for Children
New York, New York
Gerald (Jerry) Hildebrand
Executive Director
Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Stockton, California
Andrea Hill
Director
Worldways Social Marketing
Greenwood Village, Colorado
Karen Hillhouse
Director, Partnerships
Ashoka's Changemakers
Arlington, Virginia
Scott Hillstrom
Founder & Chairman
HealthStore Foundation
Minneapolis, Minnesota
David Hoffman
Principal
David Hoffman & Associates
Anchorage, Alaska
Mary Houghton
President
ShoreBank Corporation
Chicago, Illinois
Cheri Huber
Founder
Zen Monastery Peace Center
Murphys, California
Kristin Hull
Program Coordinator
Richmond Connection Project
Oakland, California
Nancy Thi Huynh
President
Council of Global Social Entrepreneurship, UOP
Stockton, California
Leila Chirayath Janah
Chief Executive Officer
Samasource
San Francisco, California
Linda Jenkinson
Chairman
LesConcierges, Inc.
San Francisco, California
Peter Johnson
Partner
Developing World Markets
Darien, Connecticut
Christopher Johnson
Program Director
CHOICE Humanitarian
West Jordan, Utah
Jordan Kassalow
Chief Executive Officer
VisionSpring
New York, New York
Donna Katzin
Executive Director
Shared Interest
New York, New York
Randall Kempner
Executive Director
Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)
Washington, DC
Nawab Ali Khan
Chief Executive Officer
Grassroots Development Foundation
Islamabad, Pakistan
Marina Kim
Director
Ashoka University
Washington, DC
Alicia Kingue
Director, External Relations
Shared Interest
New York, New York
Sean Kline
Executive Director
Reach Global
Berkeley, California
Cynthia Koenig
Chief Executive Officer
Wello
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Katharine Kreis
Senior Program Officer, Nutrition
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, Washington
Frieder Krups
Chair
HiMaT Grassroots Development Foundation
Tel Aviv, Israel
Damon Krytzer
Managing Director
Symbiotics
San Francisco, California
Rupal Kulkarni
Former Research Analyst
Centre for Civil Society
London, United Kingdom
Josh Kwan
Director of International Giving
David Weekley Family Foundation
Foster City, California
Jensine Larsen
Founding Chief Executive Officer
World Pulse Media
Portland, Oregon
Shannon Larsen
President
SAPTA Foundation/Lynch Family Foundation
St. Helena, California
Peter Laugharn
Executive Director
Firelight Foundation
Scotts Valley, California
Curtis Lefrandt
Former Research Analyst
Global Financial Advisors
Aiea, Hawaii
Misty Lefrandt
Policy Research Consultant
Opportunity Collaboration
Orem, Utah
David Lehr
Senior Advisor, Social Innovations
Mercy Corps
San Francisco, California
Wendy Leonard
Executive Director
The Ihangane Project
Aptos, California
Caryl Levine
Co-Owner
Lotus Foods
El Cerrito, California
Jonathan Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
Opportunity Collaboration
Davis, California
Chid Liberty
Chief Executive Officer
Sustainable Global Sourcing
Monrovia, Liberia
Deborah Lindholm
Chief Executive Officer
Foundation for Women
La Jolla, California
Trinita Logue
Chief Executive Officer
IFF
Chicago, Illinois
Andy Lower
Executive Director
The Eleos Foundation
Carpinteria, California
Blakeley Lowry
Evaluation Manager
Iris House
New York, New York
Isabel Annie Loya
Executive Director
Youth United for Community Action
East Palo Alto, California
Federico Lozano-Fernandez
Chief Executive Officer
Puentes Global
Miami, Florida
Patricia Majluf
Directora
Centro para la Sostenibilidad Ambiental
Lima, Peru
Patrick Maloney
Senior Program Officer
Lemelson Foundation
Portland, Oregon
Raulee Marcus
President
Pinnacle Management
Hermosa Beach, California
Mark Marosits
President
Worldways Social Marketing
Greenwood Village, Colorado
Michael Maude
Managing Partner
InterNational Advancement Counsel
Lawrence, Kansas
Eric McCallum
President
Arctic Wire Rope and Supply
Anchorage, Alaska
Malachy Paul McCormick
Co-Founder
