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Global Social Benefit Incubator 2008
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Listen to today's visionaries as they are boldly launching groundbreaking organizations to solve social problems around the world. The series is presented by Executive Producer Patrick O'Heffernan. The social entrepreneurs highlighted in this series of interviews are selected by Echoing Green.
Aug 12, 2008
Michael Grifka
Michael Grifka earned his BA in linguistics and religious studies and moved to South Korea and Japan to teach English. After receiving an MBA, he assisted the environmental NGO Proyecto Tití in Colombia. read more...
Jul 29, 2008
Nicole Barnao
Nicole Barnao, an Australian MBA graduate, recently worked in Ecuador assisting a small start-up with launching a new brand of products and developing strategies for competing in the global export market. read more...
Jul 15, 2008
Robert Mittelman
Robert Mittelman is co-founder and COO of for-profit Exit West Corporate Development, which stands at the intersection of employee retention and corporate consciousness. read more...
Jul 01, 2008
Petra Hoskovec
Petra Hoskovec, a business strategist with extensive background in strategy, business development and marketing, just returned from East Africa where she was on a mission for MBAs Without Borders. read more...
Jun 24, 2008
Ari Sznajder
Ari Sznajder is a filmmaker who consulted for USAID in Cambodia, worked for the Chicago Tribune in China, conducted a renewable energy feasibility assessment for a mining company in Mozambique, and is now working in Lagos, Nigeria. read more...
Jun 17, 2008
Omar Yaqub
Omar Yaqub helped start an $11 million investment fund in Canada for non-profit organizations, co-founded a software company and works for MBAs Without Borders – a very busy fellow indeed! read more...
Jun 10, 2008
Tal Dehtiar
Tal Dehtiar and his co-founder, Michael Brown, started MBAs Without Borders to engage some of the 100,000 students who receive their business degree worldwide each year to help alleviate poverty in developing countries. read more...
Jun 03, 2008
Mardie Oakes
Mardie Oakes received an Echoing Green fellowship in 2006 and founded Hallmark Community Solutions, a non-profit housing developer that creates new opportunities for people with development disabilities in San Francisco. read more...
May 27, 2008
Emily Arnold-Fernandez
Emily E. Arnold-Fernandez received an Echoing Green fellowship in 2007 and launched Asylum Access to provide legal advocacy to refugees throughout the global south. read more...
May 20, 2008
Laurie Parise
Laurie Parise received an Echoing Green fellowship in 2007 to launch Youth Represent and provide legal representation to young people in the New York Juvenile Justice system. read more...
May 13, 2008
Gary Kosman
Gary Kosman received an Echoing Green fellowship in 2003 to launch America Learns, a for-profit educational performance and accountability firm now reaching more than 20,000 students across 14 countries. read more...
May 06, 2008
Chris Asch
Chris Asch received an Echoing Green fellowship in 2007 to launch the US Public Service Academy, a college that will provide a free education in return for students’ commitment to serve in the public sector after graduation read more...
Apr 29, 2008
Toni Blackman
Toni Blackman received an Echoing Green fellowship in 1999. She is America's Hip Hop Ambassador – the first hip-hop artist chosen to represent the United States around the world. read more...
Apr 22, 2008
Maile Broccoli-Hickey
Maile Broccoli-Hickey received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2007 and launched English at Work while waiting tables and getting her master’s degree. She teaches English to immigrants at their workplaces in Texas. read more...
Apr 15, 2008
Lucas Welch
Lucas Welch received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2004 to launch Soliya, a global network of young adults and empowering them to bridge the divide between the "West" and the "Arab & Muslim World." read more...
Apr 08, 2008
Anthony Jewett
Anthony Jewett received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2006 to launch Bardoli Global, an organization that provides international education, professional, and leadership development opportunities for outstanding African American, Latino, and Native American youth. read more...
Apr 01, 2008
Aaron Bartley
Aaron Bartley received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2005 to launch PUSH (People United for Sustainable Housing) and address the lack of living-wage jobs and the poor housing conditions on Buffalo's West Side. read more...
Mar 25, 2008
Michele Kotler
Michele Kotler received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 1998 to launch the Community Word Project and send artists into classrooms and train teachers to help students get their voices heard through art. read more...
Mar 18, 2008
Peter Haas
Peter Haas received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 2006 to launch the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group and help rural populations get access to affordable and environmentally sound energy and sanitation. read more...
Mar 11, 2008
Kyra Bobinet
Kyra Bobinet received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 1998 to launch Vision Youthz, an organization that seeks to transform the lives of incarcerated children. read more...
