

John Whitehead, MBA '47, is a leader whose career spans the private, public, and nonprofit sectors from Goldman Sachs to the U.S. State Department to the International Rescue Committee and beyond... this is Social Enterprise.

Cindy Ko, MBA '05, joined Endeavor as an HBS Leadership Fellow and now serves as vice president of International Expansion, supporting high-impact entrepreneurs in emerging markets and leading strategic efforts to open new offices around the globe... this is Social Enterprise.

Katie Cunningham, MBA '03, worked at American Express before coming to HBS. In her search for a more mission–driven career path, she worked as an HBS Leadership Fellow at Teach For America. She has been with the organization ever since and currently serves as a managing director of recruitment…this is Social Enterprise.

Bertina Ceccarelli, MBA '93, a former executive in the media industry, joined United Way of New York City as senior vice president of Marketing and Resource Development. Now she creates cross-sector partnerships to support programs delivering systemic, community-wide change ... this is Social Enterprise.

Professor Dutch Leonard's research and teaching focuses on leadership and strategy for social impact — ranging from generating successful social entrepreneurship to producing high–performing nonprofits to reinventing corporate citizenship in for–profits…this is Social Enterprise.

Professor Kash Rangan has focused his research on the role of business in helping to improve the lives of the nearly 3 billion people who live on less than $2 a day…this is Social Enterprise.

John Read, MBA '71, president and CEO of Outward Bound USA, has hired MBA summer interns to help manage the structural integration and expansion of the world's largest adventure-based educational organization ...this is Social Enterprise.

Jeff Shaddix, HBS '08, co-led a team of MBAs on a Service Immersion to post-Katrina New Orleans that provided consulting services to the administration at Dillard University to support the development of a strategic plan for the School's business program ... this is Social Enterprise.

Social Enterprise Faculty Seminar: "The Potential for Advanced Leadership: Can the Boomer Generation Help Save the World?", (12/11/08)
Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, "Prophet for a new age," The Guardian (11/12/08)
Professor Alnoor Ebrahim, "Global Citizenship in Action? Civil Society and Accountable Governance" panel discussion, United Nations University (11/5/08)
Professor Stacey Childress, HBS Profs To Discuss Nonprofits, Harvard Crimson (10/20/08)
Professors V. Kasturi Rangan and Allen S. Grossman, At HBS, Doing Good—Not Just Well, Harvard Crimson (10/5/08)
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Recent Publications
"The Future of Social Enterprise, Harvard Business School Working Paper," V. Kasturi Rangan, Herman B. Leonard, and Susan McDonald.
"The Networked Nonprofit," Stanford Social Innovation Review, Professor Jane Wei–Skillern.
Features a first look at cutting-edge thinking from over 200 HBS Faculty
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits, October 27, 2008
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise, September 15, 2008
HBS Cases: The Value of Environmental Activists, September 8, 2008
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