Fair Trade Task Force, University of the Pacific
Novato, California
Marilou McPhedran
Dean
University of Winnipeg Global College
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
Nell Merlino
Chief Executive Officer
Count Me In
New York, New York
Bonny Meyer
Principal
Meyer Family Foundation
Oakville, California
Brad Michaels
Founder & Director
SociaLab
San Francisco, California
Scott Miller
Chief Executive Officer
Move the Mountain Leadership Center
Ames, Iowa
Maurice Miller
Chief Executive Officer
Family Independence Initiative
Oakland, California
John Carlos Molina
Co-Founder & Director
Sustainable Community Development Project, Dominican Republic
Providence, Rhode Island
Terry Molner
Founder & Director
Calvert Foundation
Bethesda, Maryland
Melanie Moore Kubo
Chief Executive Officer
See Change
San Francisco, California
Janet Morgan
President
CSRwire
Springfield, Massachusetts
Samantha Morshed
Chief Executive Officer
Hathay Bunano
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Joseph Mouzon
Executive Director
Nonprofit Servcies Network for Good
Oakland, California
Darshan Mundada
Founder & Executive President
Indian Friends' Society
Carrboro, North Carolina
Ashwini Narayanan
General Manager
MicroPlace.com
Menlo Park, California
Hope Neighbor
Founding Partner
Hope Consulting
San Francisco, California
Lisa Nitze
Vice President
Ashoka
Arlington, Virginia
Devi Novianti
Corporate Communication Officer
Equal Opportunities Commission, Hong Kong
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
Sara Olsen
Founding Partner
SVT Group
San Francisco, California
Gillian Parillo
Board Memeber
World Pulse
Dallas, Texas
Deborah Parsons
Chief Executive Officer
Investors' Circle
San Francisco, California
Emily Guegbeh Peal
Chief Executive Officer
Foundation for Women/Liberia
Monrovia, Liberia
Dave Peery
Executive Director
Peery Foundation
Palo Alto, California
Robin Pendoley
Co-Founder
Thinking Beyond Borders
San Rafael, California
Diana Peterson
Chair, Board of Directors
CHOICE Humanitarian
Salt Lake City, Utah
Jan Piercy
Executive Vice President
ShoreBank
Washington, DC
Drummond Pike
Chief Executive Officer
Tides Foundation
San Francisco, California
Carlos Pimentel-Sánchez
Executive Director
Esperanza International
Bellevue, Washington
Susan Plimpton
Chair, Board of Directors
Minnesota International Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ona Porter
Executive Director
Community Action New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Beth Porter
Chair, Board of Directors
SEEP Network
San Francisco, California
Gerhard Pries
President
Sarona Asset Management, Inc
Waterloo, Ontario Canada
Sasha Rabsey
President
The How Fund
Orinda, California
Charles (Chip) Raymond
Partner
Hudson Heights Partners
New York, New York
Chevenee Reavis
Washington, DC
Lucy Reckseit
General Counsel
Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
San Mateo, California
Florence Reed
President
Sustainable Harvest International
Surry, Maine
Eileen Richardson
Chief Executive Officer
Downtown Streets Team
Palo Alto, California
Regina Starr Ridley
Publishing Director
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Stanford, California
Rose Riskind
Chief Executive Officer
BidnKind.com
San Leandro, California
Gibrán Rivera
Senior Associate
Interaction Institute for Social Change
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alvaro Rodríguez-Arregui
Managing Partner
Ignia Partners
San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico
Lisa Rose
Donor Relations Officer
San Francisco Foundation
San Francisco, California
John Rosser
President
Social Venture Capital/Social Enterprise Conference
Tampa, Florida
Michael Roy
Executive Director
Conservation through Research Education & Action
Panama City, Panama
Benjamin Rudick
Director
Schoenfeld Foundation
Hong Kong, China
Patricia Safo
Chief Executive Officer
JCS Investments Limited
Accra, Ghana
Kyle Salyer
