Ali Awni
Director of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement

Ali Awni is Professor of Practice at the Business School, American University in Cairo (AUC), where he has been full time faculty since September 2009. He teaches operations management courses at the undergraduate and MBA level. His areas of research are in applications of operations management in Egypt, and for SMEs in particular, operations and supply chain innovations for bottom of the pyramid, upgrading of operations for Egyptian exporters, and suppliers’ selection and evaluation. Since November 1, 2014 Awni is the Director of the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement.

Prior to joining the AUC Awni was the Head of the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) Unit, at the Ministry of Trade & Industry, Government of Egypt. The Unit is entrusted with the administration of all the terms of the QIZ trade protocol. Furthermore, the Unit acts as a catalyst for the implementation of operational plans to maximize the benefits of the protocol to Egyptian Industries, including promotions of FDI and upgrading of export readiness of QIZ companies. Awni also served as an adjunct faculty at the American University in Cairo teaching MBA courses in operations management.

Awni was the Partner-in-charge of supply chain consulting services at KPMG Hazem Hassan in Egypt, where he guided and directed the successful completion of various projects in supply chain diagnostics, process design and performance improvement in operations and business logistics for clients in food, consumer products, industrial, apparel and pharmaceutical industries. Awni has extensive management consulting, system development, and operations research experience in the USA focusing on supply chain management and business logistics improvements. Ali Awni holds BS in Computer Science & Statistics from Kuwait University, MS in Systems Science from the University of Ottawa, and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from North Carolina State University.

Takashi Baba
Private Sector Partnership Div., JICA

Takashi Baba joined OECF (Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund), governmental agency providing Japanese ODA loans to developing countries in 1997, and made appraisal for the first power project for OECF in Bosnia and Herzegovina in co-financing with the World Bank. During working in Manila office of JBIC (Japan Bank for International Cooperation), a new institution for Japanese ODA loan and OOF under Japanese government, from 2006 to 2008, Baba has devoted himself to peace building projects in Mindanao. After working as Deputy Director in General Affairs Division in charge of institutional planning and management after the merger between JBIC and JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), Baba was responsible for strategic portfolio management for ODA loans to India and Vietnam, the top 3 recipient countries for JICA, from 2010 to 2014. Baba was appointed as the Director of Private Sector Partnership Division in October, 2014, and is serving as several committee members regarding BOP or social business under the Japanese government. He supervised Japanese edition of “Emerging Asian Regionalism”, ADB’s study in 2013. Baba holds Bachelor of Law from Tokyo University and a Master of Public Policy from University of Michigan.

Daniel Buchbinder
Alterna - Guatemala

Daniel Buchbinder began his career in the consumer industry as a marketing executive at L´Oreal working in Mexico and transferred to Spain. This experience allowed him to comprehend the nitty-gritty of consumer marketing dynamics and how to design solutions based on deep consumer understanding as well as understand the process of launching and managing brands and products for a wide array of customers in Latin America and Europe.

In 2010, searching for a significant and meaningful career change, Daniel founded Alterna, a social innovation and entrepreneurship center based in Guatemala. Since Alterna´s inception Daniel has formed and leaded a multinational and multidisciplinary team that has created two social ventures and has cultivated more than 180 Guatemalan entrepreneurs with social and environmental impact. In 2014, Alterna received the Stephan Schimidheiny awards for innovation in sustainability, after competing with 800 participants in Latin America. Buchbinder holds a business administration degree (ITAM, Mexico) and postgraduate degrees in MSc Environmental geography from the UNAM (Mexico) and an MSc in Environmental Technology with specialization in business and environment from the Imperial College London (UK).

Valeria Budinich
Leadership Group Member at Ashoka

Valeria Budinich is a social entrepreneur and organizational strategist with 25 years of experience innovating at the intersection of business and society. As a Leadership Group Member at Ashoka, she founded "Full Economic Citizenship," a global initiative that has enabled over 50 hybrid business models in housing, small farmer agriculture and other industries. In 2012, she received the Harvard/McKinsey M-Prize for management innovation for her pioneering work. Prior to Ashoka, Valeria advised international development organizations and coached local entrepreneurs engaged in innovation in Africa, Asia and Latin America. She serves on the Advisory Boards of the Lemelson Foundation and Leapfrog Investments. Born in Chile, Valeria grew up in Central America and the USA where she trained as an Industrial Engineering. She is the co-author of “Scaling Up Business Solutions to Social Problems: A Practical Guide for Social and Corporate Entrepreneurs” (Palgrave, 2015).

