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  • Rachel Zedeck
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    Managing Director, Medea Group Limited (Kenya & Southern Sudan). Developer, Backpack Farm Agriculture Program.

    Mission

    "Leading agro-based social enterprise incubating solutions to East Africa’s regional food insecurity by supporting smallholder farmers with eco-friendly agri-tech and training to achieve viable and sustainable linkages to food production, value chains, credible finance sources, rural incomes, social constructs and ecology domains."

    Managing Director Medea Group Limited (Kenya & Southern Sudan) Nairobi, Kenya
  • Kim Pityn
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    Chief Operations Officer, Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA). Former Project Director, Rural Small Business Development Program, MEDA Haiti. Former Regional Manager, Contact Human Resource Group.

    Mission

    "...that all people may experience God’s love and unleash their potential to earn a livelihood, provide for families and enrich their communities."

    Chief Operations Officer Mennonite Economic Development Associates Waterloo, Canada
  • Patrick Gleeson
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    Chief Executive Officer, Meyer Family Enterprises. Former Executive Director, American Vineyard Foundation.

    Mission

    "We embrace the values of love, joy, respect, excellence, humility, cooperation, and integrity in our decisions and interactions with others. We seek to partner with like-minded organizations and individuals who embrace MFE’s values and philosophy. A critical determinant of working with MFE is the fun factor."

    Chief Executive Officer Meyer Family Foundation Oakville, California
  • Bonny Meyer
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    Principal,Meyer Family Enterprises. Partner, Meyer Family Cellars. Chief Executive Officer, ProAttitude. Founder, Silver Oak Cellars. Member, Social Venture Network. Board Member, World Business Academy.

    Mission

    "We embrace the values of love, joy, respect, excellence, humility, cooperation, and integrity in our decisions and interactions with others. We seek to partner with like-minded organizations and individuals who embrace MFE’s values and philosophy. A critical determinant of working with MFE is the fun factor."

    Principal Meyer Family Foundation Oakville, California
  • 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
  • David Silberman
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    General Counsel MicroCredit Enterprises Kensington, Maryland
  • Kyle Salyer
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    Executive Vice President, Finance & Operations, MicroCredit Enterprises. Former Investment Manager, First Light Ventures.

    Mission

    "To help thousands of the most impoverished rural poor in developing countries to build cottage businesses—and ultimately provide food security for millions. The unique guarantor model of MicroCredit Enterprises utilizes the financial capital and good credit of high net worth individuals and institutions to guarantee micro loans that lead to sustainable communities and social good."

    Executive Vice President, Finance & Operations MicroCredit Enterprises Los Angeles, California
  • Ayesha Waglé
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    Senior Vice President, MicroCredit Enterprises. Former Associate, Capital Management and Advisory Center, Grameen Foundation.

    Mission

    "To help thousands of the most impoverished rural poor in developing countries to build cottage businesses—and ultimately provide food security for millions."

    Senior Vice President MicroCredit Enterprises San Francisco, California
  • William Way
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    Chief Operating Officer, MicroCredit Enterprises. Former Managing Partner, Arthur Andersen/Andersen Consulting/Accenture. Member, Whitman College Board of Overseers; Phoenix Art Museum; National Advisory Council for Marriott School of Business; Center for Economic Self Reliance Board; The Tesseract School; Asian Arts Council of Phoenix.  Memeber, Board of Directors, Smead Capital and Pronaia Capital Ltd.

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    Chief Operating Officer MicroCredit Enterprises Paradise Valley, Arizona
  • April Allderdice
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    Chief Executive Officer, MicroEnergy Credits.

    Mission

    "...to link microfinance institutions to the carbon markets when they lend for clean energy."

    Chief Executive Officer MicroEnergy Credits Seattle, Washington
  • Monique Cohen
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    Founder and President, Microfinance Opportunities. Board Member, Microfinance Center, Poland. Co-Director, Microfinance Impact Assessment, Gates Foundation.

    Mission

    “….to facilitate an improvement in poor people's lives by increasing their access to well-designed and well-delivered financial services….within the microfinance industry, providing action-oriented research, training, and technical assistance in three client-focused areas: financial education, microinsurance and client assessment.”

    President Microfinance Opportunities Washington, DC
  • Brian Weinberg
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    Investment Analyst, MicroVest.

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    Investment Analyst MicroVest Washington, DC
  • Susan Plimpton
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    Chair, Board of Directors, Minnesota International Center. Trustee, Freedom from Hunger and Minnesota Medical Foundation. Former Chair, Board of Directors, World Learning.

    Mission

    "....to provide rich and varied opportunities for individuals from Minnesota and around the world to serve as citizen diplomats and to gain a deeper understanding of their place in the world community.'

    Chair, Board of Directors Minnesota International Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Shashin Chokshi
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    Co-Founder & Director of Education, Moneythink.

    Mission

    "...to foster smart money management among high school students, promoting decisions and habits that will lead to a lifetime of financial independence."

    Co-Founder Moneythink Chicago, Illinois
  • Robin Smalley
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    Co-Founder and International Director, mothers2mothers International. Former Television Director/Producer (“Entertainment Tonight,” “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous,” “Hour Magazine,” “Home Show,” and “Leeza”). Former Executive Director, The Media Project. Member, Advisory Board, Children Affected by AIDS Foundation and Lung Cancer Foundation of America. Recipient: Telly Award; Cindy Award; National Health Information Award; National Council on Family Relations Award; Society for Adolescent Medicine Award.

    Mission

    "...to offer an effective, sustainable model of care that provides education and support for pregnant women and new mothers living with HIV/AIDS."

    International Director mothers2mothers International Los Angeles, California
  • Scott Miller
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    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Move the Mountain Leadership Center. Author, Until It’s Gone, Ending Poverty in Our Nation in our Lifetme.

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    Chief Executive Officer Move the Mountain Leadership Center Ames, Iowa
  • Laura Hattendorf
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    Portfolio Director,Mulago Foundation. Former, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Sustainable Conservation. Former Vice President, Real Estate Development and Finance, McArthur Glen Group.

    Mission

    "....to support global programs and people that are able to provide significant impact and go to scale."

    Portfolio Director Mulago Foundation San Francisco, California
  • Lucy Reckseit
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    General Counsel, Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (company nominee, BIO Humanitarian Award 2009; and featured company, Clinton Global Initiative 2008); Director, Outreach and Alliance Development, MicroCredit Enterprises; Member, Microfinance Council of Counsels; Member, Women Advancing Microfinance (WAM).

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    General Counsel Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. San Mateo, California
  • James Richardson
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    Founder & Executive Director, National Rural Funders Collaborative. Former Senior Vice Presidejnt, Community Development Banking, Bank of America.

    Mission

    “…a collaborative philanthropic initiative organized to expand resources for families and communities in regions of persistent poverty, especially areas where concentrations of poverty and communities of color overlap….poverty is often a factor of race, class, culture, and power dynamics that are linked and concentrated and that the reinvention of rural economies is fundamental to eliminating rural poverty and effecting long-term transformative change in rural America.”

    Executive Director National Rural Funders Collaborative Dallas, Texas
  • Asher Hasan
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    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, NAYA JEEVAN. Former Senior Director, US Medical Affairs Obesity Team, Amylin Pharmaceuticals. Recipient: TED Fellow; Draper Richards Social Entrepreneur Fellow; Social Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition, NYU.

    Mission

    "dedicated to rejuvenating the lives of low-income families throughout the emerging world by providing them with affordable access to quality, catastrophic healthcare."

    Chief Executive Officer NAYA JEEVAN Karachi, Pakistan
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