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“Big challenges require smart, tailored solutions. Shifting environments require interactive conversations. High stakes situations require trusted sources with credible information. And the pace of innovation requires immediate availability. This is what GLG delivers.”– AlexAnder SAint-AmAnd, CeO, GlG

From the CEO

Our mission at GlG is to transform the way the world’s top professionals share expertise, learn, and make decisions. this vital one-to-one learning has for years been available to top professionals across the private sector. We established the GlG Social impact Fellowship to make it available to the best and brightest innovators in the social sector, where the need for learning is particularly acute, and the opportunity for innovation especially rich.

We hope that having GlG at the table will help these leaders scale their impact and change lives. i believe they will find immense value in GlG and our members. We’ve already seen it happen: when social innovators engage expertise and operationalize insight, they can find transformational solutions.

We’re proud of GlG Social impact and excited for its promising future.

– Alexander Saint-Amand, CeO

From the Director of Social Impact

the first two classes of GlG Social impact Fellows represent a diverse range of social sector all-stars. they all present big ideas and tackle big challenges – with energy, curiosity, and savvy. they demonstrate sincere commitments to continuous learning and improvement, personally and professionally. they ask smart questions and do amazing, thoughtful work. We couldn’t be prouder to have them in the GlG learning community.

With a year of work and wisdom under our belt, we’re excited to help this year’s Fellows learn exactly what they need to learn about, when they need to learn about it, from the smartest experts in the world.

i look forward to another year of learning together; we’re excited to collaborate with these great social innovators in pursuit of their important missions.

– Jennifer Field, director of Social impact

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8 About GlG

10 About GlG Social impact

12 the 2014-2015 Social impact Fellowship

14 the 2014-2015 Fellows and their Organizations

16 Catchafire

20 east Bali Cashews

24 nuru international

28 Samasource

32 CreA

36 City Health Works

40 All Star Code

44 the resolution Project

48 Agora Partnership

52 St. Bernard Project

56 Spark+mettle

60 Venture for America

64 Case Studies: A Closer look at Fellows and

their Work with GlG

66 GlG and City Health Works navigate Changing

Policy environments

68 GlG and nuru international Plan for Success in

new Geographies

70 GlG and the resolution Project Access

expertise to Support Global Social Ventures

72 the 2015-2016 Social impact Fellows and

their Organizations

Contents

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IS TRANSFORMING THE WAY THE WORLD’S TOP PROFESSIONALS SHARE EXPERTISE AND LEARN.

GLG is the world’s leading platform for professional learning. Business leaders, investors, consultants, social entrepreneurs, and other top professionals rely on GLG to learn in short- and long-term engagements from more than 425,000 members and other experts. 8

Clients partner with GlG to address their most complex strategic challenges, make better business decisions, and advance their careers through conversations, mentorships, small group convenings, surveys, and other interactions—all within a rigorous compliance framework. Global, technology-driven, and nimble, GlG’s approximately 1,000 employees work in 22 offices in 12 countries.

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SOcIAL IMPAcT IS TRANSFORMING THE WAY SOcIAL SEcTOR LEADERS SHARE EXPERTISE AND LEARN.

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the Social impact Fellowship leverages GlG’s learning platform to help top social sector professionals answer critical strategic and organizational questions, at no cost. innovative nonprofit and social enterprise leaders learn in tailored interactions with experts across GlG’s membership and with each other.

the Fellowship begins with identifying the top challenges facing Fellows’ organizations during a convening at our headquarters in new York.

dedicated GlG research professionals help design engagements around these challenges, as thought partners and resources for Fellows and their management teams. tailored learning engagements include phone consultations with subject matter experts, in-person meetings, roundtable discussions, teleconferences, site visits, and workshops. in addition to curated interactions, Fellows and their teams have access to GlG’s ongoing events throughout the year.

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Washington, D.C.• Agora Partnerships

New Orleans• St. Bernard Project

Mexico City, Mexico• CREA

San Francisco• Samasource

London• Spark+Mettle

New York City• All Star Code• Catchafire• City Health Works• The Resolution Project• Venture for America

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Bali, Indonesia• East Bali Cashews

THE 2014-2015 SOcIAL IMPAcT FELLOWSHIP In 2014, GLG welcomed the inaugural class of Social Impact Fellows.