Brian Chossek
Principal, I7G

Brian Chossek, Principal, I7G. For fifteen years, Brian Chossek, has helped mission-based enterprises meet their milestones and create impact. As an Owner, Executive, Board Member and Advisor, he's worked across multiple industries/sectors, stages of companies and countries. His work has emphasized early stage, high growth CPG, organic/natural, healthy living and medical device while also including clean tech, education, reorganizations and multinationals.

Brian is presently Principal of I7G, where he nurtures, advises and develops the people, technologies and models that will transform the planet for the next seven generations. His activities include strategic advisory services to impact organizations/entrepreneurs and development of holistic solutions to scaling capital needs in the Impact Investing/BoP space.

Brian is an Advisor at the Goleta Entrepreneurial Magnet, an Advisory Board Member at the Business and Technology Partnership at the University of California Channel Islands and a member of the Board of Directors at the World Business Academy. He's historically served as an Advisor at the University of North Carolina's Sustainable Enterprise initiative, and the Himalayan Institute.

Brian obtained his MBA from the University of North Carolina where he focused on Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and Sustainability.

Norman Christopher
Executive Director for the Office of Sustainability Practices at Grand Valley State University

Norman Christopher is currently serves on several boards and advisory groups including: the City of Grand Rapids Sustainability Advisory Team, Seeds of Promise, the Michigan Chemistry Council, the Grand Rapids Community Sustainability Partnership, the NSF Joint Committee on Sustainable Business and Industrial Furniture, and Valley City Sign. He was also appointed to serve on Governor Granholm’s Michigan Climate Action Council and the United States Department of Commerce’s Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee.

Mr. Christopher has contributed articles and papers to various journals and books including Sustaining Michigan: Metropolitan Policies and Strategies, and is the author of the book Sustainability Demystified! - A Practical Guide for Business Leaders and Managers.

Chiropriya Dasgupta (Priya)
Director of Strategic Initiatives, ESW

Priya Dasgupta is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at Enterprise for a Sustainable World (ESW) and Emergent Institute, India. Prior experience includes technology, management consulting and business development for the corporate sector and for social enterprises working with the rural and urban poor. Joined ESW from the World Bank after serving as a private sector development specialist. Experience at the BoP includes fund management and advisory services for microfinance in Africa, enterprise creation for the informal waste sector in the Philippines, Brazil and Peru, design and implementation of a pilot Ultra Poor Initiative with the largest tribal group in India, design and implementation of a Ranking System for Indigenous Groups in the Latin America and Caribbean region among others. Priya holds an undergraduate degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from University of Pune and an MBA from Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Trevor Davies
KPMG’s Global Head, International Development Assistance Services Global Center of Excellence

Trevor Davies has more than 24 years of experience providing public-private partnerships, monitoring and evaluation, public financial management, economic development, and governance reform services to Governments and development agencies. He currently leads KPMG’s International Development Assistance Services Global Center of Excellence and works across KPMG’s global network of member firms to bring insight from around the world to local clients. In this role he leads a global team delivering insight and solutions on complex development issues for Governments, development agencies, and philanthropic and civil society organizations.

Previously, Trevor was the Global Lead Partner for KPMG’s work with the United Nations and DFID. He has led many engagements for international development agencies including DFID, UN agencies, NORAD, and the World Bank. He has consulted on engagements in a wide range of countries including Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Georgia, Guyana, Grenada, India, Jamaica, Malawi, Mozambique, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Turks and Caicos Islands, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Trevor has acted as reform adviser in the office of the President of Guyana, and the Prime Ministers of Grenada and Jamaica. Trevor also served as an adviser to President Mandela’s Provincial Review Commission in South Africa. He has lead poverty alleviation, economic development, PPP and public sector reform projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. In recent years, he has focused on major change programs in post-conflict and fragile states.

David Egner
New Economy Initiative of Southeastern Michigan

David Egner has led the Hudson-Webber Foundation as President & CEO since 1997. The Foundation has assets of $170 million and concentrates its efforts and resources on its mission of improving the quality of life in metropolitan Detroit. In addition to his work with the foundation, Egner is Executive Director of the New Economy Initiative, a $100 million philanthropic partnership dedicated to accelerate the transition of southeast Michigan to a more innovation-based economy. Under Egner’s leadership the New Economy Initiative has targeted grant making to promoting a successful entrepreneurial eco-system, capitalizing on existing regional assets and resources, and building and employing a more skilled and educated workforce. Egner has more than 25 years of experience working with nonprofits and foundations. Egner has an M.B.A. from Western Michigan University and a bachelor’s degree from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. He resides with his wife Tammy and their four children in metro Detroit.

