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Executive Director
Howard and Alida Charney University Professor of Science and Technology for Social Benefit
Thane Kreiner, PhD, is Executive Director of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Santa Clara University. Thane was previously Founder, President, and CEO of PhyloTech, Inc. (now Second Genome), which conducts comprehensive microbial community analysis for human health applications. Read the full profile »
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Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBITM)
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Academic Dean, Global Social Benefit Incubator
William T. Cleary Professor
Albert V. Bruno is the William T. Cleary Professor at Santa Clara University, where he has served as founding director of the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, associate and acting dean, and marketing department chair. Read the full profile »
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Director, New Program R&D
Andy Lieberman's passion is to leverage his background in technology, education, and international development to create innovative solutions that help social enterprises scale their reach and impact. His current areas of focus are the new GSBI Online program, GSBI Network, Clean Energy Sector program, The Tech Awards laureate capacity building, and the CSTS social enterprise metrics database. Read the full profile »
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Mentor Network Director, Global Social Benefit Incubator
Mike began his involvement with CSTS in 2006 as a GSBI mentor after being inspired by the Tech Laureates at the 2006 Tech Awards and a desire to do things which provided greater meaning in his life. He has worked directly with social entrepreneurs from Kenya, India, South Africa, Philippines, Guatemala, and Haiti. Read the full profile »
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Senior Director, Global Social Benefit Incubator
Paul has led creative organizations across sectors ranging from semiconductors, optics and energy to mobile communications and networking. He also has had deep engagement with the complex issues surrounding global social impact, a passion that led him to spend the last 10 years mentoring and supporting social enterprises through the Global Social Benefit Incubator. Read the full profile »
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Program Manager, Global Social Benefit Incubator
Cassandra Thomassin graduated from Menlo College magna cum laude with a degree in business management and from Santa Clara University's MBA program with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Leading People and Organizations. Read the full profile »
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Director, Impact Capital
John Kohler brings over 30 years of technology industry and business experience to the Center. He is the Director of the Impact Capital Program, a GSBI Mentor, and is working on the CSTS Horizontal Capital Aggregation Report sponsored by ANDE. Read the full profile »
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Program Manager, Impact Capital
Tom Sabel has 25 years of experience as an equity investor and strategy consultant. Read the full profile »
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Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor of Science, Technology, and Society
Dean's Executive Professor, School of Engineering
Radha Basu has over 30 years experience in executive management. She is widely recognized as a leading woman entrepreneur in technology companies and as a pioneer in the Indian software business. Read the full profile »
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Program Manager, Frugal Innovation Lab
Elizabeth Sweeny is a Bay Area native, and a recent Santa Clara University graduate. As both a student and a professional, Elizabeth's passions have led her to focus on sustainability and social improvement causes. Read the full profile »
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Director, Education and Research
Keith Douglass Warner OFM directs the Center's education, fellowship, grants and action research activities. He is a practical social ethicist in the Franciscan tradition. He directs the Global Social Benefit Fellowship, which provides a comprehensive program of mentored, field-based study and research for SCU juniors within the Center's worldwide network of social entrepreneurs. Read the full profile »
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Marketing & External Relations
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Director, External Relations
Susan M. Ballati, PhD, has over twenty years of experience in both for profit and non-profit organizations. Read the full profile »
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Marketing Manager
Beverly joined the Center for Science, Technology, and Society as Marketing Manager after years of studying and practicing filmmaking in the U.S. and in Europe. Her passionate and motivational leadership in creative industries has resulted in relationships with some of the biggest names across multiple sectors. The work she finds most stimulating allows her to use both her creative and entrepreneurial skills to be an influencer of change. Read the full profile »
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Operations & Administration
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Operations Manager
Cyndy Ainsworth brings experience in high tech marketing and nonprofit management to her position as Operations Manager. Read the full profile »
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Director, Operations and Administration
Christopher "Spencer" Arnold holds a Master's degree in Information Systems and Technology and bachelor's in Business, specializing in Tourism and Hospitality Management both from Macquarie University in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Read the full profile »
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Program Administrator
Adelene is a 2011 MBA graduate from Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business with concentrations in Marketing Management and Leading People and Organizations. Read the full profile »
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Executive Fellow
Assistant Professor of Management, San Francisco State University
Geoff is an assistant professor of management in the College of Business at San Francisco State University. He is a member of the Sustainability Group within the College of Business and teaches business & society, strategic management, and social entrepreneurship. Read the full profile »
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Executive Fellow
As an Executive Fellow, Dr. Hammond is focusing on the GSBI's sector strategy, initially focused on clean water. He is also on the senior leadership team of Ashoka, where he is focusing on health care and rural connectivity sector development. Read the full profile »
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Executive Fellow
Rick has worked extensively on the linkage of global developments and strategies with fundamental research, innovation and entrepreneurship. He also currently works as the CEO and Founder of Global Helix LLC and as the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of three OECD/BIAC Committees. Read the full profile »
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Senior Founding Fellow
James L. Koch is the Don C. Dodson Distinguished Service Professor. He was founding director of Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society. He was also a co-founder of the Tech Museum Awards and the Global Social Benefit Incubator. Read the full profile »
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Executive Fellow
Gireesh Shrimali is an Assistant Professor of Energy Economics and Business at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Read the full profile »
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Executive Fellow
Eitan has over 25 years experience in industry developing and managing new technology introductions to the market place. Read the full profile »
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Faculty Fellow
Laura Robinson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Santa Clara University. She earned her Ph.D. from UCLA where she held a Mellon Fellowship in Latin American Studies and received a Bourse d?Accueil at the École Normale Supérieure. Read the full profile »
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Faculty Fellow
Jean Paul Rabanal is a researcher currently involved in a project with NASA, measuring the economic impact of space weather. Prior to completing his Ph.D. at UC Santa Cruz, Jean Paul was actively involved in public policy as advisor in economic matters for the Congress of Peru and the Ministry of Finance. Read the full profile »
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Faculty Fellow
Emile McAnany is former Walter E. Schmidet S.J. Professor (1997-2009) at Santa
Clara University in Silicon Valley. He was chair of the Department of Communication
(1997-2002) and has been associated with the Center for Science Technology
and Society at the university since the Center?s inception in 1999. Read the full profile »
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Global Social Benefit Faculty Fellow
Mike Levenhagen, MBA, Ph.D., is an adjunct lecturer in the management department at Santa Clara University. He has taught general management, strategy, and entrepreneurship at the University of Illinois, Warwick University, the University of Western Ontario, Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo, and San Jose State. He has 19 teaching awards, 100+ conference presentations, management case studies, and 8 academic publications. Read the full profile »
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Faculty Fellow
Silvia M. Figueira received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, and the Ph.D. degree also in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. Read the full profile »
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Research Fellow
Olga A. Rabanal is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at UCSC, graduating June 2013. During her time at UCSC, Olga worked as a Teaching Assistant and a Graduate Student Researcher. Read the full profile »
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Research Fellow
Andy Hegedus is the Director of Technology at Evans Analytical Group and has worked in a broad range of industries including semiconductor, aerospace materials and photovoltaics. As a Research Fellow Andy brings to the Center expertise in off-grid energy innnovations for base-of-pyramid communities. Read the full profile »
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Research Fellow
Paola de Cecco is a Senior Lecturer at the Nsamizi Training Institute of Social Development, Mpigi Town, Uganda, where she is organizing vocational engineering courses to support the diffusion of energy providing technology to rural Uganda. Read the full profile »
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