GLG supported Fellows and their teams as they worked to address issues including extreme poverty in failed states, healthcare in East Harlem, and disaster recovery across the United States.

West Kuria District, Kenya• Nuru International

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THE 2014-2015 FELLOWS AND THEIR ORGANIzATIONS

Rachael ChongFounder & CeOCatchafire

Aaron FishmanFounder & directoreast Bali Cashews

Jake HarrimanFounder & CeOnuru international

Leila JanahFounder & CeOSamasource

Leticia M. Jáuregui Co-Founder & executive directorCreA

Manmeet KaurFounder & executive directorCity Health Works

Christina Lewis HalpernFounder & PresidentAll Star Code

Oliver LibbyChair & Co-Founderthe resolution Project

Ben PowellFounder & CeOAgora Partnerships

Zack RosenburgCo-Founder & CeOSt. Bernard Project

Eugenie TeasleyFounder & Chief executiveSpark+mettle

Andrew YangFounder & CeOVenture for America

The 2014-2015 Social Impact Fellows and their organizations tackle a range of social challenges around the world. The 2014-2015 class engaged GLG’s pool of expertise in critical research questions to advance their organizations.

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cATcHAFIRE Skills-Based Volunteerism catchafire.org

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Rachael ChongFounder & CeO

Catchafire is a community of individuals striving to push the social good sector forward by focusing on efficient and effective ways to give back.

Catchafire believes that all social good organizations should have access to top talent and that all people should have the opportunity to use their talents for good in an environment that incentivizes measurable actions over good intentions.

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Their Work

Catchafire matches professionals with volunteer opportunities based on skills, issue area interest, and time availability.

Catchafire aims to provide a significant return on investment for their partners and save them time, money, and resources by finding talented and passionate individuals who have the potential to become long-term advocates.

“We share GLG’s values and commitment to service and volunteerism. The Fellowship helps us better understand the market for skills-based volunteerism, build a more effective team through training and role differentiation, and better utilize our online platform in order to grow.”

– rACHAel CHOnG

Where They Operate

Catchafire is a new York City-based, for-purpose social mission business and a certified B-Corporation. Catchafire’s reach is global.

GLG and Catchafire

Catchafire came to GlG excited to maximize its online platform for managing a community of volunteers and projects across the nonprofit sector. through the Fellowship, Catchafire learned about best practices in project management and consulting, product differentiation, and online user engagement.

Select Participating Experts

» Former SVP of technology Strategy, Globalview Software

» Former VP of Human resources, Johnson & Johnson

» Former Chief Administrative Officer, State Street

» Head of international, Handy.com

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EAST BALI cASHEWS

East Bali Cashews (EBC) is the first large-scale processing facility in Bali and one of the first village-based social enterprise facilities in Southeast Asia.

EBC’s vision is to create a world where every person has the ability to make meaningful choices to improve his or her life in a lasting way. Its mission is to end extreme poverty in remote, rural areas.

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Aaron FishmanFounder & director

rural Agriculture Businesseastbalicashews.com

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Where They Operate

eBC operates two hours from the tourist-flooded areas of Bali, in a collection of indonesian villages called desa Ban, where the average income is only $2 per day.

Their Work

EBC aims to produce delicious, high-quality cashews for an international market. EBC’s business model considers environmental and social sustainability in all aspects of its business and provides employment and professional development opportunities for women.

EBC has created hundreds of jobs in rural Indonesia, mostly for women, by buying cashews directly from farmers and processing the cashews locally.

GLG and East Bali Cashews

GlG helped eBC plan and prepare to sell its cashews in the U.S. market. through the Fellowship, eBC found insight on FdA labeling and packaging regulations, branding, grocery procurement, and online sales and delivery.


» Former managing director, Patton Boggs

» Former VP, Supply Chain, diamond Foods

» Former Global Grocery Buyer, Whole Foods market, inc.