Heather Esper
Program Manager, William Davidson Institute

Heather Esper is the Program Manager of Impact Assessment at the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (WDI). At WDI she specializes in designing and implementing customized measurement solutions to assess the economic, social and environment performance and outcomes of organizations and businesses operating in emerging economies. Her work focuses on gaining a deeper understanding of the contributions of business ventures to poverty reduction. Esper co-developed a versatile tool and methodology with a multidimensional view of poverty that is used by ventures to assess their poverty alleviation outcomes. She also co-created an impact assessment training curriculum and leads workshops designed to help ventures implement the framework. She has worked with numerous social enterprises, non-profits, government institutes, and foundations across different sectors in Africa, Asia and Latin America to identify, measure and analyze their impacts and develop strategies to better meet the needs of their stakeholders. Esper holds a Masters of Public Health and Bachelors of Science in Global Health from the University of Michigan.

CJ Fonzi
Senior Project Manager in Dalberg’s New York Office

CJ Fonzi is a Senior Project Manager in Dalberg’s New York office. CJ supports companies, foundations, and investors in developing strategic approaches to inclusive business and impact investing. CJ has managed engagements in twelve countries across Africa and South Asia, and has lived in India, South Arica, and the United States.

CJ joined Dalberg from the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) where he managed the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS), a common language for describing the social and environmental performance of an impact investment. Previously, CJ managed a base of the pyramid project for DuPont that included both slum and village sites across India. He has also served as the Manager of Monitoring and Evaluation for the Clinton Foundation’s Health Access Initiative (CHAI) in India.

CJ holds an MBA from Cornell University with a concentration in Sustainable Global Enterprise and a BS in Information Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Bob Freling
Director, Solar Electric Light Fund

Bob Freling is Executive Director of the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization that delivers solar power to rural villages. Under Freling’s leadership, SELF has deployed solar drip irrigation systems in 10 villages in Benin, West Africa. Freling holds a BA in Russian Studies from Yale University and an MA in Communications Management from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California. He is the 2008 recipient of the King Hussein Leadership Prize.

Nadine Gudz
Director of Sustainability Strategy, Interface

Nadine Gudz As Director, Sustainability Strategy with global carpet tile manufacturer, Interface, Nadine drives and develops sustainability leadership through education, community engagement and innovative market solutions.

With more than 18 years experience in the fields of environmental education, community development and planning, Nadine taught in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University and served as a research fellow with the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability before joining Interface. Her areas of focus include sustainable business strategy, organizational change and learning, materials stewardship and ecological design. Based in Toronto, she serves on a number of local and international boards and committees including the Council for Clean Capitalism and the National Advisory Panel to the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada.

Nadine is a LEED Accredited Professional and is currently completing a PhD in Environmental Studies at York University. She studied sustainable business and worked at Schumacher College in England and obtained a Masters in Community and Regional Planning from the University of British Columbia. She also holds a Bachelor of Sciences honours degree in Environmental Science from the University of Guelph. Her work on sustainability education and organizational change, including the creation of a life-size board game on sustainability has been published in the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education and International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability.

Anil Kumar Gupta
Honeybee Network

Dr. Anil Kumar Gupta is a professor in the Centre for Management in Agriculture at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is also the founder of Honey Bee Network. Dr. Gupta earned his Ph.D. degree in management from Kurukshetra University (India) in 1986 after his masters in Biochemical Genetics in 1974 from Haryana Agricultural University, Haryana; Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Fellow, The World Academy of Art and Science, California 2001.

Mission is to expand the global as well as local space for innovations at grassroots level, link ideas in informal and formal sector, ensure recognition, respect and reward for creative people; creating knowledge networks for augmenting innovations and unfolding creative potential of individuals, institutions and societies through frugal, flexible and friendly empathetic innovations.

His research interests include ensuring recognition, respect and reward for grassroots inventors and innovators at a local, national and global level and protection of their Intellectual property rights; linking formal and informal science, ethical issues in conservation and prosperity of biodiversity, building global value chain to get the creativity its due; support to Honey Bee Network.

Positions: Member, National Innovation Council, Chaired by Adviser to Prime Minister; President, SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Insti¬tutions) and Editor, Honey Bee, a quarterly newsletter on grassroots green innovations, 2003 – present, Exec. Vice Chair, National Innovation Foundation; Kasturbhai Lalbhai Chair in Entrepreneurship, IIMA (2003-2008); Chairperson, Ravi J Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation, Indian Institute of Manage¬ment, 1993 1994; Chairperson, Research and Publications, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1990 92; Professor, Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1981 to present. Adviser (Farming Systems Research), Bangladesh Agri. Research Council & Bangladesh Agri. Research Institute, October 1985 to November 1986; Management Specialist (Rural Development), Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, 1978 1981; Farm Representative/Agri. Finance Officer, Syndicate Bank a nationalised commercial bank 1974-1978.