Executive Vice President, Finance & Operations
MicroCredit Enterprises
Los Angeles, California
Elizabeth Schaffer
Chief Financial Officer
Women's Funding Network
San Francisco, California
Erik Schultz
Executive Director
Arthur B. Schultz Foundation
Ketchum, Idaho
Tina Sciabica
Executive Director
READ Global
San Francisco, California
Rinku Sen
President
Applied Research Center
Oakland, California
Ritu Sharma
President
Women Thrive Worldwide
Washington, DC
Christine Elizabeth Sherry
Philanthropic Consultant
Portola Vallley, California
Cristian Shoemaker
Friendship Bridge
Former Country Director
Moseley, Virginia
Raymond Shonholtz
President
Partners for Democratic Change
Washington, DC
Bruce Sievers
Visiting Scholar, Haas Center for Public Service
Stanford University
Tiburon, California
Wayne Silby
Co-Chairman
Calvert Social Investment Foundation
Washington, DC
Anton Simanowitz
Director
Imp-Act Consortium
East Sussex, United Kingdom
Morgan Simon
Founding Executive Director
Responsible Endowments Coalition
San Francisco, California
Whitney Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Girls For A Change
Santa Cruz, California
Katya Smyth
Executive Director
Full Frame Initiative
Ashfield, Massachusetts
Douglas Spencer
Social Investor
Spencer Associates
Evergreen, Colorado
Greg Starbird
Chief Operating Officer
HealthStore Foundation
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lori Steele
Chief Executive Officer
Everyone Counts, Inc.
San Diego, California
Michelle Swenson
Social Activist and Philanthropist
Atherton, California
Lloyd Taylor
Social Investor
Taylor Associates
Foster City, California
Ricardo Terán
Managing Partner
Agora Partnerships
Washington, DC
Teófilo Tijerina
Executive Director
EDCO Ventures
Austin, Texas
Nicolas Vale
Chief Executive Officer
VALE EURO RSCG
Polanco, Mexico
Travis Vaughan
Founder
University Microfinance Club, Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego, California
Olivia Vent
SRI and Development Liaison
Lotus Foods
Ithaca, New York
Claudia Viek
Chief Executive Officer
California Association of Microenterprise Organizations
San Francisco, California
Steve Vinton
President
Village Schools International
Tomball, Texas
Timothy Wikoff Wade
President
Net Impact Chapter, Colorado State University
Windsor, Colorado
Ayesha Waglé
Senior Vice President
MicroCredit Enterprises
San Francisco, California
Jane Wales
Chief Executive Officer
Global Philanthropy Forum
San Francisco, California
Kristin Walter
Executive Director
FeelGood
San Francisco, California
Carol Wang
Assistant Program Director
Hearts and Hands for China
Dallas, Texas
William Way
Chief Operating Officer
MicroCredit Enterprises
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Susan Wefald
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Ms. Foundation for Women
Brooklyn, New York
Debra Wetherby
Chief Executive Officer
Wetherby Asset Management
San Francisco, California
Gary White
Executive Director
Water.org
Kansas City, Missouri
Nathaniel Whittemore
Founder
Assetmap Strategies
San Francisco, California
Susan Cornell Wilkes
President
Adventures in Giving
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Topher Wilkins
Co-Chief Operating Officer
Opportunity Collaboration
Santa Cruz, California
Hilary Wilson
Executive Director
Silicon Valley Microfinance Network
San Francisco, California
Jocelyn Wyatt
Social Innovation Lead
IDEO
Palo Alto, California
Sakena Yacoobi
Chief Executive Officer
Afghan Institute of Learning
Kabul, Afghanistan
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Carol Erickson
President Carol A. Erickson Associates Alexandria, VirginiaBiography
President, Carol A. Erickson Associates. Former Executive Director, Rural Education and Development (READ) Global. Former Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Former, Senior Program Officer at International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX).
