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  • David Henderson
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    Chief Executive Officer, Idealistics, Inc.

    Mission

    "... to improve the way social services use technology and data to improve the lives of individuals and families in need."

    Chief Executive Officer Idealistics, Inc. Los Angeles, California
  • Patrice Martin
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    Practice Lead, IDEO.

    Mission

    “Design thinking is an approach that uses the designer’s sensibility and methods for problem solving to meet people’s needs in a technologically feasible and commercially viable way. In other words, design thinking is human-centered innovation.” —Tim Brown, IDEO Founder.

    Practice Lead IDEO San Francisco, California
  • Jocelyn Wyatt
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    Social Innovation Lead, IDEO. Former Fellow, Acumen Fund. Former Manager, International Training Department, Chemonics International. Member, Advisory Boards, Catapult Design and Tactical Philanthropy.

    Mission

    “Design thinking is an approach that uses the designer’s sensibility and methods for problem solving to meet people’s needs in a technologically feasible and commercially viable way. In other words, design thinking is human-centered innovation.” —Tim Brown, IDEO Founder.

    Social Innovation Lead IDEO Palo Alto, California
  • Darlene Daggett
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    Founder & Executive Director, Ikatu International. Former President, QVC U.S. Commerce (TV ). Advisory Board Member, Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Board Member, Peabody-Essex Museum.

    Mission

    "...to create employment opportunities for the world's youth population."

    Executive Director Ikatu International Devon, Pennsylvania
  • Evelyn Arce
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    Executive Director, International Funders for Indigenous Peoples. Former Communications Consultant, Lewirokwas Program, a Native American Midwifery Program.

    Mission

    "...to increase knowledge and understanding of the unique issues of Indigenous peoples by facilitating dialogue both among its grantmaking members and between that membership and Indigenous communities."

    Executive Director International Funders for Indigenous Peoples Hogansburg, New York
  • Jim Davidson
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    Social Investor and President, JGD Ventures. Independent Internet technology Consultant. Former Vice President, Technology, AOL. Former Chief Executive Officer, Laborfair.com.

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    President JGD Ventures Reston, Virginia
  • Adnan Mahmud
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    Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Jolkona Foundation. Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation.

    Mission

    "Micro-giving you can see! Our mission is to use technology to connect individuals with global philanthropic opportunities and show tangible impact of each donation."

    Chief Executive Officer Jolkona Foundation Kirkland, Washington
  • Ken Widmann
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    Principal, Ken Widmann Consulting. Mediator, City of Davis, California. Former Managing Editor, Yoursphere Media. Co-Author, Sports Off-Center.

    Director, Communications, Opportunity Collaboration.

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    Writer/Editor Ken Widmann Consulting Davis, California
  • 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
  • Wiclif Odongo
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    Founder and Country Director, Kenya, Kito International. Founder & CEO, EcoSafi Products.

    Mission

    "...t[o creat] a society in which all youth have the opportunity to live free from poverty and achieve their full potential."

    Country Director Kito International Nairobi, Kenya
  • Tevis Howard
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    Founder & Executive Director, KOMAZA. Former Research Associate, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Labs. Recipient: Draper Richards Fellowship; Rainer Arnhold Fellowship; Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellowship.

    Mission

    "Higher incomes and healthier environments across Africa’s dry lands, driven by an innovative, financially self-sustaining social enterprise."

    Executive Director KOMAZA Kilifi, Kenya
  • Robin Chaurasiya
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    Founder and Executive Director, Kranti. 

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    Executive Director Kranti Mumbai, India
  • Ramon Leon
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    President & Chief Executive Officer, Latino Economic Development Center. Founding President, Board of Directors, Cooperative Mercado Central. Member, Board of Directors, Whittier Community Development Center; Neighborhood Development Center; Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers. Co-Founder, Minnesota Collaborative of Latino Nonprofits. Recipient: Citizen Award of Merit, Minneapolis Police Department; Minnesota Latino Achievement Award, Contacto Magazine; Courage and Leadership Award, Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association; Community Development Leadership Award, Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Ohtli Award, Secretariat of Foreign Relations, Mexico.

    Mission

    To establish, stabilize, and expand businesses through orientations, classes, development consulting, technical assistance, and access to capital for new and existing entrepreneurs and to revitalize or develop community "public markets" and commercial corridors in the Twin Cities and rural Minnesota that appropriately allow for Latino community business participation.

    Chief Executive Officer Latino Economic Development Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Gene Takagi
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    Principal, Law Office of Gene Takagi.  Author & Publisher, Nonprofit Law Blog.

    Mission

    "...to provide high quality, responsive legal counsel to nonprofit organizations."

    Principal Law Office of Gene Takagi San Francisco, California
  • John Danner
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    Senior Fellow, Lester Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Haas School of Business, University of California. Senior Moderator, The Aspen Institute.

    Mission

    "...to foster teaching of successful entrepreneurship and innovation, encourage Berkeley students in the creation of new businesses, create and disseminate knowledge on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance to the business and university communities, facilitate interaction between the entrepreneurial community and the university, and seek collaborations and partnerships in support of its goals."

    Senior Fellow Lester Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Berkeley, California
  • Joseph Speicher
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    Associate Director, Living Goods. Board Member, Economic Growth Initiative, Haiti.  Former Consultant, Cambridge Associates. Peace Corps Volunteer, Philippines.

    Mission

    “....networks of door-to-door Community Health Promoters who make a modest income selling essential health products at prices affordable to the poor....combines the latest and best practices from the fields of micro finance and public health to create a truly sustainable system for improving access to basic health products and defeating the diseases of poverty.”

    Associate Director Living Goods San Francisco, California
  • Father Xavier Alpasa
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    President, Loyola College of Culion. Founder & Board Chair, rags2riches. Chief Executive Officer, Hotel Maya. Pastor, Immaculate Conception Parish (Palawan, Philippines). Recipient: TED Global Fellow 2009.

    Mission

    "...to empower communities from marginalized sectors, improve the lives, and secure the future of families in these communities through building socially responsible and sustainable community-based enterprises."

    President Loyola College of Culion Palawan, Philippines
  • Wanjiku Kironyo
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    Programme Director, Maji Mazuri Centre International.

    Mission

    "...to bring a voice to the world’s poor; people who suffer because they lack the simple resources they need to escape the bondage of poverty and become self-sustaining individuals. Our goal is provide basic tools and critical assistance to help thousands of families improve their lives in a meaningful way and end the cycle of poverty. Furthermore, by enlisting a new generation of committed global citizens we want to create awareness and knowledge to serve as a catalyst for thousands to get involved in our quest to bring more transformational opportunities to those in the impoverished slums of Mathare Valley and beyond."

    Programme Director Maji Mazuri Centre International Nairobi, Kenya
  • Jithin Nedumala
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    Founder and Managing Director, Make A Difference (MAD). Vice President, Business Development, Ergo Consulting.

    Mission

    "...to bridge the inequality in society through education [and} to enforce sustainable development and employability among the underprivileged urban youth through education and skills enhancement."

    Managing Director Make A Difference Elamkulam, India
  • Mohamed Ali Niang
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    Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Malo Traders. Co-Founder, Tambaroua Business Farming LLC., Mali. 

    Mission

    "...to alleviate poverty, combat food insecurity, and eradicate malnutrition in Mali."

    Chief Executive Officer Malo Traders Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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