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Sally R. Osberg
American business executive From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sally R. Osberg an American business executive who formerly served as president and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, where she partnered with founder and chairman, Jeffrey Skoll.[1] She was the founding executive director of the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose.[2]
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Osberg joined the Skoll Foundation in February 2001. Since that time, the Foundation has invested in more than 100 ventures led by social entrepreneurs worldwide.[3] Osberg also established the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the Saïd Business School of the University of Oxford; and created the annual Skoll Foundation.[4]
Osberg received her B.A. in English from Scripps College and her M.A. in English and American Literature from the Claremont Graduate University. She now lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania.[5]
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Publications and speeches
Osberg is the co-author of the book, Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works, with Roger L. Martin.[6]
Osberg and Martin's 2007 article in Stanford Social Innovation Review, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition”,[7] advocated for “social entrepreneurship” as a legitimate and growing field of research.
Osberg has also written about social entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review,[8] Rotman magazine,[9] Financial Times CNN,[10] and others. She has been interviewed in Forbes,[11] The Huffington Post,[12] Bloomberg Television,[13] and more. She has given keynote addresses and lectures at Santa Clara University,[14] Stanford University,[15] the Global Social Benefit Incubator,[16] and the USC Price School of Public Policy.[17]
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Organizations
- Skoll Foundation board of directors[18]
- Skoll Global Threats Fund, board of directors[19]
- Oracle Education Foundation, board of directors[20]
- The Elders, Advisor[21]
- Social Progress Imperative, Founding Board Member[22]
- Partners for Sustainable Development, board of directors[23]
Awards
- 2015 NonProfit Times Top 50 Power and Influence awardees[24]
- John W. Gardner Leadership Award from the American Leadership Forum[25]
- Magis Global Changemaker Award from Santa Clara University[26]
References
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