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  • Carol Erickson
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    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).

    Director, Connections & Corridors, Opportunity Collaboration.

    Mission

    "Helping NGOs alleviate world poverty."

    President Carol A. Erickson Associates Alexandria, Virginia
  • Kjerstin Erickson
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    Founder and Executive Director, FORGE

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    Executive Director FORGE Oakland, California
  • Judith Espinar
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    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."

    Creative Director Santa Fe International Folk Art Market Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Connie Evans
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    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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    Chief Executive Officer Association for Enterprise Opportunity Arlington, Virginia
  • Theresa Fay-Bustillos
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    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."

    Principal Ideal Philanthropy San Francisco, California
  • Kate Fenner
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    Interim Executive Director, Rural Education and Development (READ) Global.

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    Interim Executive Director Rural Education and Development (READ) Global Washington, DC
  • Brian Fikkert
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    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."

    Executive Director Chalmers Center for Economic Development Lookout Mountain, Georgia
  • Emily Fintel
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    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."

    Director, Global Relations Fundación AVINA Washington, DC
  • Martin Fisher
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    Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, KickStart International. Co-Founder, ApproTEC.

    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.

    Mission

    "...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."

    Chief Executive Officer KickStart International San Francisco, California
  • William Foote
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    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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    Chief Executive Officer Root Capital Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Gary Ford
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    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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    President & Chief Executive Officer MicroCredit Enterprises Washington, DC
  • Robert Friedman
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    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."

    Chair, Board of Directors Corporation for Enterprise Development San Francisco, California
  • Anne Friedman
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    Member, Women Donors Network

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    Member Women Donors Network Hillsborough, California
  • Elizabeth Funk
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    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."

    Chief Executive Officer Dignity Fund San Francisco, California
  • Robert Gailey
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    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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    Director, Center for International Development Point Loma Nazarene Unviersity San Diego, California
  • Saul Garlick
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    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."

    Executive Director Think Impact Washington, DC
  • Dan Geballe
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    Program Associate, Corporation for Enterprise Development.

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    Program Associate Corporation for Enterprise Development San Francisco, California
  • Marjorie Gelin
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    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."

    Communications Associate Public Policy Institute of California San Francisco, California
  • Thomas George
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    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."

    President Vipani Mountain View, California
  • Paola Gianturco
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    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."

    President Gianturco Family Foundation Mill Valley, California
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