» Former VP Sales, Vita Food Products

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Nuru International is building the world’s first self-sustaining, self-scaling, integrated development model to end extreme poverty.

Nuru’s goal is to promote global security by ending extreme poverty in remote, rural areas, failed states, and conflict zones. The Nuru team aims to create self-sustaining enterprises and communities within five to seven years.

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Jake HarrimanFounder & CeO

Poverty Alleviationnuruinternational.org

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Where They Operate

nuru has launched programs in Boreda and Woreda, ethiopia. nuru recently exited Kenya, impacting more than 30,000 lives in 18 sub-locations in the West Kuria district.

Their Work

Nuru equips local leaders with tools to lead their communities out of extreme poverty. Nuru integrates impact programs that address the most fundamental challenges of extreme poverty – hunger, financial shock, disease and death, and lack of access to quality education.

Rather than give handouts, Nuru designs training-based poverty solutions that promote self-reliance and service-mindedness to enable local leaders to continue scaling impact long after Nuru International staff has exited the project.


» CeO, Caerus Associates

» director, Farm Africa management Services

» Former CeO, eurotra

» VP of Human resources & Staff development, Partnership for Strong Families

GLG and Nuru International

nuru came to GlG to learn methods for managing an organization that’s quickly growing in new countries. With GlG, nuru learned strategies for maintaining operations in fragile states, tactics for managing the ebola outbreak, and tools for creating a successful global operation.

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Samasource delivers enterprise digital services through a unique Microwork™ model that harnesses the untapped potential of the world’s poor. Samasource connects women and youth living in poverty to dignified work through the Internet. This work enables people living in poverty to earn a living wage in the formal sector, build confidence, gain skills in the new economy, and inject much-needed capital into their communities.

Samasource believes that expanding access to formal work is the only way to incorporate billions of marginalized people into the global economy and alleviate poverty at scale.

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Leila JanahFounder & CeO

economic empowermentsamasource.org

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Their Work

Samasource’s proprietary technology platform, the SamaHub, breaks down complex data projects from large companies into small tasks that can be completed by women and youth with basic English skills and a few weeks of training. This is called the Microwork™ model.

Samasource’s clients include large technology and data companies, such as Google, LinkedIn, and Microsoft.

To date, Samasource has helped more than 6,500 people find work and has impacted more than 27,000 lives.

Where They Operate

Samasource has nine partner delivery centers across five countries: Ghana, Haiti, india, Kenya, and Uganda.

GLG and Samasource

GlG helped Samasource discover new industries to which Samasource’s business model could be applied. through conversations with GlG experts, Samasource also learned about security platforms for business process outsourcing, impact measurement tools, and criteria for selecting vendors.


» managing director, Zenzu

» Former CeO, Stila Cosmetics

» West Africa director, Acumen Fund

» Former managing director & U.S. digital Banking Practice leader, Accenture

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cREA

CREA (Crea Comunidades de Emprendedores Sociales) is a nonprofit that develops and implements customized programs to empower female entrepreneurs and businesswomen in socially and economically marginalized areas in Mexico.

CREA’s mission is to generate income and employment opportunities for female entrepreneurs.

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Leticia M. JáureguiFounder & executive director

Women’s Economic Empowermentcrea.org.mx

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Their Work

CREA uses a participatory and applied methodology to offer business development services for underserved women, helping them overcome barriers and become successful business owners and leaders in their homes and communities.

Where They Operate

CreA’s headquarters is in mexico City. As part of the Women moving mexico program, CreA created Business development Centers in toluca, Aguascalientes, irapuato, and Querétaro.


» director of Hybrid learning initiatives, UClA School of management

» Former manager of Grants and Communications, Credit Suisse Americas Foundation

» director, dialogue marketing Communications

» CeO, Pedestal education

GLG and CREA

CreA came to GlG to learn how to transition their capacity building instruction to a digital platform. As Social impact Fellows, CreA learned from GlG experts about content design, organizational process management, and board governance.

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cITY HEALTH WORKS

City Health Works (CHW) provides support for individuals and families struggling with chronic diseases in the East Harlem community. CHW is building a peer-to-peer network of community members who use evidence-based lifestyle improvement techniques to change lives for the better. CHW sees community health workers as the frontline of defense against a national epidemic of diabetes, depression, hypertension, and other chronic conditions.