Teaching: Courses taught at IIMA include Globalizing and Resurgent India through Innovative Transformation (GRIT) with Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India (2008-10) as co-faculty, Shodhyatra (learning walk in Himalayan region), Creativity, Innovation, Knowledge Network and Entrepreneurship ( CINE), Doctoral level courses viz., Institution Building (IB), Strategic Management of Intellectual Property Rights (SMIPR), Technology Management, etc.

Humanistic Management Lifetime Achievement Award by the Humanistic Management Network, at the 73rd Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, USA, August 2013; Ph.D Honoris Causa, San Martin de Porres University, October, Peru; Doctor of Letters from Central University of Orissa, July, 2012; Hermes Award (May 2012), European Institute for Creative Strategies and Innovation, Paris; Padam Shri, 2004; Adjudged as one of the fifty most influential people in the field of intellectual property rights around the world in 2003, Managing Intellectual Property (July-August 2003, Issue 131), Adjudged as one of the Star Personalities of Asia, Business Week, July 2, 2001, apart from several other national and international honours. Member of many governmental and corporate bodies, Prof. Gupta is a widely published author.

Martha Herrera
Global Director, CSR, CEMEX

Martha Herrera is among the 100 most powerful women in business in Mexico, renowned for 5 years by Grupo Expansión, and is one of the top 10 women of Corporate Social Responsibility recognized by CEMEFI, as well as one of the 10 most important women in the Construction Industry in Mexico according to the Obras magazine. In 2013 she was recognized by the World Executive Group as the Executive Woman of the Year in social responsibility issues.

On her intense career, she has led programs that have benefited more than 6 million people in Mexico and has already exported them to other parts of the world where she operates, which have been recognized and awarded by UN HABITAT, OAS, IDB, CEMEFI, CONCAMIN, among others, being social and business programs designed for multidimensional poverty alleviation and empowerment of women and youth.

Likewise, she is part of several executive boards of organizations from the national and international civil society, such as UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum, CEMEFI, AXTEL Foundation, CIC Citizenship Integration Center, UNISDR for the care and prevention of natural disasters etc., and is the current President of NEO NL (a multisectoral alliance for the employability of young people in Latin America). She is also a member of Nuevo León Council for Strategic Planning for the period 2014-2019. 19 years ago she joined CEMEX team where she is currently the Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Director of the CEMEX-Tec Center for the Development of Sustainable Communities.

Vaughn Hester
Program Manager,Internet.org - Facebook

Vaughn Hester is a Program Manager with the Internet.org team at Facebook working on last-mile connectivity efforts. Her background includes work with international health & development NGOs (Results for Development, FORGE/UNHCR, and Partners in Health) as well as product/program management at tech companies (CrowdFlower, DocuSign). She holds degrees in international relations and international health and has contributed to various papers and presentations on topics including crowdsourcing, long term health care financing and ICT4D.

David A. Jones
University of Vermont, SEMBA Program – USA

David A. Jones is an Associate Professor of Management in the School of Business Administration at the University of Vermont, and Co-Director of its Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA Program (SEMBA). He is a passionate teacher who delivers SEMBA courses on Teamwork, Leadership and Innovation, and Organizing for Sustainable Transformation, and he regularly conducts full-day leadership workshops, having trained over 775 executives and managers in Vermont alone since 2004. David is a productive scholar who focuses on explaining why job seekers and employees respond positively to an employer's community impact and sustainable business practices. He has authored and presented over 80 papers at scholarly conferences, and has published over 30 peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and conference proceeding papers, including articles that appeared in top academic journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Applied Psychology, and two other leading journals where he currently serves on the editorial boards: the Journal of Organizational Behavior and Journal of Management. David has established a reputation as a thought leader in the emerging literature on employee responses to sustainable business practices, and has received several honors and awards for his work in this area.

Christopher Jurgens
Director – Global Partnerships, USAID

Christopher Jurgens Chris Jurgens leads the Global Partnerships Team at the U.S. Global Development Lab, which champions the Agency’s efforts to engage the private sector to advance development outcomes. His office manages the Global Development Alliance, the Agency's flagship model for building shared value partnerships with global corporations, local businesses, investors, philanthropic partners, and diaspora communities.

