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  • Curtis Chang
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    Chief Executive Officer, Consulting Within Reach. Founder, Capacity Collaborative. Former Executive Director, SixSeeds Foundation. Former Executive Pastor, The River Church Community.

    Mission

    "....to provide both insight and actual implementation — all towards the goal of strengthening the organizational capacity behind your compelling cause."

    Chief Executive Officer Consulting Within Reach San Jose, California
  • Lloyd Taylor
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    Social Investor, Taylor Associates.

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    Social Investor Taylor Associates Foster City, California
  • Maureen Cronin
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    Chief Operating Officer, Worldways Social Marketing. Recipient: Colorado’s Marketer of the Year, American Marketing Association.

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    “….a pioneering social enterprise dedicated to the betterment of individuals and communities. We live our mission every day. We work exclusively to advance life transforming policies, programs, and products.…a community of professionals personally committed to improving health, economic and social opportunity for all.”

    Chief Operating Officer Worldways Social Marketing Greenwood Village, Colorado
  • 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
  • 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
  • Barbara Delaune-Warren
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    Board Member, The Eleos Foundation.

    Mission

    "...to continuing the spirit of reverence for humanity, concern for social and economic justice, and support for organizations that are engaged in compassionate action."

    Board Member The Eleos Foundation Santa Barbara, California
  • Christopher Dunford
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    President, Freedom from Hunger. Recipient: Twenty Most Influential People in Microfinance, Imp Act SPM Network.

    Mission

    "We bring poor women in Africa, Asia, and Latin America a powerful combination of microfinance, education, and health protection to help them achieve a sustainable, self-help end to hunger."

    President Freedom from Hunger Davis, California
  • Katie Drasser
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    Health Systems Consultant, Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco. Former Venture Director, Criterion Ventures. Former Healthcare Consultant, AmerisourceBergen and John Snow Inc.

    Director, Policy Dialogues, Opportunity Collaboration.

    Mission

    "...dedicated to improving health and reducing the burden of disease in the world's most vulnerable populations."

    Health Systems Consultant Global Health Group San Francisco, California
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ananya Roy
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    Education Director, Blum Center for Developing Economies, University of California, Berkeley. Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, U.C. Berkeley. Co-Director of the Global Metropolitan Studies Center. Author, City Requiem, Calcutta: Gender and the Politics of Poverty and Poverty Capital: Microfinance and the Frontiers of Millennial Development. Author, Poverty Capital.

    Mission

    "...links world-class faculty, inspiring new curriculum, and innovative technologies, services and business models to create real-world solutions for developing economies. We educate students, build partnerships, and rigorously evaluate our innovations in order to create scalable and sustainable contributions toward the alleviation of poverty."

    Education Director Blum Center for Developing Economies Berkeley, California
  • Terry Provance
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    Executive Director, Oikocredit USA.

    Mission

    "...one of the world’s largest sources of private funding to the microfinance sector. We also provide credit to trade cooperatives, fair trade organizations and small-to-medium enterprises in the developing world."

    Executive Director Oikocredit USA 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Rich (Raghurai) Goldstein
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    Chief Executive Officer, Yoga Yoga. Chief Executive Officer, YogaSolve. Co-Founder, Yoga Care Foundation.

    Mission

    "... to educate the general public about yoga’s therapeutic applications and significantly add to the existing research in a way that will support yoga being embraced as a tool for self-care and improving quality of life.”

    Chief Executive Officer Yoga Yoga Austin, Texas
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"The mother of all networking opportunities for social entrepreneurs engaged in community-based anti-poverty efforts. The concentration of quality small to mid-size nonprofits, thought leaders and funders committed to this approach was quite remarkable."

Curtis Chang, Chief Executive Officer, Consulting Within Reach (San Jose, CA)

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