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Manmeet KaurFounder & executive director

Healthcarecityhealthworks.com

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Their Work

CHW is changing how society thinks about healthcare by creating healthier neighborhoods and empowering individuals to take better control of their health. CHW focuses on reducing healthcare spending and developing new payment streams while simultaneously creating meaningful local jobs and more effective care teams. CHW is also exploring options for bundling clinical and non-clinical social services.

“Through our work with GLG, we’ve learned from some of the most knowledgeable and innovative thinkers in healthcare. They have helped our staff transition to new roles and have strengthened our business model so that it is durable and adaptable to new communities.”

– mAnmeet KAUr

Where They Operate

CHW is based in east Harlem, new York. CHW collaborates with local institutions and groups to provide services in places that have the trust of community members including: community service providers, food pantries, hospitals, schools, local businesses, and churches.

GLG and City Health Works

CHW and GlG worked together to maximize CHW’s growth opportunities for scaling its organization. through the Fellowship, CHW learned how to manage changes in healthcare policy, organizational management, and pricing for their in-home health coaching.


» Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

» Former CeO, Highmark Health

» Former medical director, Payer new Product development, GlaxoSmithKline

» Former deputy director, Center for medicaid and CHiP Services, Centers for medicare and medicaid Services

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ALL STAR cODE

All Star Code (ASC) is a nonprofit that prepares qualified young men of color for full-time employment in the technology industry by providing mentorship, industry exposure, and intensive training in computer science.

ASC focuses on closing the opportunity gap facing young men of color in the tech industry.

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Christina Lewis HalpernFounder & President

Technology & Youth Empowermentallstarcode.org

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Their Work

ASC builds an ecosystem of access and education through programmatic initiatives that focus on education, mentorships, college guidance, industry exposure, parental education, and internship placement.

Where They Operate

ASC’s flagship program is a six-week intensive summer experience for male high school students of color in new York City.

GLG and All Star Code

GlG experts helped ASC test hypotheses about pathways for geographic expansion and partnership development. ASC also learned strategies for communicating its impact to the public and designed its curriculum and program.


» Former COO, devry education Group, inc.

» Chief Public relations Officer, Seymour Public relations

» executive director, Greenlight Philadelphia

» President & CeO, Philadelphia Youth network

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THE RESOLUTION PROJEcT

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The Resolution Project develops and empowers young leaders so they can pursue socially responsible solutions to issues affecting communities around the world. The Resolution Project’s vision is to create a generation of leaders with a lifelong commitment to social responsibility.

The Resolution Project’s founders believe that university students have the energy, idealism, and will to solve some of the world’s most persistent and challenging problems.

Oliver LibbyChair & Co-Founder

Youth entrepreneurshipresolutionproject.org

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Their Work

The Resolution Project collaborates with existing youth conferences and invites undergraduate students attending these conferences to propose social ventures through their Social Venture Challenge.

The Resolution Project awards Fellowships to young leaders with the most compelling personal leadership characteristics and social venture proposals. The Resolution Project supports Fellows with dynamic, hands-on mentorship, seed funding, and access to world-class global advisory resources from their dedicated team of volunteers and guides.

Where They Operate

the resolution Project is based in new York City. resolution Fellows design and run social ventures that create measurable, positive impact across 17 U.S. states and 45 countries on six continents.

GLG and The Resolution Project

GlG experts worked with resolution Fellows to engineer sustainable waste management systems, create logos and trademarks, enter new markets, and set up ecommerce operations. GlG also helped the resolution Project design and deliver a curriculum for their Fellows around the world, explore new partnerships, and measure strategic performance.


» director of Sales and Sourcing, Global Apparel Sourcing Services

» Co-Founder & CeO, Global Philanthropy Group

» Owner & COO, maGi Foods

» Owner & President, Boquist international marketing

“GLG has become an integral part of our work supporting young entrepreneurs. GLG provides them access to deep industry knowledge and resources that empower them to make business decisions, often for the first time. GLG is a unique and essential value addition to our organization.” – OliVer liBBY

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Agora Partnerships provides critical growth resources to entrepreneurs building businesses that solve social and environmental challenges in Latin America.