Chris also oversees the Agency’s Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing portfolio, which aims to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems in developing countries and unlock the potential of entrepreneurs to serve as engines of economic growth and innovation. This portfolio includes the Partnering to Accelerate Entrepreneurship (PACE) initiative, under which the Agency is partnering with a range of seed stage impact investors and accelerators to catalyze private investment into promising entrepreneurs and support their growth.

Prior to joining USAID, Chris served as Director of Global Programs for Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP), Accenture’s not-for-profit consulting practice, where he oversaw ADP’s global portfolio of work with over 50 NGOs and donor agencies and led Accenture’s efforts in North America to engage its corporate clients in global development issues via cross-sectoral partnerships. He has a Masters’ degree from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, and a BA in Economics from Miami University.

Steven Kotler
Singularity University

Steven Kotler is a New York Times best-selling author, an award-winning journalist, and the Co-founder and Director of Research for the Flow Genome Project. He is one of the world's leading experts on ultimate human performance.

His recent work, The Rise of Superman, was one of the most talked about books of 2014. In it, Kotler decodes the science of "flow," an optimal state of peak performance where the impossible becomes possible—with critical implications in business, education, technology, and society as a whole.

His other books have explored the intersection of human capabilities, technology, and consciousness. Abundance breaks down four emerging forces that give humanity the potential to significantly raise global standards of living over the next 20 to 30 years.

Never known for slowing down, Kotler has released two new books in 2015. In February, BOLD, the follow-up to Abundance, hit the stands and has been included on the New York Times best-seller list. May saw the release of Tomorrowland, a book about the transformation of science fiction into science fact.

Chris Laszlo
Professor of Organizational Behavior at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management

Chris Laszlo is Professor of Organizational Behavior at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management where he is the faculty director for research and outreach at the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. He is the author of Flourishing Enterprise: The New Spirit of Business (2014), Embedded Sustainability (2011), Sustainable Value (2008), and The Sustainable Company (2003, paperback 2005). His work over the last decade has helped launch mainstream management approaches to sustainability for value and profit. In 2012, he was selected a “Top 100 Thought Leader in Trustworthy Business Behavior” by Trust Across America™. In 2015, he was elected Fellow of the International Academy of Management.

Gustavo A. Yepes Lopez
Director of Management and Social Reponsibility Department

Gustavo A. Yepes Lopez is a professor of corporate social responsibility in different post-graduate programs and continued education at Externado University of Colombia. He is the director of the Management and Social Responsibility department in the Business Administration Faculty, and leads the Group of Research in Management and Social Responsibility.

He is an expert in designing and directing programs to promote business development and corporate social responsibility. He is a researcher and professor in business development, corporate social responsibility, and anticorruption, and has certificated experience as a public speaker and consultant in topics such as strategy, business development, and corporate social responsibility.

Yepes earned his Bachelor’s degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Business Administration), a Master’s degree from Externado University (MBA), and is a PhD candidate in Business Sciences.

Mario Elías Lupercio
Inclusive Business Advisor at CEMEX

Mario Elías Lupercio is an Inclusive Business Advisor at CEMEX. He manages the business development and the operations for the projects in Mexico, consisting of more than 80 projects regarding housing and clean cookstoves in low-income communities, partnering and working jointly with national and international NGOs, local social entrepreneurs, academic institutions, and government agencies. Before joining CEMEX, Mario served as the Community Relations Specialist at the EURUS wind farm in Oaxaca, Mexico.

As a member of ACCIONA's community engagement team, Mario led efforts to create and leverage within the communities an inclusive business social franchise model, which is now proposed as a strategy for the Mexican government and CEMEX to foster capabilities in social entrepreneurs and NGOs in the affordable housing sector.

Mario holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Industrial Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM). He is also a candidate for the Master’s Degree in Public Policy from ITESM.

Rob Michalak
Global Director of Social Mission, Ben & Jerry’s

Rob Michalak Rob Michalak sits on Ben & Jerry’s Global Leadership Team and is the lead advocate at Ben & Jerry’s to keep its Social Mission vigorous and in balance with the company’s Product Mission and Economic Mission. Ben & Jerry’s Social Mission works to create innovative ways that the business can apply its many resources to achieve positive social change in the world and make progress on the company’s sustainable corporate concept of "linked prosperity," which is the ambition that as the company prospers, its stakeholders prosper too.

"We work to advance our model of linked prosperity by constantly exploring a systems-based approach throughout our entire value chain in designing innovations that can deliver positive social, economic and environmental change," Michalak said.

