Pro­fes­sor Den­nis Shaugh­nessy is an Exec­u­tive Pro­fes­sor with the Col­lege of Busi­ness Administration’s Entre­pre­neur­ship & Inno­va­tion group. Pro­fes­sor Shaugh­nessy also launched the inter­na­tional field study pro­grams and is the founder & Aca­d­e­mic Direc­tor of the Social Enter­prise Insti­tute. Pro­fes­sor Shaughnessy’s teach­ing inter­ests include busi­ness plan­ning, small busi­ness man­age­ment, inno­va­tion and entre­pre­neur­ship, intel­lec­tual prop­erty, law and ethics, and social enter­prise. He also teaches exec­u­tive edu­ca­tion in enter­prise growth and acqui­si­tions, and man­age­ment of life sciences/biotechnology enter­prises. Prior to enter­ing the field of acad­e­mia, Pro­fes­sor Shaugh­nessy served on the Col­lege of Busi­ness Administration’s Board of Vis­i­tors while work­ing as a Senior Exec­u­tive at Charles Rivers Laboratories.

In addi­tion to being a cor­po­rate lawyer with exper­tise in intel­lec­tual prop­erty and M&A, he has exten­sive expe­ri­ence in cor­po­rate inno­va­tion, entre­pre­neur­ship and strat­egy. His work as a fac­ulty mem­ber at NU includes recent ini­tia­tives in social entre­pre­neur­ship in devel­op­ing coun­tries. He was elected by grad­u­ate and under­grad­u­ate busi­ness stu­dents as “GE“s Pro­fes­sor of the Year from 2005–2006. He is also is the founder and man­ag­ing direc­tor of The Calper­nia Fund, an orga­ni­za­tion that sup­ports social enter­prise devel­op­ment. He holds an MBA from Northeastern’s High Tech MBA Pro­gram, a JD (Doc­tor of Law) from the Uni­ver­sity of Mary­land, a Mas­ters in Social Work Man­age­ment from the Uni­ver­sity of Michi­gan, an Exec­u­tive Edu­ca­tion cer­tifi­cate in Strat­egy and Man­age­ment from Cor­nell Uni­ver­sity and a BA from the Penn­syl­va­nia State University.

Esther Chou cur­rently works at the Social Enter­prise Insti­tute as the Assis­tant Direc­tor of Pro­grams. She grad­u­ated from North­east­ern Uni­ver­sity with a Bach­e­lors of Arts in Inter­na­tional Affairs & Eco­nom­ics and is pur­su­ing a Mas­ters of Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion.  As an under­grad­u­ate, Esther interned for the United Nations High Com­mis­sioner for Refugees in Meheba Refugee Camp in rural Zam­bia by help­ing to reset­tle refugees from Rwanda, Angola, the Demo­c­ra­tic Repub­lic of Congo and Sudan. She also worked for a refugee relief orga­ni­za­tion as the Project Man­ager for their micro-finance ser­vices, help­ing to cre­ate income oppor­tu­ni­ties for rural farm­ers and small busi­ness entre­pre­neurs. She has spent three years work­ing in the inter­na­tional devel­op­ment field in cen­tral and south­ern Africa.

Claire is a fourth year Inter­na­tional Affairs stu­dent with a minor in Busi­ness and Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. She trav­eled to the Domini­can Repub­lic and South Africa this past sum­mer to par­tic­i­pate in both of the Institute’s Field Study Pro­grams. Claire has a his­tory of vol­un­teer­ing domes­ti­cally for orga­ni­za­tions such as Peace Games and PADS as well as inter­na­tion­ally in Zam­bia, El Sal­vador and most recently Ghana spend­ing sig­nif­i­cant amounts of time in these coun­tries for the past five years. Her pre­vi­ous NEU co-op was located in Accra, Ghana where she was work­ing on a group home project that she founded in 2008 to help ease the tran­si­tion of young adults liv­ing in orphan­ages to the real world. Claire’s other inter­ests include her home­town of Chicago, read­ing, pho­tog­ra­phy, hik­ing, rock climb­ing, and any­thing else in the out­doors. She is cur­rently in Boston con­tin­u­ing to remotely oper­ate her group home in Ghana and learn about Social Entrepreneurship.