Agora considers entrepreneurship and innovation key drivers of human progress. They believe purpose-driven businesses will prove essential to overcoming truly global challenges such as inequality and climate change.

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Ben PowellFounder & CeO

impact entrepreneurshipagorapartnerships.org

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Their Work

Agora’s approach focuses on the individual, the firm, the community, and the system to develop strong leaders, build a culture that supports them, strengthen their businesses, and make it easier for them to access capital.

Where They Operate

Agora’s team operates from offices in managua, mexico City, and Washington, d.C. Agora’s 2015 class of entrepreneurs work in communities across latin America.

GLG and Agora Partnerships

through GlG, Agora’s team experimented with platforms to support expanded programming for their entrepreneurs across latin America. GlG helped Agora find mentors for its accelerator program and learn strategies for scaling its core organization. many of Agora’s entrepreneurs engaged individually with GlG experts to learn about diverse topics including international export regulations, grocery supply chain logistics, and energy markets in mexico.


» VP of Business development, intelligent Power and energy research Corporation

» executive director for Program development, College Park Academy Plus

» Former managing director, executive Office, German marshall Fund of the United States

» Co-Founder & executive director, runa Foundation

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ST. BERNARD PROJEcT

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St. Bernard Project (SBP) is a national long-term disaster recovery organization whose mission is to ensure that communities at risk of, or impacted by, disasters have the resources to prepare and recover in the most prompt, efficient, and predictable way possible. Through its Disaster Resilience and Recovery Lab, SBP works to share lessons learned, prevent common barriers to recovery, and help communities use SBP’s standardized, repeatable, and proven-effective model.

Zack RosenburgCo-Founder & CeO

disaster recoverystbernardproject.org

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Their Work

SBP operates four direct service programs: Rebuilding Program, Opportunity Housing, Good Work Good Pay, and Disaster Resilience & Recovery Lab. Each is designed to restore hardworking, family-oriented communities in New Orleans, Louisiana; Joplin, Missouri; San Marcos, Texas; and the New York/New Jersey region.

With the help of more than 100,000 volunteers and 500 AmeriCorps members, SBP has rebuilt homes for more than 950 families.

Where They Operate

SBP was founded in 2006 in new Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and has since expanded its operations to Joplin, missouri after the tornado there, and Staten island, new York; rockaway, new York; and monmouth County, new Jersey following Hurricane Sandy. recently, SBP began working in San marcos, texas, an area devastated by severe flooding over memorial day Weekend 2015.

GLG and St. Bernard Project

GlG helped SBP design strategies for scaling its organization. GlG connected SBP with experts who helped them learn about corporate employee development programs, donor analytics, and recovery practices among small businesses.


» managing director of Social investment, Global Access to technology for development

» Former President, Walmart Foundation

» Former director of Strategy and Partnerships, Purpose

» marketing director, march of dimes

“GLG is leveraging the greatest asset there is – human talent – to help organizations like ours succeed. With GLG, we’ve explored new revenue streams, devised systems infrastructure, and planned for our growth. Our partnership is hugely valuable.” – ZACK rOSenBUrG

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SPARK+METTLE

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Spark+Mettle is a charity that uses coaching, technology, and collaborative events to build character strengths, soft skills, and networks for young people.

Spark+Mettle runs online and in-person programs and workshops and builds tools that enable individuals to fulfill their potential and to support others to do the same.

Spark+Mettle considers itself an “aspirations agency” that brings people, ideas, and organizations together to help each other realize their goals.

Eugenie TeasleyFounder & Chief executive

Youth empowermentsparkandmettle.org.uk

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GLG and Spark+Mettle

Spark+mettle came to GlG to create a plan for expanding the reach of its character curriculum, to better manage and leverage a decentralized workforce of contractors, and to develop standardizing training offerings. Spark+mettle also wanted to better understand how non-executive trustees can play a role in supporting and challenging operational aspects of social sector organizations.


