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Meet the Skoll World Forum Bloggers
Go right to the blogs: Berkeley Bottom Line 2008 Skoll Scholars 2008
Meet the teams:
To bring the Skoll World Forum home to you, Social Edge is pleased introduce a powerful team of energetic and insightful bloggers. Together they make up The Berkeley Bottom Line, individually, they are:
Meet Mike Lee
Mike Lee is currently a first-year MBA student at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business where he hopes to develop the organizational, financial, and management savvy to help social ventures achieve scale and sustainability. Mike is the president of Berkeley’s Net Impact Chapter.
Prior to coming to Haas, Mike worked at Ashoka as an associate in their entrepreneur-to-entrepreneur program. Mike also spent two years as a consultant for LaFrance Associates where he managed social impact evaluation projects for clients in the nonprofit, public, and philanthropic sectors (including the Skoll Foundation, CDC, and Center for Effective Philanthropy).
Mike is an alumnus of the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs. He graduated from Harvard University with an interdisciplinary degree in Social Studies. Mike was a frequent contributor to the Harvard Crimson and also published two articles for The Atlantic Monthly online edition.
Meet Roxanne Miller
Roxanne Miller is learning business and technology management skills for her future career focused on developing economies. Roxanne's career interests include providing access to capital for social entrepreneurs in emerging markets and the sustainable application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to address socio-economic development.
As a 2008 Blum Center Fellow, Roxanne will be working on the "Bodas for Life" project which seeks to improve access to healthcare for rural residents in Uganda. Roxanne is the judging co-chair for the 2008 Global Social Venture Competition, co-chair for the Global Initiatives at Haas club and serves as a student interviewer.
The summer before attending Haas, she was a Kiva Fellow in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She also spent over three years working at Yahoo! developing marketing programs and products for small businesses who want to establish and advertise their online presence. She began her career as an analyst for Mercer Management Consulting.
She has a B.A. in communications with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Pennsylvania.
Meet Omar Garriott
Omar Garriott is currently leveraging his experience in social change organizations and direct service to someday (soon) launch a social
enterprise of his own. At Haas, Omar is VP of Community, serves as the Co-Chair of Development for the 2008 Global Social Venture Competition, and a contributor to the Berkeley MBA Student Blog.
Upon graduating from the University of Virginia (B.S. in Commerce with Distinction), Omar taught third grade in the nation's capital through Teach for America. He authored two Op-Eds on education policy in The Washington Post. After his stint in the classroom, Omar worked under a leading social entrepreneur and Ashoka fellow, J.B. Schramm, Founder of College Summit.
He also coordinated a national book tour for David Bornstein's How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas.
He is a board member of the Craigslist Foundation, a frequent blogger, a former reporter for Major League Soccer, and an unabashed politico.
And meet the Skoll Scholars 2008 who will report back on every session:
Marguerite Baker
I'm currently an MBA student at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. Prior to that I spent time with Eurasia Foundation in Baku, Azerbaijan and the US Peace Corps in the Russian Far East. When not studying finance formulas or strategy frameworks, I try to keep up with my running and yoga practices and dream of my next trip to a warm and sunny island...
Will DeLaszlo
William de Laszlo is a current MBA student at Oxford and has a keen interest in Skoll for Social Entrepreneurship. Prior to coming to Oxford, he worked with the army (5 years) working on an international development and humanitarian assistance. William has worked in finance world, as well as industry. William would not change coming to Oxford for the world! Eye opening!!
Zeenith Ebrahim
Currently completing my MBA at the Said Business School, Oxford University. I am excited about returning to South Africa after my MBA to focus on helping small and medium enterprises accelerate their growth.
Ruthe Farmer
I fondly call myself a rabble-rouser. I recently left Girl Scouts of the USA where I directed science, technology, engineering, and math initiatives for girls. Currently I am pursuing an MBA with a focus on Social Entrepreneurship and Marketing at the University of Oxford. I am extremely passionate about gender equity and feel that economic development for women is one of the best ways to make the world a better place. Furthermore, women's contributions to technology and engineering are key to solving global problems. I serve on the board of Springboard Innovation and am a former member of the Champion's Board of the National Girls Collaborative Project, the Girls' FIRST Advisory Council, and co-chaired the K-12 Alliance of the National Center for Women and Information Technology.
Christie George
Prior to accepting the Skoll Scholarship and attending Said Business School, Christie George was the Theatrical and International Broadcast Sales Manager at Women Make Movies, a non-profit media arts organization and the world’s leading distributor of films by and about women. With more than six years of experience in non-profit arts management, her responsibilities have ranged from the theatrical release of the company’s slate of independently produced social-issue documentaries to most recently managing all the company’s sales and marketing efforts for the theatrical, broadcast and ancillary markets. Since joining WMM in 2001, she has played a key role in helping set strategic direction for the organization and launching new initiatives, including curating and releasing ‘The Girls Project’, a critically acclaimed series of films celebrating girls’ lives around the world and one of the most successful collections in the organization’s history. As an advocate for women directors, she has represented WMM at festivals worldwide and has served on numerous screening committees and program juries including the Denver International Film Festival and the Media That Matters Film Festival among others. She was an Associate Curator for Tribeca All Access, a Venman Fellow at the Institute for Arts Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and serves on the Advisory Board for the National Museum of Women in the Arts Film Festival. Previously, she was a consultant for NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund and worked for Mediacom Ventures, LLC, a venture capital firm with holdings in media and online businesses. She received her BA in Political Science from Yale University.