Caitlin is a fourth year Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Stud­ies stu­dent con­cen­trat­ing in Pub­lic Advo­cacy and Rhetoric. She is pur­su­ing minors in Global Social Entre­pre­neur­ship and Inter­na­tional Affairs as well. Through her past co-op at Root Cause, par­tic­i­pa­tion in the South Africa Field Study, and var­i­ous com­mu­nity ser­vice activ­i­ties, she has become increas­ingly inter­ested in social enter­prise and the pos­i­tive effects that it can have. She also recently spent six months in India work­ing for the Desh­pande Foun­da­tion to train young pro­fes­sion­als in social entre­pre­neur­ship and busi­ness skills. Orig­i­nally from Col­orado, Caitlin enjoys hik­ing, snow­board­ing, and any­thing out­doors. She also greatly enjoys explor­ing other cul­tures and has cur­rently trav­eled to five continents.

Melissa is a sec­ond year stu­dent major­ing in Social Entre­pre­neur­ship and Mar­ket­ing major pur­su­ing a minor in Urban Stud­ies.  She first became involved with the Social Enter­prise Insti­tute dur­ing her first year by vol­un­teer­ing with the Cit­i­zen Schools pro­gram and is now the Urban Engage­ment Coor­di­na­tor, orga­niz­ing monthly ser­vice learn­ing events.  She par­tic­i­pated in the 2011 South Africa Field Study Pro­gram in Cape Town and is also on the E-Board of Net Impact. She hopes to con­tinue learn­ing as much as she can about Social Entre­pre­neur­ship and is cur­rently pur­su­ing co-op oppor­tu­ni­ties for Spring 2012. Melissa is cur­rently on co-op at Oxfam USA.

Sarah is a fourth year Inter­na­tional Affairs major with a con­cen­tra­tion in Social Entre­pre­neur­ship and Man­darin. She is an alum­nus of  the Institute’s Latin Amer­i­can Field Study Pro­gram in Belize and the Domini­can Repub­lic, as well as the South Africa Field Study Pro­gram of 2011. Sarah has focused her stud­ies pri­mar­ily on the devel­op­ment of social enter­prise and wishes to pur­sue fur­ther stud­ies in small busi­ness man­age­ment and entre­pre­neur­ship. After return­ing from a five month co-op at the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, Sarah has hopes of repli­cat­ing the vil­lage bank­ing model in regions that still lack access to finan­cial ser­vices for the poor. Sarah is cur­rently on co-op in China work­ing for a start up com­pany. She will be study­ing abroad this sum­mer in the Balkans and is look­ing for­ward to learn­ing about con­flict res­o­lu­tion and EU acces­sion politics. 

Kelly is a third year Hon­ors stu­dent pur­su­ing a major in Inter­na­tional Affairs and a minor in Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. Since work­ing for SEI her fresh­man year, Kelly has a vested inter­est in micro-finance and global eco­nomic devel­op­ment and hopes to con­tinue her stud­ies after grad­u­a­tion. In Bali, Indone­sia, Kelly par­tic­i­pated in a Dia­logue of Civ­i­liza­tions pro­gram where she researched how to increase per­sonal finance man­age­ment skills among young orphaned adults prepar­ing to enter the job mar­ket. Out­side of SEI, Kelly has vol­un­teered for local non-profits includ­ing Cit­i­zen Schools, the Boston Youth Net­work, and Hori­zons for Home­less Chil­dren. For her first co-op, she worked for the Grameen Bank research­ing micro-finance in Bangladesh.

Cas­san­dra is a senior Busi­ness major with a con­cen­tra­tion in MIS and a minor in psy­chol­ogy. She par­tic­i­pated in the South Africa Field Study Pro­gram this past sum­mer where she dis­cov­ered the impact of social enter­prises. She wants to con­tinue learn­ing about the industry’s advance­ments and plans to do so with the help of SEI. Cas­san­dra has been involved in other on-campus orga­ni­za­tions such as RSA and NRHH, the CBA fresh­men men­tor pro­gram, and the Women’s Club Ulti­mate Fris­bee team. She is also inter­ested in top­ics involv­ing envi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­ity and philosophy.

Jes­sica is a stu­dent in the Col­lege of Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion class of 2013 with con­cen­tra­tions in Social Entre­pre­neur­ship and Mar­ket­ing. She has com­pleted two co-ops in Boston and plans to do a third this year. She trav­eled on the South Africa Field Study Pro­gram in 2011 and is cur­rently a Teach­ing Assis­tant for ENTR 2206: Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. Jess is the Vice Pres­i­dent of Oper­a­tions for NU under­grad branch of NetIm­pact. She is also involved in project LEAP with the Office of Alumni Rela­tions. Jess is cur­rently study­ing abroad in Rome.