» General manager, Alloy digital

» Former director of talent management, Georgia Gulf Corporation

» President, Strategymark

» Former interim CeO and Special Advisor for Commercial, Organizational, and Strategic issues, the mayor’s Fund for london

Where They Operate

Spark+mettle works across the United Kingdom.

Their Work

Spark+Mettle builds character strengths, soft skills, and networks by co-creating programs with the young people they serve, using technology for meaningful purposes, and encouraging as much intergenerational interaction as possible.

Over the last three years, Spark+Mettle has grown to support more than 600 young people through their Star Track, Discoverables, Events and Workshops, and their online toolkit.

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Venture for America (VFA) recruits the best and brightest college graduates to work for two years at emerging startups and early-stage companies in emerging U.S. cities. Modeled after Teach for America, Venture for America provides an entrepreneurship path to college graduates who want to learn how to build companies and create jobs.

VFA’s goal is to fuel job growth in cities that need it while empowering the best and brightest to help startups grow and create value in their communities. VFA aims to produce effective and high-character leaders who view community impact and value creation as fundamental to personal success throughout their careers.

Andrew YangFounder & CeO

entrepreneurship & Job Creationventureforamerica.org

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Their Work

VFA Fellows spend two years in the trenches of a startup in an emerging city, where they learn how to build a business while making an impact. VFA trains Fellows to become highly productive startup employees who can help their companies grow, then provides the mentorship, network, and resources they need to become successful entrepreneurs.

GLG and Venture for America

GlG provided VFA’s entrepreneurs with support for their individual startups. VFA Fellows were interested in a range of topics including food and beverage sales, customer retention strategies, and lighting systems. VFA’s team learned about strategies for attracting and retaining talent, inputs for an entrepreneurship curriculum, and legal seed funding structures.


» Former VP of engineering, AOl Advertising

» Former director of Software development, rosetta Stone

» Chief marketing Officer, triblio

» Former Global VP of Product, the north Face

Where They Operate

VFA launched in detroit and now works in more than a dozen cities across the U.S.

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A cLOSER LOOK AT FELLOWS AND THEIR WORK WITH GLG

CASE STUDIES

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GLG AND cITY HEALTH WORKS NAVIGATE cHANGING POLIcY ENVIRONMENTS In January 2014, a new federal Medicaid rule impacted organizations providing preventive health interventions through community health workers. For the first time, organizations like CHW can bill Medicaid for community

health worker-delivered services provided the community health programs are recommended by a licensed primary care practitioner. CHW came to GLG for help maximizing these opportunities.

CASE STUDY

GlG connected CHW with several experts to determine how this policy shift might affect CHW’s work and how the new programs would be adopted by new York’s medicaid office. CHW spoke with the vice president of a nonprofit health insurance company

in new York, the director of medical economics for one of medicaid’s largest managed care organizations, and the director of Strategic Analytics at a new York hospital. through these conversations and many others, CHW learned how to engage the new York State medicaid office on this groundbreaking federal policy change.

in September 2015, GlG convened a group of doctors, hospital leaders, insurers, federal regulators, think tanks, foundations, and several of CHW’s existing partners to discuss CHW’s future business model, contracting strategies, and pricing models for its service. By bringing these stakeholders into the strategic planning process, CHW validated its approach and set direction for the future.

“I learned a great deal from this impressive group of big thinkers and major on-the-ground players in healthcare. This is the kind of wisdom GLG is uniquely able to tap into and demonstrates the value of GLG to the social sector. I am so grateful for the support and counsel we’ve found through GLG Social Impact.”

– mAnmeet KAUr

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GLG AND NURU INTERNATIONAL PLAN FOR SUccESS IN NEW GEOGRAPHIES

CASE STUDY

In June 2015, Nuru completed its operations in Kenya and its expat staff exited the country, leaving local leaders to operate, manage, and preserve the impact of Nuru’s efforts independent of Nuru International staff.

nuru shifted its focus to ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation, which like Kenya has rampant food insecurity and hunger, comparable climates and rainy seasons, and similar agricultural infrastructure. nuru came to GlG for help creating successful partnerships with local agricultural cooperatives to commercialize produce.

