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StartingBloc Fellows' Summit 2011Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 10:00 AM - Monday, October 10, 2011 at 1:00 PM (ET)Washington, DC |
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Connect with Fellows from across Institute classes.
Find the inspiration to take the next step in your career.
Get the resources to act upon your plan.
Keynote Speakers
Robert Egger, Founder + President, DC Central Kitchen
The DC Central Kitchen is the country’s first “community kitchen”, where food donated by hospitality businesses and farms is used to fuel a nationally recognized culinary arts job training program, where unemployed men and women learn marketable skills while donations are converted into balanced meals. Since opening in 1989, the Kitchen has produced over 23 million meals and helped 800 men and women gain full time employment. Robert was included in the Non Profit Times list of the “50 Most Powerful and Influential” nonprofit leaders and he speaks throughout the country and internationally on the subjects of sustainability, nonprofit political engagement and social enterprise.Roderick Morris, Senior Vice President, Opower
Roderick leads the teams that create energy savings results for Opower’s client base through targeted marketing campaigns and general management of client operations. Previously, Roderick was VP, Marketing at Vovici, a leading Software as a Service provider of customer-feedback management solutions, where he led marketing, product management, public relations, and analyst relations, quintupling organic search traffic and doubling new business pipeline. Previously, he worked for Bain & Company, Microsoft, Simmons & Company, and Corporate Executive Board. Roderick earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.Mark Newberg, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Small Business Administration
Mark Newberg is a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Small Business Administration, where his
where his primary areas of
focus include impact investing, innovation, high-growth entrepreneurship, and
disaster recovery. Mark previously served as an Advisor to the New Orleans City Council following Hurricane Katrina, where he was tasked with "big-picture policy," green/clean development, intergovernmental relations, and multi-sector partnerships. Mark holds a BA in Political Science from Tulane University and a JD from Tulane Law School and was a Visiting Student at Harvard Law School.Session speakers include Dr. Mrim Boutla & Raina Kumra.
For session information, please view the complete agenda.
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Graduate Partners for the 2011 All Fellows' Summit
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania — the birthplace of business education, founded in 1881 — is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. The most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world, Wharton bridges research and practice through its broad engagement with the global business community.
Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, founded in 1919, provides a world-class business education that combines functional specialization with a broad business perspective to create principle-based leaders.
American University is a leader in global education, enrolling a diverse student body from throughout the U.S. and nearly 150 countries and providing opportunities for academic excellence, public service, and internships in the nation’s capital and around the world.
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Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 10:00 AM - Monday, October 10, 2011 at 1:00 PM (ET)
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For over seven years, StartingBloc has brought together promising students and young professionals who are interested in leveraging successful business strategies to address economic, environmental, and social issues around the world. The StartingBloc Fellowship is a leadership development program that begins with the transformative five-day Institute for Social Innovation. The Institute is a boot-camp designed to include all the basic skills required for becoming an agent of social change. Following the Institute, Fellows join the global StartingBloc community of 1500 social innovators, who represent 221 colleges and over 54 countries.
Learn more at www.startingbloc.org.