2010 Skoll Awards For Social Entrepreneurship

Speakers

• Scott Gilmore

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  Founder of Building Markets, President of Anchor Chain, Building Markets

  Scott Gilmore is a writer, investor, and entrepreneur. He is President of Anchor Chain which sets up, turns around, or transforms complicated projects. Recent examples of that work include launching a global philanthropic campaign and organizing the deployment of Starlink terminals into Ukraine…

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• Michael Jenkins

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  President & CEO, Forest Trends Association

  Michael is the Founding President and CEO of Forest Trends in 2000 . From 1989- 1999 was the Associate Director of the Environment Program of The MacArthur Foundation .In 1999 was a joint appointment as senior forestry advisor to The World Bank. In 1983 he worked for 3 years as an agroforester…

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• Carlos Souza, Jr.

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  Associate Researcher, Imazon

  Carlos Souza Jr. holds a bachelor's degree in geology from Pará State Federal University, Brazil, an M.Sc. in soil science from Penn State University, US, and a Ph.D. in geography from the University of California Santa Barbara, US. He is currently an associate researcher at Imazon, where he focuses on…

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• Silverius Unggul

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  President, Telapak

  I am the first social entrepreneur to serve as Vice Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN). I bring a spirit of inclusivity and collaboration to the organization. Currently, I also serve as a Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia.

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• Paul Hawken

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  CEO, OneSun, Solar

  Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about…

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• Marc Freedman

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  Founder and Co-CEO, CoGenerate

  Marc Freedman is Founder and Co-CEO of CoGenerate (formerly Encore.org), and a faculty member at The Yale School of Management. Freedman is the author of five books, including most recently, How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations. He co-founded Experience…

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• Ambrosuis Ruwindruarto

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  Founder, Telapak

  The rate of unsustainable environmental practices is one of the highest in Indonesia. Telapak came into existence in response to the rise of illegal logging activities and the depletion of marine life. The lack of education and awareness of environmental issues have been draining the country of its…

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• Sally Osberg

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  Vice Chair and Senior Advisor, Skoll Foundation

  As the first President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, Sally Osberg partnered with Jeff Skoll to build it into the leading philanthropy in the field of social entrepreneurship. During her tenure, the Foundation supported more than 100 entrepreneurial organizations driving equilibrium change on many of…

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• Molly Melching

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  Founder, Tostan

  Molly Melching is the Founder and former CEO of the NGO, Tostan. She has lived and worked in Senegal since 1974 and has received international recognition for her groundbreaking educational programs in national African languages. Molly's early experiences in rural Senegal reinforced her…

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• Jimmy and Donnie Demers

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  Musician,

  Jimmy and Donnie Demers performed at the Skoll World Forum 2010.

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• Jeff Skoll

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  Founder & Chairman, Jeff Skoll Group

  Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Skoll Foundation Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Participant Media Founder of Capricorn Investment Group Co-founder and GP of the RISE Fund First fulltime employee and President of eBay

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• Beto Verissimo

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  Senior Researcher, Imazon

  Beto Veríssimo is a co-founder and associate researcher at Imazon, a think and do tank in the Brazilian Amazon. He is also co-founder of Amazon Center for Entrepreneurship. Moreover, he is Co-Director of Amazon 2030 Program, an initiative that seeks to develop an action plan for sustainable…

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• Andrew Youn

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  CEO, One Acre Fund

  Andrew Youn co-founded One Acre Fund in 2006. Most of the world’s people living on $1-a-day are farmers, and One Acre Fund helps make them more productive. One Acre Fund provides finance, farm input delivery, and training to smallholder farmers. One Acre Fund has 9,000 full-time staff who…

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