Michael Behan is a fourth year busi­ness stu­dent at North­east­ern Uni­ver­sity con­cen­trat­ing in social entre­pre­neur­ship and finance.   He is a Pub­lic Rela­tions Asso­ciate at the Social Enter­prise Insti­tute and founder of a start-up social busi­ness, Njabini Apparel.  Michael recently par­tic­i­pated in the South Africa Field Study this past sum­mer after com­plet­ing an inter­na­tional co-op work­ing for Fly­ing Kites Global in Kenya. 

Olivia is a sec­ond year stu­dent at North­east­ern pur­su­ing a Bach­e­lor of Arts in Inter­na­tional Affairs with minors in Social Entre­pre­neur­ship and Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion. Her involve­ment with the Social Enter­prise Insti­tute, as well as her inter­est in micro­fi­nance stems from the institute’s Field Study Pro­gram to the Domini­can Repub­lic in 2011. She is cur­rently serv­ing as the pres­i­dent of Northeastern’s Net Impact chap­ter and will par­tic­i­pate in the Field Study Pro­gram to South Africa this sum­mer. Olivia is on her first co-op at City Year in Boston as the Alumni Engage­ment Coor­di­na­tor. There, she hopes to learn more about urban edu­ca­tion and non-profit management. 

Rob is a fourth year Inter­na­tional Affairs and Eco­nom­ics stu­dent with a minor in Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. In 2007, Rob trav­eled to Swazi­land with the U.S Funds for UNICEF and Key Club Inter­na­tional to visit sev­eral UNICEF project sites in order to return to the states, raise funds, cre­ate mar­ket­ing mate­r­ial and advo­cate on behalf of the pro­grams at var­i­ous com­mu­nity ser­vice con­ven­tions. This expe­ri­ence, in addi­tion to Pro­fes­sor Shaughnessy’s Social Entre­pre­neur­ship class, his recent co-op at a cross-cultural con­sult­ing firm, and the South Africa Field Study Pro­gram, have inspired his involve­ment at the Social Enter­prise Insti­tute. Rob is inter­ested in issues related to HIV/AIDS alle­vi­a­tion and poverty elim­i­na­tion through social invest­ing. Rob is cur­rently on co-op at Tech­noServe in Guatemala.

Mon­ica Kacprzyk is pur­su­ing a Bach­e­lor of Arts in Inter­na­tional Affairs with a con­cen­tra­tion in Envi­ron­men­tal Studies. In the sum­mer of 2011, Mon­ica par­tic­i­pated in the South Africa Field Study Pro­gram. She is inter­ested in inter­na­tional devel­op­ment and sus­tain­able solu­tions in devel­op­ing coun­tries. She recently returned from a six month co-op at Oxfam America. In addi­tion to her work at the Insti­tute, she devotes the major­ity of her free time to vol­un­teer­ing. She is cur­rently vice pres­i­dent of Habi­tat for Human­ity at North­east­ern and she vol­un­teers for Cit­i­zen Schools at Orchard Gar­dens K-12. She is also actively involved in the Husky Energy Action Team (HEAT) on cam­pus. After grad­u­a­tion, she hopes to con­tinue her stud­ies on inter­na­tional devel­op­ment and to work in the field in Fran­coph­one African coun­tries. Mon­ica is cur­rently in Belfast, North­ern Ire­land work­ing as a vol­un­teer coor­di­na­tor for a peace and con­flict res­o­lu­tion orgnaza­tion called Corrymeela.

Audrey is a third year busi­ness stu­dent con­cen­tra­ting in Finance and Social Entrepreneurship. She is also pur­su­ing minors in Span­ish and Inter­na­tional Affairs. As a mem­ber of the North­east­ern Uni­ver­sity Hon­ors Pro­gram, Audrey is com­mit­ted to aca­d­e­mic excel­lence and social change. In her spare time, Audrey vol­un­teers with dis­ad­van­taged chil­dren and teens, specif­i­cally those liv­ing in low-income neigh­bor­hoods of Boston. She hopes that her work with first gen­er­a­tion stu­dents, through the STEM Cen­ter for Edu­ca­tion and Cit­i­zen Schools, will one day help to close the achieve­ment gap in the Boston Pub­lic Schools. In addi­tion to work­ing part time at Root Cap­i­tal, Audrey serves as Pres­i­dent of Grameen U, Grameen America’s nation­wide col­le­giate ini­tia­tive. Audrey hopes to work in the social enter­prise sec­tor in her future, specif­i­cally in social finance, agri­cul­tural devel­op­ment and alter­na­tive trade.

