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Keynote Speakers

Jacqueline Novogratz
Founder and CEO of the Acumen Fund

Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Acumen Fund seeks to prove that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with large doses of business acumen, can build thriving enterprises that serve vast numbers of the poor. Its investments focus on delivering affordable, critical goods and services – like health, water, housing and energy – through innovative, market-oriented approaches. Acumen Fund currently manages more than $25 million in investments in South Asia and Eastern/Southern Africa, all focused on delivering affordable healthcare, water, housing and energy to the poor. The organization also includes the Acumen Fund Fellows Program, focused on building the next generation of business leaders with an understanding of global issues and poverty. The organization has offices in New York, Pakistan, India and Kenya.

Prior to Acumen Fund, Jacqueline founded and directed The Philanthropy Workshop and The Next Generation Leadership programs at the Rockefeller Foundation. She also founded Duterimbere, a micro-finance institution in Rwanda. She began her career in international banking with Chase Manhattan Bank. She is currently on the advisory boards of Stanford Graduate School of Business and of Innovations Journal published by MIT Press. She is an Aspen Institute Henry Crown fellow and a Synergos Institute Senior Fellow. She is a frequent speaker at international conferences, including the World Economic Forum, the Clinton Global Initiative and TED. She has an MBA from Stanford and a BA in Economics/International Relations from the University of Virginia. She speaks Spanish and French and has a working knowledge of Swahili.

Andy Lock
Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer, Herman Miller Inc.


In his current role, Andy Lock leads the People Services, Information Technology, Sales Operations, Facilities and Mergers and Acquisitions teams at Herman Miller, Inc., one of America’s most admired and innovative companies.  Over a career that spans twenty-five years, Andy has found new and innovative ways to balance the needs of the business and the needs of its most valuable asset, its people. His mission is to ensure that Herman Miller remains both serious about business and serious about people. Prior to joining Herman Miller in 1990, Andy worked as a Human Resource professional in Telecommunications/Electronics Research and Mining industries. At Herman Miller Inc., he has served in a variety of leadership roles including: Director of People and Quality for Europe, Interim European President, and Vice President for International Human Resources.  Andy is a native of the United Kingdom and a graduate of Bristol University. Married with two children, Andy’s interests include hill walking, photography and wine.

 

Dr. Mark S. Albion
Co-Founder of Net Impact

Mark is a social entrepreneur who has co-founded seven organizations. In 1988, he left his job as a marketing professor at Harvard Business School to develop a community for service-minded MBAs, founded with Social Venture Network colleagues, today called Net Impact. A fellow of the World Business Academy, Mark is also a founding member of Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) and a 19-year active member of SVN, currently heading up a two-year initiative of mentoring young social entrepreneurs. He has spent the last fifteen years traveling to over 125 business schools on five continents, speaking on messages from his books: New York Times Bestseller written for Net Impact, “Making a Life, Making a Living”, “Finding Work That Matters”, and “True to Yourself: Leading a Values-Based Business”.