GlG recruited a former USAid professional who worked extensively in ethiopian agricultural cooperatives. the expert connected nuru’s team to professionals on the ground and helped demystify complex taxation issues related to nuru’s project.

GlG also helped nuru adapt successful models in Kenya for future expansion into highly fragile states. GlG experts provided insight into strategies for encouraging stability, establishing infrastructure, and creating security mechanisms within vulnerable communities. this insight will be essential to nuru’s success in either democratic republic of Congo, Central African republic, or niger, pending the completion of ongoing site visits and assessments through 2016.

In June 2015, Nuru completed its operations in Kenya and its expat staff exited the country, leaving local leaders to operate, manage, and preserve the impact of Nuru’s efforts independent of Nuru International staff.

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GLG AND THE RESOLUTION PROJEcT AccESS EXPERTISE TO SUPPORT GLOBAL SOcIAL VENTURES

CASE STUDY Resolution Fellows work on all six inhabited continents in diverse, high-impact fields such as food and water security, sustainable development, education, energy and the environment, health and wellness, equality and empowerment, and humanitarian aid. The Resolution Project is responsible for providing support and subject-matter expertise to each of its Fellows across geographies and issue areas. GlG connected resolution Fellows to experts around the world to gain insight into topics like ecommerce, grocery retail strategy, legal incorporation, and textile production.

GlG worked closely with resolution Fellow Annie ryu whose social venture, Global Village Fruit, brings jackfruit (an abundant tree-borne fruit and a nutritious meat substitute) products from india to the global marketplace. through the resolution Project’s partnership with GlG, ryu accessed expertise in

packaging, product design, and launch strategy from several former grocery and marketing executives.

ryu strengthened her capacity to position, sell, and distribute her products in the U.S.; Global Village Fruit is on track to hit the shelves of Whole Foods in 2016. ryu also added roger davidson, a professional with more than 25 years of experience in the grocery industry, to her board of directors.

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THE 2015-2016 SOcIAL IMPAcT FELLOWS AND THEIR ORGANIzATIONS

THE NEW CLASS Mark Arnoldy CeO

Possible Health is a nonprofit healthcare company that delivers high-quality, low-cost healthcare to nepal’s poor.

possiblehealth.org

David Auerbach Co-Founder

Sanergy builds healthy, prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation affordable and accessible throughout Africa’s urban informal settlements.

saner.gy

Donnel Baird Founder & CeO

BlocPower employs solar and energy efficiency technology to help churches, nonprofits, and small businesses in the U.S. decrease their energy costs.

blocpower.org

Kanya Balakrishna Co-Founder & President

The Future Project is an American movement to empower the next generation to build the future, one dream at a time.

thefutureproject.org

Jason Ballard CeO, President, & Co-Founder

TreeHouse is an Austin-based home design and performance center focused on sustainability, health, and quality.

treehouse.co

Dan Barasch Co-Founder & executive director

The Lowline is a plan to use innovative solar technology to illuminate an historic trolley terminal on the lower east Side of new York City.

thelowline.org

Melissa Beard Founder & Chief instigating Officer

Sustainable Health Enterprises is a social venture that manufactures affordable menstrual pads out of banana fiber so that rwandan girls and women can more confidently stay in school and work.

sheinnovates.com

Mohammed Dalwai Co-Founder & director

The Open Medicine Project develops web-based products that enhance the quality of care in South Africa.

openmedicineproject.org

Sangu Delle Founder, Chairman, & CeO

Golden Palm Investments is an investment holding and advisory company focused on high growth and impact industry sectors in Africa.

gpalminvestments.com

Erine Gray Founder & CeO

Aunt Bertha is a public benefit corporation whose mission is to make human services information accessible to people and programs across the U.S.

auntbertha.com

Sherry Riva Founder & executive director

Compass Working Capital is an innovative nonprofit that provides financial services to low-income families in the U.S.

compassworkingcapital.org

Rebecca van Bergen executive director

Nest is a global nonprofit that helps artisans transform their communities through the alleviation of poverty, empowerment of women, and promotion of cultural preservation.

buildanest.org

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