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Aaron Hurst
Aaron is the CEO of Imperative and a globally recognized social entrepreneur. He is a close advisor to many global brands and frequent speaker and writer on the development of the Purpose Economy. He remains an active advisor to the Taproot Foundation where he has been the catalyst and lead architect of the $15 billion pro bono service market. He was the creative force behind the conception of the national Billion + Change campaign. Previously he worked in Silicon Valley developing the precursors to social media.
| Investors: | Website: http://www.taprootfoundation.org/ | Email: |
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Adam Neiman
Adam Neiman is the founder and CEO of No Sweat Apparel. The company was founded in 2000 and produces casual clothing and sneakers at union factories and worker owned co-operatives in the US, Canada and the developing world. No Sweat’s new line of organic cotton T-shirts are produced at a Palestinian owned sweatshop-free factory on Virgin Mary Street in Bethlehem, West Bank.
| Investors: | Website: http://www.nosweatapparel.com/ | Email: |
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Brenda Palms Barber
Brenda developed an innovative social enterprise and job creation program called Sweet Beginnings, LLC, described in the section above. In addition to a business, Sweet Beginnings is a transitional jobs program that provides green collar jobs producing premium grade honey and honey-infused skin care products in an urban neighborhood setting.
| Investors: | Website: http://www.sweetbeginningsllc.com/ | Email: [email protected] |
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Chris Van Dyke
In 2004, Chris co-founded Nau, Inc. and was its President and CEO. At Nau, Chris and his team won numerous product and sustainability awards including awards from Time, The Social Venture Network, Outside Magazine and National Geographic Adventure. As CEO of Nau, Chris was a guest speaker at Harvard Business School, Stanford Business School, Hass School of Business, P&G, LOHAS, and the Social Venture Network. Chris continues to make valuable social and environmental impacts through innovative philanthropy. He is currently serving as SVP of Strategic Communications at the World Wildlife Fund.
| Investors: | Website: http://www.nau.com/ | Email: |
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Natalia Muina
No Sweat was launched in October of 2002 by CEO Adam Neiman, his wife and V.P. Natalia Muina, and COO Anne O'Loughlin with an eye toward the fair marketing of solely union-made wear. Formed as an alternative to all the Nikes and Gaps out there, which are often criticized for labor practices, the company, which today employs four full-time workers, has attracted customers in all 50 US states, 36 countries and six continents solely by word of mouth, with no advertising or publicity.
| Investors: | Website: http://www.nosweatapparel.com/ | Email: |
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Peter Liu
Liu is financing environmentally savvy, resource-efficient ventures at the nation's first commercial bank aimed at green businesses, New Resource Bank in San Francisco. "Sustainability has become a major market force," says Liu, 41, the bank's founder and vice chairman. New Resource operates as a full-service community bank, and anyone is welcome to walk through its recycled-glass doors. But the deposits are used to finance loans for environmentally conscious projects, including alternative energy, clean tech, organic farming and sustainable home and more.
| Investors: | Website: https://www.newresourcebank.com/ | Email: |
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Priya Haji
Priya Haji is the CEO and co-founder of World of Good, a company dedicated to building ethical shopping experiences with mainstream retail partners, including Whole Foods and eBay. Since the company began in 2004, it has created online and offline distribution channels for thousands of artisan producers in the developing world through more than 1,200 retail locations across the country and a brand new online marketplace, impacting the lives of more than 25,000 individuals in over 70 countries around the world. In 2007, Priya received a Social Innovation Award from the Social Venture Network for her vision to change the way the world does business.
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Tim Prestero
Timothy Prestero is the founder and CEO of Design that Matters. He is co-inventor on three patents for cholera treatment devices, and has served on the board of directors of two for-profit technology startups. Timothy was a Peace Corps volunteer in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, and he has led design and global projects in 20 countries across Africa, Latin America and Asia. He received M.S. degrees in Mechanical and Oceanographic Engineering from the MIT, and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Davis. He is a Martin Fellow at the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, a Draper Richards Kaplan Fellow, and was named an Ashoka Affiliate in 2004. His awards include the 2007 Social Venture Network Innovation Award, and the 2009 World Technology Award.
| Investors: | Website: http://www.designthatmatters.com/ | Email: |
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Tom Szaky
Tom Szaky, 29, is the Founder and CEO of TerraCycle, Inc, one of the world’s foremost leaders in eco-capitalism and upcycling. In 2006, Inc. Magazine named TerraCycle, “The Coolest Little Start-Up in America!” That same year Tom was named the “#1 CEO in America Under 30″. However, the rapid growth and success of TerraCycle is no surprise to those who have known Tom his whole life.
| Investors: | Website: http://www.terracycle.net/en-US/ | Email: |