Alyson Goodner
Nathan Koren
Mike Quinn
I am currently studying for an MBA as a Skoll Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford's Said Business School. Upon completion, I will be working for Engineers Without Borders Canada (www.ewb.ca) as Agricultural Value Chains Sector Leader in Southern Africa. I have spent 26 months in Ghana and Zambia working on rural agriculture projects with EWB, and have a master's degree in Development Management from the London School of Economics.
Joseph McCarthy
MBA student at the University of Oxford. Worked as an equity analyst for 4 years before becoming an investment manager for a hedge fund firm. Based in London for most of career while also worked in Asia and US. Born in Ireland, undergrad at Trinity College Dublin. Interested in applying venture capital model to social ventures.
Rob Petit
Nick Russell
Daniel Seiderer
I studied mathematics and physics in Germany and the USA. I then worked briefly for a small German management consultancy. Before coming to Saïd Business School as an MBA student, I spent several years in the not-for-profit sector. One of my positions was regional Chairman for a major German political party. I am interested in art and literature, enjoy an occasional glass of wine or whisky, my favourite sports are sailing and running and I do like to travel.
Romell Song
MBA Student at Oxford Said Business School. Participant for this year's Skoll Forum. The photo I submitted is misleading, I am not as distorted as it suggests.
Katy Spencer
Katy Spencer is currently an MBA candidate at the Said School of Business, Oxford University. She has experience in the NGO sector with a diverse background in education, arts and culture, criminal justice reform and reproductive health and rights. She served as Co-Director of The Prospect Hill Foundation, a New York City-based foundation funding NGO’s in the United States, Mexico and Guatemala. Previously, she was Director of Administration at Opus 118 the Harlem School of Music and served as a volunteer teacher in the Republic of Marshall Islands. She holds a degree in Anthropology from Occidental College.
Geetha Tharmaratnam
I was born in born in Malawi and grew up in Zambia and Botswana. After completing a degree in Finance in the US, I worked in Corporate Finance for an insurance company in Switzerland. Six years of finance, insurance and an IPO on the LSE later, I came to Oxford to do a graduate degree and follow my passion for building sustainable businesses in Africa.
Meet the teams:
To bring the Skoll World Forum home to you, Social Edge is pleased introduce a powerful team of energetic and insightful bloggers. Together they make up The Berkeley Bottom Line, individually, they are:
Meet Mike Lee
Mike Lee is currently a first-year MBA student at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business where he hopes to develop the organizational, financial, and management savvy to help social ventures achieve scale and sustainability. Mike is the president of Berkeley’s Net Impact Chapter.
Prior to coming to Haas, Mike worked at Ashoka as an associate in their entrepreneur-to-entrepreneur program. Mike also spent two years as a consultant for LaFrance Associates where he managed social impact evaluation projects for clients in the nonprofit, public, and philanthropic sectors (including the Skoll Foundation, CDC, and Center for Effective Philanthropy).
Mike is an alumnus of the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs. He graduated from Harvard University with an interdisciplinary degree in Social Studies. Mike was a frequent contributor to the Harvard Crimson and also published two articles for The Atlantic Monthly online edition.
Meet Roxanne Miller
Roxanne Miller is learning business and technology management skills for her future career focused on developing economies. Roxanne's career interests include providing access to capital for social entrepreneurs in emerging markets and the sustainable application of information and communication technologies (ICT) to address socio-economic development.
As a 2008 Blum Center Fellow, Roxanne will be working on the "Bodas for Life" project which seeks to improve access to healthcare for rural residents in Uganda. Roxanne is the judging co-chair for the 2008 Global Social Venture Competition, co-chair for the Global Initiatives at Haas club and serves as a student interviewer.
The summer before attending Haas, she was a Kiva Fellow in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She also spent over three years working at Yahoo! developing marketing programs and products for small businesses who want to establish and advertise their online presence. She began her career as an analyst for Mercer Management Consulting.
She has a B.A. in communications with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Pennsylvania.
Meet Omar Garriott
Omar Garriott is currently leveraging his experience in social change organizations and direct service to someday (soon) launch a social
enterprise of his own. At Haas, Omar is VP of Community, serves as the Co-Chair of Development for the 2008 Global Social Venture Competition, and a contributor to the Berkeley MBA Student Blog.
Upon graduating from the University of Virginia (B.S. in Commerce with Distinction), Omar taught third grade in the nation's capital through Teach for America. He authored two Op-Eds on education policy in The Washington Post. After his stint in the classroom, Omar worked under a leading social entrepreneur and Ashoka fellow, J.B. Schramm, Founder of College Summit.