Rob has been with Ben & Jerry’s twice. His first role at the company was as its PR Czar from 1989-1998. He came back to the company to serve as its Social Mission Director starting in 2006. Before that, and in between his Ben & Jerry’s days, Rob worked in broadcast media holding a variety of jobs in news, public affairs and independent productions.

Kevin Moon
Project Manager at the BoP Hub

Kevin Moon is Project Manager at the BoP Hub. Upon moving to Singapore from New York City in 2014, Moon was a consultant for a technology company while volunteering at the BoP Hub at the same time. While splitting his time between the two jobs, he recognized that it was easier to get up in the morning on the days he was working at BoP Hub. Inspired and motivated, he joined BoP HUB as a project manager soon after.

Moon first became interested in social entrepreneurship and international development at Vanderbilt University while studying Human & Organizational Effectiveness with a focus on International Development. Upon graduating, he helped start-up social enterprises based in the U.S. and furthered his passion for working in this field.

Lucia Dal Negro
Founder, De-LAB Italian BoP Lab

Lucia Dal Negro got her Bachelor of Art in International Relations, major in International Development and Cooperation at the Catholic University of Milan on September 2006. Her dissertation focused on the recovery of the Srebrenica’s community after the genocide of 1995. She got the Master’s degree in 2009, with a dissertation investigating the Nestlè-Nespresso’s sustainable coffee farming project in Costa Rica. From 2009 to 2010 she attended an additional specializing year at the High School for Environmental Studies of the Catholic University, during which she spent three months at the UNEP/Wuppertal Institute collaborating Centre on Sustainable Production and Consumption. At the end of 2010 she got a scholarship to attend a three-year PhD within the Political Science doctoral School of the Catholic University of Milan. In 2011 she moved to London where she got a MSc in “Environment and Development” at the London School of Economics. After that, she spent three months as a visiting student at ENDEVA (Berlin), the German BOP Lab. Once back in Italy she decided to launch the Italian focal-point for BOP/Inclusive Business issues and in March 2013 she founded De-LAB, together with two colleagues living in Italy and three living in Vietnam, India and Germany. At De-LAB Lucia follows the Inclusive Business projects, whereas her colleagues work in the Social Innovation’s area. During her studies Lucia Dal Negro collaborated with the Holy See Delegation at the UN Offices in Geneva for the Human Right Council kick-off session (2006), Actionaid (Governance Unit, 2007), CTM (Project Development Unit, 2010), UNEP/Wuppertal Institute CSCP (2009), Municipality of Verona (2010) and the National research Council (2011). Additionally, she volunteered as teacher of Italian language for migrants and she is currently engaged in volunteering activities promoting the social inclusion of drug’s addicted women.

Felipe Pérez Pineda
Professor, INCAE

Felipe Pérez Pineda is a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, where his areas of specialization were Natural Resource Economics and Business Strategy. He graduated Master of Business Administration from INCAE with concentration in Banking and Finance for Development. Professor Pérez is also agronomist specialized in Irrigation of the Autonomous University of Chapingo, México. Faculty member of INCAE with the rank of associate professor, headed the Agro-Industry Program of the Institute for several years. He also directed the Export-Nicaragua program at the Center for Entrepreneurship at INCAE. His experience as a teacher in executive programs has been backed by several years of practice in different countries before and as a member of the teaching faculty of INCAE. Professor Pérez is also an international consultant and advisor to several companies in Latin America.

Iqbal Z. Quadir
Founder, Grameen Phone; Director Emeritus, Legatum Center at MIT

Iqbal Z. Quadir Iqbal Quadir is a pioneer in creating inclusive ventures in low-income countries. In the 1990s, he founded Grameenphone in Bangladesh; it now has 50 million customers. Subsequently, he helped found bKash; bKash, with 17 million customers, is dramatically improving financial inclusion in Bangladesh. Quadir also founded Emergence BioEnergy, which envisions helping farmers produce and consume electricity while increasing agricultural productivity.

With this inclusive philosophy in mind, in 2005 Quadir cofounded Innovations, an MIT Press journal, and in 2007 he founded the Legatum Center at MIT. The Center has already trained 200 MIT students who aspire to create for-profit enterprises promoting prosperity in low-income countries.

Quadir’s work and thinking has been cited in over 70 books. He has published in the Financial Times, Forbes.com, Harvard Business Review, Science, Nature, Newsweek, and The Wall Street Journal. He holds an MBA and MA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a BS from Swarthmore College. He has received two honorary doctorate degrees and other honors for his work.