Sarah is a sec­ond year Hon­ors stu­dent pur­su­ing a major in Envi­ron­men­tal Stud­ies and an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary minor in Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. As the Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Asso­ciate, Sarah is respon­si­ble for writ­ing sto­ries about the amaz­ing work of stu­dents in the SE pro­gram at NU, man­ag­ing all social media out­lets includ­ing Twit­ter, Face­book, LinkedIn and YouTube. In addi­tion to her work with the Insti­tute, she ful­fills her love of music through involve­ment with orga­ni­za­tions on cam­pus such as Rock Ensem­ble, Jazz Ensem­ble and NuStage. Sarah recently returned from the Institute’s 2011 Field Study Pro­gram in South Africa. Sarah is cur­rently on co-op at EF Education.

Tim is a fifth year Busi­ness stu­dent pur­su­ing a con­cen­tra­tions in Finance & Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. After com­plet­ing the Social Entre­pre­neur­ship class with Pro­fes­sor Shaugh­nessy in Fall 2008, he trav­eled to South Africa with SEI the fol­low­ing sum­mer. He has stayed involved with SEI ever since. Dur­ing his first co-op with Root Cause, Tim worked in the Social Impact Research depart­ment aggre­gat­ing and ana­lyz­ing impact infor­ma­tion of spe­cific social sec­tor non­profit orga­ni­za­tions. On his sec­ond co-op, Tim recently returned from the Domini­can Repub­lic where he interned for Esper­anza Inter­na­tional, assist­ing with the eval­u­a­tion of Esperanza’s train­ing pro­grams for their bor­row­ers. Tim is an active mem­ber of NetIm­pact and co-founder of the North­east­ern FACE AIDS chap­ter. In the sum­mer of 2011, Tim par­tic­i­pated in the Ride Against AIDS with FACE AIDS, which is a cross coun­try bike ride span­ning over 4,000 miles to raise money and aware­ness for the pro­grams of Part­ners in Health and FACE AIDS in Rwanda. Tim recently returned from a trip to Rwanda with the FACE AIDS Stu­dent Lead­er­ship Trip where he had the oppor­tu­nity to see those pro­grams first­hand. Tim is deeply inter­ested in issues related to inter­na­tional devel­op­ment, pub­lic health equity and HIV/AIDS.

Jared is a third year Eco­nom­ics and Inter­na­tional Affairs stu­dent who is also minor­ing in Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. He has trav­eled to South Africa with SEI and to Bali with Global Corps Practicum. Prior to work­ing with SEI, Jared com­pleted his first co-op in the Social Impact Research depart­ment of Root Cause where he assisted with the mea­sur­ing the per­for­mance of non­prof­its work­ing on a vari­ety of social issues in Boston and New York. By com­bin­ing what he learned at North­east­ern, at Cit­i­zen Schools, at Root Cause, and in his future endeav­ors, Jared plans on work­ing in inner-city devel­op­ment in Amer­ica post-graduation. Jared is cur­rently on co-op at McKinsey.

Rosie is a senior study­ing Finance and Social Entre­pre­neur­ship in the Col­lege of Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion. Since trav­el­ing to South Africa with the SEI in 2009, she has taken in a strong inter­est in social entre­pre­neur­ship, par­tic­u­larly in agri­cul­tural finance. Rosie has com­pleted sev­eral co-ops focused on financ­ing social busi­nesses, and has par­tic­i­pated in the SEI’s trips to the Domini­can Repub­lic and other student-run ini­tia­tives. Her first co-op was at Investors Cir­cle, a net­work of social and envi­ron­men­tal investors based out of San Fran­cisco. She later worked for Root Cap­i­tal, a social invest­ment fund that pro­vides loans to small and medium busi­nesses in rural areas of devel­op­ing coun­tries. Rosie has also worked with the SEI as a Teach­ing Assis­tant on the South Africa Field Study Pro­gram this past sum­mer, and recently returned from an intern­ship in rural Kenya with the One Acre Fund, which pro­vides farm­ing inputs to small­holder farm­ers, help­ing to dou­ble farm income and pro­vide sus­tain­able solu­tions to chronic hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rosie is excited to con­tinue her work with the SEI, and appre­ci­ates the oppor­tu­nity to engage with such an amaz­ing and ambi­tious group of stu­dents and staff.

