Past Conferences

Policy, Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship: Advancing Social Change

Meet the Social Entrepreneurs

This session, designed as a platform for overseas social entrepreneurs to showcase their work, provides an opportunity for Global Philanthropy Forum Conference participants to circulate and interact with a number of social entrepreneurs, each of whom will be accompanied by his or her grantor. The grantees describe their programs, their successes, and their challenges.
The grant-makers describe their decision making process, and the means by which they have sought to monitor and measure results.

Participating Social Entrepreneurs

Victor Alfredo Aguila Sanchez
President, Barro Sin Plomo

Rodriguo Baggio
Executive Director,
Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI)

Ann Cotton
Executive Director, Camfed

Ernest Darkoh
Chairman, BroadReach Healthcare

Aleke Dondo
Managing Director, K-Rep Development Agency

Trevor Field
Founder, PlayPumps International

Jeremy Hockenstein
Chief Executive Officer,
Digital Divide DATA Development Market Place

Oksana Horbunova
Global Advisory Council Member, Vital Voices Global Partnership

Indira Jena
Managing Trustee, Nirnaya Women’s Fund

Rajendra Joshi
Managing Trustee, Saath American India Foundation

Ron Layton
President, Light Years IP

Fred Mednick
Founder and President,
Teachers Without Borders

Molly Melching
Founder and Director, Tostan

Paul Meyer
Co-Founder and Chairman, Voxiva

Vis Naidoo
Chief Executive Officer, Mindset Network

Sylvia Reyes
Executive Director,
Fundacion Junto con Los Ninos (Juconi)

A.H.M. Rezwan
Executive Director, Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (SSS)

Jano Rosebiani
Founder and President, Avesta TV and School

Lisbeth Shepherd
Co-Founder, Unis-Cite Timberland

Nina Smith
Executive Director, Rugmark

Rhoi Wangila
Founder and Executive Director,
The Ark Foundation of Africa