He also coordinated a national book tour for David Bornstein's How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas.
He is a board member of the Craigslist Foundation, a frequent blogger, a former reporter for Major League Soccer, and an unabashed politico.
And meet the Skoll Scholars 2008 who will report back on every session:
Marguerite Baker
I'm currently an MBA student at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. Prior to that I spent time with Eurasia Foundation in Baku, Azerbaijan and the US Peace Corps in the Russian Far East. When not studying finance formulas or strategy frameworks, I try to keep up with my running and yoga practices and dream of my next trip to a warm and sunny island...
Will DeLaszlo
William de Laszlo is a current MBA student at Oxford and has a keen interest in Skoll for Social Entrepreneurship. Prior to coming to Oxford, he worked with the army (5 years) working on an international development and humanitarian assistance. William has worked in finance world, as well as industry. William would not change coming to Oxford for the world! Eye opening!!
Zeenith Ebrahim
Currently completing my MBA at the Said Business School, Oxford University. I am excited about returning to South Africa after my MBA to focus on helping small and medium enterprises accelerate their growth.
Ruthe Farmer
I fondly call myself a rabble-rouser. I recently left Girl Scouts of the USA where I directed science, technology, engineering, and math initiatives for girls. Currently I am pursuing an MBA with a focus on Social Entrepreneurship and Marketing at the University of Oxford. I am extremely passionate about gender equity and feel that economic development for women is one of the best ways to make the world a better place. Furthermore, women's contributions to technology and engineering are key to solving global problems. I serve on the board of Springboard Innovation and am a former member of the Champion's Board of the National Girls Collaborative Project, the Girls' FIRST Advisory Council, and co-chaired the K-12 Alliance of the National Center for Women and Information Technology.
Christie George
Prior to accepting the Skoll Scholarship and attending Said Business School, Christie George was the Theatrical and International Broadcast Sales Manager at Women Make Movies, a non-profit media arts organization and the world’s leading distributor of films by and about women. With more than six years of experience in non-profit arts management, her responsibilities have ranged from the theatrical release of the company’s slate of independently produced social-issue documentaries to most recently managing all the company’s sales and marketing efforts for the theatrical, broadcast and ancillary markets. Since joining WMM in 2001, she has played a key role in helping set strategic direction for the organization and launching new initiatives, including curating and releasing ‘The Girls Project’, a critically acclaimed series of films celebrating girls’ lives around the world and one of the most successful collections in the organization’s history. As an advocate for women directors, she has represented WMM at festivals worldwide and has served on numerous screening committees and program juries including the Denver International Film Festival and the Media That Matters Film Festival among others. She was an Associate Curator for Tribeca All Access, a Venman Fellow at the Institute for Arts Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and serves on the Advisory Board for the National Museum of Women in the Arts Film Festival. Previously, she was a consultant for NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund and worked for Mediacom Ventures, LLC, a venture capital firm with holdings in media and online businesses. She received her BA in Political Science from Yale University.
Alyson Goodner
Nathan Koren
Mike Quinn
I am currently studying for an MBA as a Skoll Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Oxford's Said Business School. Upon completion, I will be working for Engineers Without Borders Canada (www.ewb.ca) as Agricultural Value Chains Sector Leader in Southern Africa. I have spent 26 months in Ghana and Zambia working on rural agriculture projects with EWB, and have a master's degree in Development Management from the London School of Economics.
Joseph McCarthy
MBA student at the University of Oxford. Worked as an equity analyst for 4 years before becoming an investment manager for a hedge fund firm. Based in London for most of career while also worked in Asia and US. Born in Ireland, undergrad at Trinity College Dublin. Interested in applying venture capital model to social ventures.
Rob Petit
Nick Russell
Daniel Seiderer
I studied mathematics and physics in Germany and the USA. I then worked briefly for a small German management consultancy. Before coming to Saïd Business School as an MBA student, I spent several years in the not-for-profit sector. One of my positions was regional Chairman for a major German political party. I am interested in art and literature, enjoy an occasional glass of wine or whisky, my favourite sports are sailing and running and I do like to travel.
Romell Song
MBA Student at Oxford Said Business School. Participant for this year's Skoll Forum. The photo I submitted is misleading, I am not as distorted as it suggests.
Katy Spencer
Katy Spencer is currently an MBA candidate at the Said School of Business, Oxford University. She has experience in the NGO sector with a diverse background in education, arts and culture, criminal justice reform and reproductive health and rights. She served as Co-Director of The Prospect Hill Foundation, a New York City-based foundation funding NGO’s in the United States, Mexico and Guatemala. Previously, she was Director of Administration at Opus 118 the Harlem School of Music and served as a volunteer teacher in the Republic of Marshall Islands. She holds a degree in Anthropology from Occidental College.
Geetha Tharmaratnam
I was born in born in Malawi and grew up in Zambia and Botswana. After completing a degree in Finance in the US, I worked in Corporate Finance for an insurance company in Switzerland. Six years of finance, insurance and an IPO on the LSE later, I came to Oxford to do a graduate degree and follow my passion for building sustainable businesses in Africa.