Gwen is a fifth year Inter­na­tional Affairs and Envi­ron­men­tal Stud­ies stu­dent with minors in Busi­ness and Social Entre­pre­neur­ship.  In Fall 2008 she took Pro­fes­sor Shaughnessy’s Micro­fi­nance Hon­ors Sem­i­nar and has been involved in SEI’s pro­grams ever since, par­tic­i­pat­ing in both the South Africa and Domini­can Republic/Belize Field Study Pro­grams.  Dur­ing her most recent co-op in Meru, Kenya for the Miriam Kanana Mubichi Foun­da­tion, she com­pleted projects in the fields of pub­lic health, edu­ca­tion, and small busi­ness devel­op­ment.  Prior to her work in Kenya, Gwen worked as an intern at the Clin­ton Health Access Ini­tia­tive in Boston. She is cur­rently a Teach­ing Assis­tant for SEI’s classes dur­ing her final semes­ter at North­east­ern.  After grad­u­a­tion she hopes to fur­ther pur­sue her inter­ests in pub­lic health.    

Stephanie is a fourth year Inter­na­tional Affairs major with minors in Polit­i­cal Sci­ence and Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. On cam­pus, Stephanie is involved in the Latino Amer­i­can Stu­dent Orga­ni­za­tion and is cur­rently a La Comu­nidad Latino/a en Accion Scholar. She began work­ing with SEI as a Cit­i­zen Schools Vol­un­teer. Prior to her involve­ment with SEI, she worked for for Todd & Weld and Jump­start as an Ameri­corps Com­mu­nity Corp Mem­ber. This past sum­mer, Stephanie par­tic­i­pated in the South Africa Field Study Pro­gram. She is cur­rently on co-op with Oiko­cre­dit in Costa Rica.

Rachel is a fourth year Inter­na­tional Affairs and Phi­los­o­phy major with a minor in Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. Prior to her involve­ment with SEI, Rachel worked pre­vi­ously for a pri­vate law firm in Boston, Coo­ley Man­ion Jones. On cam­pus, Rachel is a Global Stu­dent Admis­sions Inter­na­tional Ambas­sador and a Cit­i­zen Schools Vol­un­teer. She par­tic­i­pated in the Bali Global Corps Practicum, where she worked on a capac­ity build­ing pro­gram with local NGOs. This past sum­mer,Rachel par­tic­i­pated in the South Africa Field Study Pro­gram. Rachel is cur­rently on co-op in South Amer­ica at Fun­da­cion Paraguaya, a micro-finance insti­tu­tion which aims to empower women in business.

Rachel is a third year Polit­i­cal Sci­ence stu­dent pur­su­ing minors in Inter­na­tional Affairs, Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion, and Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. She has vol­un­teered for the Tan­dana Foun­da­tion through the 2010 Alter­na­tive Spring Break pro­gram in Otavalo, Ecuador, help­ing con­struct a water fil­tra­tion sys­tem for a local Ecuado­rian com­mu­nity fac­ing health issues. Although she has always been inter­ested in human­i­tar­ian issues, the field of social entre­pre­neur­ship has espe­cially inspired Rachel. She recently com­pleted her first co-op at Root Cause, a research and con­sult­ing firm for non­prof­its focused on social impact and cross-sectoral col­lab­o­ra­tion. At Root Cause, Rachel gained a greater appre­ci­a­tion for the social issues preva­lent in the United States, includ­ing home­less­ness, school readi­ness, and youth vio­lence. This sum­mer she will be par­tic­i­pat­ing in the SEI Field Study Pro­gram in Cape Town, South Africa. 

Allie is a first year Envi­ron­men­tal Stud­ies and Eco­nom­ics major pur­su­ing a minor in Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. She became involved with SEI after join­ing Cit­i­zen Schools, and will par­tic­i­pate in the Domini­can Repub­lic and Cuba Field Study this sum­mer. Allie is also a mem­ber of the Pro­gres­sive Stu­dent Alliance on cam­pus. She hopes to com­bine her pas­sion for envi­ron­men­tal pro­tec­tion with her grow­ing inter­est in micro-finance and poverty alle­vi­a­tion in her future endeavors.