Antonio Ribeiro
Sales Operations Director, PepsiCo Americas Beverages

Antonio Ribeiro is the Sales Operations Director for PepsiCo Americas Beverages – Latin America. Antonio was born and grew up just outside Lisbon, Portugal where he studied Economics at the University of Lisbon. In 1989 Antonio moved to the Middle East where in 1991, after Operation Desert Storm, he joined the PepsiCo Franchise Bottler in Kuwait. From 1991 to 1998 Antonio took various sales roles with the bottler and in 1998 moved to PepsiCo first as a third party contractor until 2000 and then as Marketing Equipment Manager for the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan until 2002, Customer Operations Manager from 2002 until 2005 and Sales Operations Director since then. Antonio is based at PepsiCo Latin America Headquarters in Miami, Florida.

Christian Sarkar
Founder, The $300 House Project

Christian Sarkar is an artist, writer, social activist, business consultant, and entrepreneur. Born in New Delhi, India, he studied a wide range of subjects from English Literature to Lithography, to Physics and Electrical Engineering. He is the founder of a digital agency, a boutique publishing company, and works as a social entrepreneur on projects such as the $300 House (www.300house.com). He is the co-author of Inclusivity: Will America Find Its Soul Again? (Ross School of Business, University of Michigan) - a book about social entrepreneurship in the United States.

Vijay Sathe
Professor of Management, The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management

Vijay Sathe is the C.S. & D.J. Davidson Chair and Professor of Management in the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, California. He was previously on the faculty at the Harvard Business School for ten years and has also taught at IMD, the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Professor Sathe received the Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Pune, India; an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin; and the MBA and Ph.D. in Business Administration from The Ohio State University.

His areas of expertise are the development and implementation of global strategies; entrepreneurship, innovation and new business creation; leadership and cultural change; building winning executive teams; and revitalization of the organization and oneself. He has published numerous articles and six books: Controller Involvement in Management (Prentice-Hall), Culture and Related Corporate Realities (Irwin); Organization (with John Kotter and Leonard Schlesinger); Corporate Entrepreneurship: Top Managers and New Business Creation (Cambridge); and Manage Your Career: Ten Keys to Survival and Success When Interviewing and on the Job (Business Expert Press), and (co-edited with Urs Jager), Strategy & Competitiveness in Latin American Markets: The Sustainability Frontier (Edward Elgar).

Professor Sathe has taught in a number of MBA, executive education, and corporate programs around the world and has received the “Professor of the Year” award from the Drucker MBA and Executive MBA graduating class eight times in recognition of his teaching.

He has advised and coached top executives and other managers in a variety of enterprises, including domestic and multinational companies; professional service organizations; and not-for-profit and government agencies.

James E. Shapiro
Resident Director North America, Tata Sons

James E. Shapiro is Resident Director, North America – Tata Sons. Jim joined Tata Sons as its Resident Director in North America in August 2014. Mr. Shapiro, a senior financial services executive with wide experience in international markets and regulatory issues, will facilitate the Tata group’s future growth in North America in collaboration with Tata group companies that have existing operations there or have aspirations to enter the region. Prior to joining the Tata group, Mr. Shapiro worked at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), first in Mumbai and later as an advisor based in New York, where his responsibilities included global business development and managing BSE’s global partnerships. Mr. Shapiro’s earlier experience includes several years in investment banking at Galileo Global Advisors, a cross-border M&A advisory firm based in New York, and 16 years at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in various senior roles, including four years running the Asia business for the NYSE, based in Tokyo. Mr. Shapiro earned an MA and M.Phil in Economics from Yale University and a BA from Harvard University.

Dr. Sharma
Dean and Professor, University of Vermont School of Business Administration

Dr. Sharma is Dean and Professor at University of Vermont School of Business Administration. Dr. Sharma was appointed dean of the School of Business Administration at the University of Vermont July 1, 2011. He came to UVM with a unique background in both the academic and the private sectors. He has over 16 years of senior management experience with international corporations and more than a decade of proven leadership within higher education. His research has been widely published in top management journals including the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, Strategic Management Journal, and Journal of Marketing, among others.

His latest book written for scholars and practitioners is titled Competing for a Sustainable World: Building capacity for Sustainable Innovation and will be published in 2014. He has also co-edited seven books on corporate environmental management and sustainability. Dr. Sharma has received several 
awards for his impact on the practice of management and sustainability and building more responsible and sustainable businesses. These include the Corporate Knights Rising Scholar Award, the Aspen Institute Pioneer Award, and inclusion in India Abroad's Power List of prominent Indians contributing to Canadian and global society. Dr. Sharma began his academic career as an associate professor and director of the Executive MBA Programs at Saint Mary's University in Halifax where he improved the national ranking of the EMBA program in Canadian Business from a ranking of tenth to third-place. He earned his doctorate in management in 1996 from the University of Calgary and his MBA in 1976 from Panjab University, India, where he received the University Gold Medal. He completed his undergraduate work in 1974 at the University of Delhi.

