The problems we seek to solve—from failed school systems to infectious disease—are too big and tangled for any single organization to address, no matter how innovative or well-funded. We need “systems entrepreneurs” who see large-scale problems require close collaborations across sectors–including governments, nonprofits, and businesses. This workshop will introduce the concept of systems entrepreneurship as an approach to drive large-scale change. We’ll hear live case studies of systems entrepreneurs at work, and you’ll discuss with peers successful methods to repair unjust systems.
Board Member, Skoll Foundation and President Emeritus, Last Mile Health
One of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, Raj Panjabi is a renowned physician, entrepreneur, and former White House official.
Dr. Panjabi served as White House Senior Director, leading the pandemic and biological threats office for President Biden at the National Security Council. He played a pivotal role in the largest global vaccination campaign in history against COVID-19 and numerous infectious disease outbreak responses. He oversaw White House efforts to prevent the next pandemic, including playing a lead role in implementing the National Biodefense Strategy, American Pandemic Preparedness Plan, President’s Executive Order on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing, and the U.S. Global Health Security Act. Panjabi also led the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative.
Panjabi is Entrepreneur In Residence at Emerson Collective, co-founder at Last Mile Health, and on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital.
Co-Host Systems Catalyst Podcast; Ex-Chair current board New Profit; Co-author Generosity Network; Founding Partner Community Health Acceleration Project; Chair UVA Contemplative Sciences Center; Board Giving Tuesday; Board Leadership Now (Democracy); Co-Founder BridgeBuilders Wellbeing Fund; Co-Founder Subtle and Healing Energy Collaborative; Bd Aurelia Institute for Space Devel; Co-Founder Psychedelic Health Equity Initiative; Co-Founder ex-Managing Partner JPMorgan Partners Private Equity Fund; Retired Vice-Chairman JPMorgan Chase; MBA Harvard Business School; BS U of Virginia; CMA and CPA. Previously - Co-Founder Chair NPower; Harvard B School Bd of Visitors/Deans Board/Social Enterprise; Board Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership; Chair Thomas Jefferson/Monticello Foundation; Chair Millennium Promise; Bd of Visitors Univ of Virginia; Bd Berklee College of Music and numerous other public, private and non-profit boards. Received John Whitehead Award for Philanthropy