Mission
Director, Connections & Corridors, Opportunity Collaboration."Helping NGOs alleviate world poverty."
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Kjerstin Erickson
Executive Director FORGE Oakland, CaliforniaBiography
Founder and Executive Director, FORGE.
Mission -
Judith Espinar
Creative Director Santa Fe International Folk Art Market Santa Fe, New MexicoBiography
Co-Founder and Creative Director, Santa Fe International Folk Art Market. Former Peace Corps Volunteer. Former Board Member, Aid to Artisans. Former Owner, The Clay Angel, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Mission"....to provide a venue for master traditional artists to display, demonstrate and sell their work. By providing opportunities for folk artists to succeed in the global marketplace, the Market creates economic empowerment and improves the quality of life in communities where folk artists live....the largest international folk art market in the world."
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Connie Evans
Chief Executive Officer Association for Enterprise Opportunity Arlington, VirginiaBiography
Chief Executive Officer, Association for Enterprise Opportunity. Former Founding President, Women’s Self-Employment Project. Former Board, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Board Member, Social Venture Network. Chair, Chicago Committee for the African Women’s Development Fund.
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Theresa Fay-Bustillos
Principal Ideal Philanthropy San Francisco, CaliforniaBiography
Founder and Principal, IdealPhilanthropy LLC. Former Vice President, Worldwide Community and Corporate Citizenship Department for Levi Strauss & Co.; Former Vice President, Legal Programs, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Treasurer, Board of Directors, International Funders for Indigenous Peoples; Board Member, TransFair USA.
Mission"...to offer personalized philanthropic advisory services and grantmaking. We have the capability to solve tough social issues almost anywhere in the world through a lean and unique organizational structure."
- Kate Fenner Interim Executive Director Rural Education and Development (READ) Global Washington, DC
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Brian Fikkert
Executive Director Chalmers Center for Economic Development Lookout Mountain, GeorgiaBiography
Founder and Director, Chalmers Center for Economic Development, Covenant College. Associate Professor of Economics and Community Development, Covenant College. Former Consultant, World Bank; Inter-American Development Bank; United States Agency for International Development. Co-Author, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself.
Mission"....we are a training organization that uses best practice research to equip the local church to be the hands, feet, and voice of Jesus Christ by addressing the spiritual, economic, and social needs of low-income individuals. To reiterate, our goal is to help the church to help the poor to help themselves."
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Emily Fintel
Director, Global Relations Fundación AVINA Washington, DCBiography
Director, Global Relations, Fundación AVINA.
Mission"...a Latin American organization that contributes to sustainable development in Latin America by encouraging productive alliances based on trust among social and business leaders, and by brokering consensus around shared agendas for action, with the support of people and institutions from around the world."
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Martin Fisher
Chief Executive Officer KickStart International San Francisco, CaliforniaBiography
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, KickStart International. Co-Founder, ApproTEC.
Mission
Recipient: Fulbright Scholarship; IDEA Design Gold Medal, TIME Magazine European Hero Award; Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship; Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award; Design News Engineer of the Year; Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability."...to help millions of people out of poverty....[to] promote sustainable economic growth and employment creation...[to] develop and promote technologies that can be used by dynamic entrepreneurs to establish and run profitable small scale enterprises."
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William Foote
Chief Executive Officer Root Capital Cambridge, MassachusettsBiography
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Root Capital. Former Director, Latin American Corporate Finance Group, Lehman Brothers. Board Member, Aspen Network for Development Entrepreneurs. Founding Board Member, Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade. Recipient: Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum and Ashoka Global Fellow.
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Gary Ford
President & Chief Executive Officer MicroCredit Enterprises Washington, DCBiography
Chief Executive Officer, MicroCredit Enterprises. Former Managing Partner & Principal, Groom Law Group. Former ERISA Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Labor and Human Resources. Former General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Recipient: The Best Lawyers in America, Employees Benefits Law, and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Employee Benefits.