Brendan Smith
Vice President of Professional Services, Vital Wave

Brendan Smith plays a critical role in the management and strategic growth of Vital Wave. As Vice President of Professional Services he cultivates and strengthens relationships with clients, as well as consistently ensures the high quality of Vital Wave's deliverables, adherence to best practices, and client satisfaction. In his role, Mr. Smith brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise. His broad experience in international economics, finance, and health technology provides Vital Wave clients with deep perspective into the trends shaping international business and development. During his time at Vital Wave, Mr. Smith has led many of the company's highest-profile engagements, including data-driven analyses of digital financial services systems in East Africa and South Asia and several landscape assessments on the potential for mobile health solutions. In addition to overseeing and leading engagements, Mr. Smith manages Vital Wave’s extensive bench of consultants, as well as sub-contractors, orchestrating their work to ensure that appropriate methodologies and frameworks lead to actionable insights and strategic recommendations. Mr. Smith holds a Master's degree in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and an undergraduate degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Dane Smith
Managing Director, FSG

Dane Smith is a Managing Director of FSG, a mission-driven consulting firm founded by Professor Michael Porter and Mark Kramer to find new solutions to social problems. Dane leads the Washington, D.C. office of FSG, and is a co-leader of FSG’s Shared Value practice. He brings twenty years of experience advising private and public sector leaders on business strategy. Dane has worked with CEOs, COOs, and functional heads of Fortune 500 companies in the pharmaceutical, financial services, mining, consumer goods, retail, hospitality, and manufacturing industries. He has particular expertise in helping companies identify new business opportunities that simultaneously address serious social challenges. He has recently consulted with Coca-Cola, BASF, Western Union, Barclays, Prudential, Eli Lilly, Gold Fields, Arauco, and Intel on their Shared Value strategies. Dane has advised cabinet ministers and heads of state in Latin America and Eastern Europe on strengthening their economies and attracting more foreign investment. He has launched National Competitiveness Councils and more than ten industry clusters. He frequently speaks at national and international conferences on Shared Value and his writing on the topic has been featured in publications including The Guardian and Forbes. Dane is co-author with Mark Kramer of “Shared Value,” in Strategy & Competitiveness in Latin American Markets (Edward Elgar). Dane is a lead author of Extracting with Purpose: Creating Shared Value in the Oil & Gas and Mining Industries; Banking on Shared Value, and Shared Value in Chile.

Dane received his B.A. from Harvard, an M.B.A. from Wharton, and an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University (SAIS). He speaks Spanish and Portuguese.

Niek van Dijk
Agribusiness Development, BoP Inc. - The Netherlands

Niek van Dijk works on mobilizing the Dutch agricultural sector to actively participate in agribusiness development in developing markets. At the moment he is mostly active in the 2SCALE and SMASH programs, aimed at agribusiness and horticulture development in Africa.

Niek has a Masters degree in International Relations from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Prior to joining BoP Innovation Center, he has gained extensive experience in working with internationally active Dutch agribusinesses through working for the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. The key motivation for Niek to work at BoPInc is the huge untapped potential for development in African agribusiness development by targeting the local BoP markets ($ 1 trillion!!) and the opportunities this creates for Dutch companies.

Filippo Veglio
Director of the Social Impact Cluster, WBCSD

Filippo Veglio is the Director of the Social Impact cluster at the WBCSD, a CEO-led, global coalition of companies advocating for progress on sustainable development. He is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Engaging senior representatives of member companies across various industry sectors, business organizations, multilateral institutions, NGOs and academia, Filippo manages the WBCSD’s program promoting business solutions to enable inclusive growth. The current work program provides business perspectives, solutions, and collaboration on the following themes: inclusive business; skills & employment; human rights; and rural livelihoods.

Filippo joined the WBCSD in 2005, and has in particular led WBCSD’s pioneering work on inclusive business at the base of the pyramid, catalyzing investments and partnerships on the ground as well as conducting research and advocacy.

Prior to joining the WBCSD, Filippo worked as Program Assistant at the Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), which provides in-country advisory support and practical assistance programs aimed at ensuring effective democratic governance of the security sector. Filippo is a Swiss national and is fluent in six languages. He holds an M.A. in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. He has been a professional tennis player and was a member of the Swiss Davis Cup team.