Fagan Harris and Baltimore Corps: Providing Opportunity and Access Through Strong Leadership

December 27, 2015 / Holly Camisa

Fagan Harris is the CEO of Baltimore Corps and cofounder/Director of the Aspen Institute's Impact Careers Initiative. Baltimore Corps recruits results-oriented professionals, locally and nationally, to scale the impact of leading social change organizations in Baltimore. The Aspen Institute Impact Careers Initiative’s mission is to identify the institutional barriers holding talented millennials back from impact careers.

Fagan graduated from Stanford University with his B.A. in political science and American studies in 2009. He attended the University of Limerick for an M.A. in human rights and criminal justice. Fagan also attended the University of Oxford and was the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship. His previous work experience includes time with College Track and the White House Council for Community Solutions. Fagan is an Emerson Collective Fellow. As part of the Emerson Collective, Fagan served as the Chair of National Outreach for The Dream is Now, a campaign for common sense immigration reform.

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David Fajgenbaum and CDCN: Investing in Cures and Support for Castleman Disease Patients

November 29, 2015 / Holly Camisa

Dr. David Fajgenbaum is the Executive Director and cofounder of the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network, whose mission is to accelerate research, treatment and patient care through global collaboration, strategic investments in research and support for patients and their loved ones. Castleman disease is a rare disorder involving proliferation of cells in the body’s lymphatic, or immune, system. David and CDCN have taken an innovative approach to overcome many hurdles.

David Fajgenbaum has been battling Castleman disease since 2010. He received a BS in Human Sciences with Distinction from Georgetown University. As an undergraduate, he was awarded USA Today’s 2007 Academic All-American First-team honors. He studied for a Masters in Public Health from the University of Oxford as the 2007 Joseph L. Allbritton Scholar. David earned his MD from the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and his MBA from the Wharton School. At Wharton, he was the Irwin D. Mandel Fellow and recipient of the William Kissick Scholarship, Joseph Wharton Award and Eilers Health Care Management Award. Before CDCN, David cofounded the National Students of AMF Support Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting college students grieving the illness or death of a loved one.

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Liz Maw and Net Impact: Creating Connections for Social Change

October 18, 2015 / Holly Camisa

Liz Maw is the CEO of Net Impact, a leading nonprofit that empowers a new generation to use their careers to drive transformational change in the workplace and the world. At the heart of Net Impact’s community are over 60,000 student and professional leaders from over 300 volunteer-led chapters across the globe working for a sustainable future. Liz received a BA with honors from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia Business School and the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Before joining Net Impact, Liz provided strategic consulting to nonprofits with The Bridgespan Group. She was also involved with fundraising and direct marketing for nonprofit organizations in New York City and Washington, D.C. Liz is a frequent speaker and writer, with blogs appearing in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Huffington Post, GreenBiz and World Economic Forum, which recognized Liz as a Young Global Leader in 2010. In 2011, Liz was named one of the 100 most influential people in business ethics by Ethisphere. Liz is a Board Member of the World Environment Center.

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Sasha Fisher and Spark Microgrants: Helping Communities Create Their Own Success

September 20, 2015 / Holly Camisa

Sasha Fisher, cofounder and executive director of Spark Microgrants, works to create a world in which all can live with dignity and determine their own positive futures. Spark Microgrants catalyzes rural communities facing poverty into action. Spark promotes a ‘community-driven, expert supported’ model for development, where local communities are the primary drivers of social change, but have the support and advice of global development experts. Sasha Fisher moved to East Africa in July 2010 to develop the Spark MicroGrants model. Her passion for community-led development stems from time spent in South Sudan, South Africa, India and Uganda. Sasha received her BA from the University of Vermont in Studio Art and a self-designed major of Human Security.

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Gayatri Datar and EarthEnable: Paving the Way to Household Sanitation in Rwanda

August 09, 2015 / Holly Camisa

Gayatri Datar, Managing Director and cofounder of EarthEnable, works to improve the health and housing of low-income communities by providing affordable and sanitary floors to the 80% of Rwandans who live and sleep on dirt floors. EarthEnable trains masons to install floors made of sanitary materials that are easy to clean. Gayatri has worked with Dalberg Global Development Advisors, Liberia’s Ministry of Finance, the World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She received her BA in economics from Harvard College, an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Master of Public Administration in International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School. In 2014, Gayatri was awarded an Echoing Green fellowship for her work with EarthEnable. She is one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for 2015.

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Chris Ategeka and Rides for Lives: Making Healthcare Accessible

July 26, 2015 / Holly Camisa

Chris Ategeka, founder and CEO of Rides for Lives, brings accessible healthcare to remote and developing areas of Africa. Associate Director of Communications Holly Camisa discusses with Chris his experience providing emergency vehicles, extensive medical services and employment to remote places. Chris, a native of Uganda, has a deep personal connection to the land and people Rides for Lives helps.

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Jen Anderson and Jane Mitchell of The Reset Foundation, Creating an Alternative to America's Prisons

June 14, 2015 / Holly Camisa

Jen Anderson, COO and cofounder of The Reset Foundation, and Jane Mitchell, CEO and cofounder, are providing opportunities to disadvantaged young people. The Reset Foundation is comprised of campuses that serve as an alternative for young adults sentenced to the dehumanizing environment of prison. In fall of 2014, Reset opened their pilot campus in the Bay Area. Their current students, young people ages 18-24, are working toward high school diplomas, professional success and overall positivity and relationship building.

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Andrew Mangino and The Future Project, Activating Students as Agents for Change

February 22, 2015 / Holly Camisa

Andrew Mangino cofounded The Future Project in 2011, and has since been instrumental in augmenting the organization's reach and impact in the spheres of education and community development. The Future Project has expanded into 50 high schools across the country in seven states, engaging 25,000 students to not only realize their passions but also to pursue them and solve problems that affect their families, friends, communities, cities and society as a whole. Appointed Dream Directors immerse themselves in school communities, acting as catalysts for change and re-imagining schools as environments not only for academic learning, but as places where students learn how to live the best lives possible.

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Clara Brenner and Tumml: Accelerating and Scaling Social Impact in Urban Spaces

November 16, 2014 / Holly Camisa

Clara Brenner is the CEO and cofounder of Tumml, a nonprofit urban ventures accelerator located in San Francisco. Tumml offers seed funding, mentorship and resources to some of the most innovative entrepreneurs across the country to increase their models' success to solve some of the most pressing issues faced by urban communities—homelessness, mobility, water and resource management, et al. Clara and her cofounder Julie Lein have provided resources for over 15 urban innovation ventures to make each organization's mission of urban development a reality.

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