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Robert Friedman
Chair, Board of Directors Corporation for Enterprise Development San Francisco, CaliforniaBiography
General Counsel, Founder & Chair, Board of Directors, Corporation for Enterprise Development. Board Member, National Fund for Enterprise Development; EARN; D2D Fund; the Family Independence Initiative; Rosenburg Foundation; Friedman Family Foundation; Koshland Committee, San Francisco Foundation. Author, Safety Net as Ladder: Transfer Payments and Economic Development.
Mission"....a multi-faceted organization working at the local, state and federal levels to create economic opportunity that alleviates poverty. CFED sees the promise of tomorrow in the world today. We see abundant evidence of the desire and ability of middle and low-income people everywhere to become savers, investors, homeowners, skilled workers and entrepreneurs. We believe that such an opportunity economy would not only produce a fairer, more cohesive and inclusive society, but also a more prosperous, resilient and sustainable one."
- Anne Friedman Member Women Donors Network Hillsborough, California
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Elizabeth Funk
Chief Executive Officer Dignity Fund San Francisco, CaliforniaBiography
Chief Executive Officer/Founder, Dignity Fund. Co-Founder and Board Member, Unitus Investment Group. Board Member, Board of Directors, Deutsche Bank’s Global Microfinance Consortium Fund. Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Microfinance Network. Founding Chair,MicroPlace. Co-Owner and Chair of the Board, Imperial Parking, Hong Kong. Former Chief Executive Officer, CML Global Capital. Recipient: Female Entrepreneur of the Year, TiE.
Mission"....to bring needed capital to the microfinance industry to fuel the social empowerment of the poor. The provision of “micro” loans and financial services to the entrepreneurial poor to start income-generating small businesses is one of the most significant anti-poverty tools at work in the world today."
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Robert Gailey
Director, Center for International Development Point Loma Nazarene Unviersity San Diego, CaliforniaBiography
Director, Center for International Development, Point Loma Nazarene University. Former Research Director, MicroCredit Summit Campaign. Former Director, Microfinance Consulting Services, World Relief. Associate Professor, School of Business, Point Loma Nazarene Unviersity.
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Saul Garlick
Executive Director Think Impact Washington, DCBiography
Founder and Executive Director, Think Impact. Former Managing Editor, SAIS Review, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Recipient: Truman Scholar; William C. Foster Award, Circles of Change Award; Fire Within Social Entrepreneurship Award.
Mission"...connects American college students and recent graduates with rural villages in Africa to become social entrepreneurs....people-powered global development...the next generation of leaders. We offer students the ideas, leadership, and capital to leverage social innovation and local community resources to alleviate poverty."
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Dan Geballe
Program Associate Corporation for Enterprise Development San Francisco, CaliforniaBiography
Program Associate, Corporation for Enterprise Development.
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Marjorie Gelin
Communications Associate Public Policy Institute of California San Francisco, CaliforniaBiography
Communications Associate, Public Policy Institute of California.
Mission"....to inform and improve public policy in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan research on major social, economic, and political issues."
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Thomas George
President Vipani Mountain View, CaliforniaBiography
President and Founder, Vipani. Recipient: TED Global Fellow; Rainer Arnhold Fellow; Rural Development Administration Honorary Scientist, South Korea; World Bank McNamara Fellow.
Mission"... to enable even the poorest farmer to be on a permanent path to prosperity."
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Paola Gianturco
President Gianturco Family Foundation Mill Valley, CaliforniaBiography
President, Gianturco Family Foundation.Documentary Phtographer. Author, Women Who Light the Dark; Celebrating Women; ¡Viva Colores!; In Her Hands. Exhibitions: United Nations; U.S. Senate; Field Museum/Chicago; International Museum of Women/San Francisco; Museum of the African Diaspora/San Francisco; Norton Simon Museum/Pasadena; Smithsonian Folklife Festival/Washington, DC.
Mission"...to motivate her readers to engage with, learn from and support women around the world....books are philanthropic projects for which she donates her royalties to carefully selected nonprofit organizations that relate to each book's content."
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