Gail Batutis is a first-year Hon­ors stu­dent. She is cur­rently unde­clared but plans to pur­sue a minor in Global Social Entre­pre­neur­ship and a major in Inter­na­tional Affairs, pos­si­bly as a dual major with Anthro­pol­ogy or Polit­i­cal Sci­ence. She has a spe­cial inter­est in global health issues and dis­par­i­ties. Gail will be par­tic­i­pat­ing in the 2012 Field Study Pro­gram to the Domini­can Repub­lic and Cuba.

Chan­dana is a sec­ond year Eco­nom­ics major. Since tak­ing Pro­fes­sor Shaugnessy’s class and work­ing at SEI dur­ing her fresh­man year, she has devel­oped a keen inter­est in issues of inter­na­tional devel­op­ment and poverty, and in health inequities in par­tic­u­lar. In addi­tion to work­ing at SEI, she vol­un­teers at Brigham and Women’s Hos­pi­tal, where she enjoys work­ing with patients and staff. 

Ana Laura Soto Víquez is a second-year inter­na­tional stu­dent from Costa Rica major­ing in Psy­chol­ogy and Ele­men­tary Edu­ca­tion. Her first encounter with social entre­pre­neur­ship occurred as part of the First-Year Inquiry Series of the Hon­ors Pro­gram when she par­tic­i­pated in Pro­fes­sor Shaughnessy’s class, Voices of Devel­op­ment and she found her keen inter­est in the area of devel­op­ment and poverty alle­vi­a­tion chal­lenged and strength­ened. Prior to com­ing to North­east­ern, Ana Laura lived in var­i­ous dif­fer­ent coun­tries in Europe and the Amer­i­cas and thus con­sid­ers her­self a cit­i­zen of the world, which led her to become involved in many dif­fer­ent social jus­tice orga­ni­za­tions, espe­cially those ori­ented towards improv­ing and com­ple­ment­ing pub­lic and spe­cial edu­ca­tion..  At North­east­ern Uni­ver­sity, Ana Laura has con­tin­ued to explore these areas of inter­est through her involve­ment in Peace through Play’s Exec­u­tive Board as the coor­di­na­tor of its bilin­gual part­ner­ship, and her posi­tion at the Social Enter­prise Institute. 

Shilpi Roongta is a senior busi­ness major grad­u­at­ing in May 2012 with con­cen­tra­tions in Finance and Mar­ket­ing as well as minors in Social Entre­pre­neur­ship, Span­ish and Inter­na­tional Affairs. She was a team leader on the 2010 field study pro­gram to the Domini­can Repub­lic and Belize and has since been back to the Domini­can Repub­lic for an alter­na­tive spring break through the Social Entre­pre­neur­ship cap­stone course. She also enjoys vol­un­teer­ing with Cit­i­zen Schools to teach inner-city stu­dents the impor­tance of social entre­pre­neur­ship. With 3 co-ops under her belt, Shilpi has been exposed to var­i­ous indus­tries such as med­ical prod­uct man­u­fac­tur­ing and dis­tri­b­u­tion, insur­ance, IT con­sult­ing and inter­na­tional mutual funds. All of her expe­ri­ences and courses have made her a firm believer in the abil­ity of busi­ness prin­ci­ples to effec­tively improve the lives of the poor glob­ally. In the future she hopes to be able to merge her busi­ness knowl­edge with her pas­sion for social good. 

Sagar is a fourth-year senior at the Col­lege of Busi­ness with con­cen­tra­tions in Sup­ply Chain, Finance, and Social Entre­pre­neur­ship. Sagar became involved with the Social Enter­prise Insti­tute in the fall of his sopho­more year through the Social Enter­prise busi­ness elec­tive and the Cit­i­zen Schools pro­gram. He recently par­tic­i­pated in the Institute’s South Africa dia­logue in the sum­mer of 2011, and is cur­rently the Trea­surer of Northeastern’s Net Impact chap­ter. Sagar is focused on iden­ti­fy­ing meth­ods to enable the world’s poor to access and par­tic­i­pate in the global com­mer­cial mar­ket­place, and hopes to bring this con­cept into the cor­po­rate mainstream.