|
|
|
|
X
Jerr Boschee
Founder and Executive Director - The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs
USA
To date he has been a keynoter or conducted master classes in 42 states and 15 countries, and has long been recognized as one of the founders of the social enterprise movement worldwide.
He has also been a senior marketing executive for a Fortune 100 company, managing editor for a chain of regional newspapers, a Peace Corps Volunteer in India, and a guest lecturer at numerous academic institutions, including Oxford, Cambridge, Carnegie Mellon, Duke, Northwestern, Stanford and others.
Jerr is the former President and CEO of The National Center for Social Entrepreneurs, is one of the six co-founders of the Social Enterprise Alliance, and was named by The NonProfit Times to its nonprofit sector “Power & Influence Top 50” lists in 2004, 2005 and 2006. He served from 2001 to 2004 as an advisor to England’s Department of Trade and Industry Social Enterprise Unit and is the author or editor of five books, including Boschee on Marketing, The Social Enterprise Sourcebook and Migrating from Innovation to Entrepreneurship: How Nonprofits are Moving toward Sustainability and Self-Sufficiency.
Jerr is currently Executive Director of The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs (www.socialent.org), which he created in 1999, and is Board Chair for Encore! Service Corps International, a nonprofit he co-founded in 2003 to send former Peace Corps Volunteers and others back into service on short-term assignments that match their professional expertise with specific social needs.