"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Suess
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05 MAR 2012
Focus on Giving: Rachel Zedeck, Managing Director of Backpack Farm
Focus on Giving: Rachel Zedeck, Managing Director of Backpack Farm Rachel Zedeck is the Founder and Managing Director of the Medea Group, a group currently launching the Backpack Farm Agriculture Program, a commercial initiative targeting small landholders within East Africa to develop commercially viable, socially responsible value chains of high nutrition produce supporting local and regional marketplaces. Taking a special interest in combating the malnutrition of children, Rachel Zedeck is now launching the Backpack Farm Foundation. The Foundation's purpose is to construct school gardens to enhance the food sustainability and nutrition levels of Africa's most vulnerable citizens. For more than ten years, Rachel Zedeck has facilitated international business and social development in post conflict countries including Kosovo, Jordan, Iraq, Kenya and Southern Sudan grounded in research, analysis and strategy. In addition to the Medea Group, Rachel Zedeck is also on the panel ... -
05 MAR 2012
Focus on Education: Jean Desravines, CEO of New Leaders
Focus on Education: Jean Desravines, CEO of New Leaders Jean Desravines assumed the role of chief executive officer of New Leaders in February 2011. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Jean served as chief officer for cities and policy at New Leaders for five years. In that role, Jean oversaw the management of all city teams, including the launch of five of the organization's 12 sites, and the organization's national public policy and public funding work. Jean has more than 15 years of professional leadership experience working with parents and communities on education issues and community development, with a primary focus on improving outcomes for children in underserved communities. Before joining New Leaders, Jean served as senior counselor to the chancellor of New York City's public school system. In that capacity, he developed and executed a comprehensive strategy to engage and communicate with key stakeholders across New York City, building support for the district... -
11 FEB 2012
Focus on Giving: Professor Adam Grant, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
Adam Grant is a management professor at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan in organizational psychology and his BA from Harvard University. His research focuses on work motivation, job design, prosocial helping and giving behaviors, initiative and proactivity, leadership, and burnout. He is the 2011 recipient of the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution, the Academy of Management's Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology's Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award. He has earned multiple school-wide and university-wide teaching awards and designed experiential learning activities in which students have raised over $58,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation while developing leadership, negotiation, and motivation skills. He has worked with organizations such as Google, Citi, Medco, and the ... -
04 FEB 2012
Focus on Giving: Charlie Javice, PoverUP
Focus on Giving with Charlie Javice, Founder of PoverUP Charlie Javice, a rising sophomore at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, is founder of PoverUp, an online network that lets socially minded students learn, connect and invest in social businesses and microfinance -- the concept that a little money can help poor people start businesses that will lift them out of poverty. In addition to getting high school and college students involved in microfinance through consulting work and internships with microfinance institutions and social businesses, PoverUp also gives individuals the chance to invest in small businesses globally and helps microfinance operators get the money they need to assist individuals and businesses. PoverUp, which launched in April 2011, was named one of Inc. Magazine's "11 Coolest College Startups," and Javice, who is 19, was one of Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business 2011. - From Knowledge@Wharton PoverUP Giv... -
21 JAN 2012
Focus on Giving: David Cicero Bevacqua, Neighborhood Bike Works
Focus on Giving with David Cicero Bevacqua of Neighborhood Bike Works David is the program director and interim executive director of Neighborhood Bike Works. The mission of Neighborhood Bike Works is to increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; it also promotes cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation. David began teaching at NBW in the summer of 2007. He has six years youth work experience, including teaching in the Upward Bound program at Pennsylvania State University and leading youth bicycle repair classes at a community center in Tanzania. David completed the Youth Leadership Development training at United Way’s Center for Youth Development in 2007.