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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Columbia based CEO’ operating in the Social Entrepreneurship space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
William Michael Cunningham
Founder and CEO of Creative Investment Research
William Michael Cunningham is an economist and impact investment analyst and creator. He is on the faculty at Georgetown University, and is currently working on an investment vehicle that deals with homelessness and another that deals with HIV/AIDS. Mr. Cunningham is the creator of one of the first impact-specific investment vehicles and the author of one of the first books on the JOBS Act and Crowdfunding, published by Apress. He has launched several innovative web-based services, including technology that allowed medical marijuana dispensaries to use bitcoin as a payment mechanism, one of the first websites targeting women and minority entrepreneurs, several ESG, CSR and impact investing websites, and the first diversity investing vehicle. Starting in 2003, he warned the SEC about the 2008 financial crisis and, in June, 2016, his economic forecasting model predicted the election of Donald Trump.
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About Creative Investment Research, Diversity Fund: Creative Investment Research creates tools, models, and ways of thinking, enabling investors to maximize social and financial returns.
Shazia Khan
CEO, CoFounder of EcoEnergy
Shazia is an environmental lawyer and an expert in off-grid clean energy solutions. She began her career as a consultant with the World Bank, working with the Global Environment Facility and Africa Energy. She co-founded EcoEnergy with Jeremy Higgs as a way to distribute last-mile energy services in Pakistan to the 70 million living off-grid. Shazia was a delegate to the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, which showcased 600 inspiring entrepreneurs and investors from around the world and using entrepreneurship to address some of the most intractable global challenges. Shazia was also a two-time finalist for the prestigious C3E Awards in both 2015 and 2016. Led by Stanford, MIT and a 24 government Clean Energy Ministerial, the award recognizes the leadership and achievement of mid-level career women who have worked for the advancement of clean energy. Shazia was a panelist at the United Nations Sustainable Energy For All Conference, speaking on the topic of “Opportunities for Investment in Decentralized Clean Energy Solutions” in 2015. Shazia was designated a National Geographic Society Explorer in 2015, when the organization won National Geographic’s Great Energy Challenge in 2014 for developing a promising, global energy solution as a response to climate change, energy resource constraints and environmental limitations. Shazia was selected as one of 19 social entrepreneurs worldwide to participate in a business accelerator program supported by the Skoll Foundation called the Global Social Benefit Incubator. Shazia graduated with a J.D. from Vermont Law School, the nation’s premier environmental law program with a concentration in Energy. She received a B.A. from Smith College. She is a member of the UN Foundation’s Energy Practitioner’s Network. Shazia is based in Washington, D.C. allowing her to confer regularly with colleagues from the World Bank, USAID and the United Nations Foundation as well as other international solar energy initiatives, which helps keep EcoEnergy stay current on global best practices.
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About EcoEnergy: pay-as-you-go solar in Pakistan
Mike Cordoba
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Partner of RAMMP Hospitality Brands Inc
Partner Mike Cordoba has 25 years of diverse business experience. He has managed a portfolio of public and private companies with $1billion in total revenue in various industries including restaurants, retail, manufacturing and processing and real estate. In his executive capacity he has built companies from the ground up to become industry leaders in their segments. Mike currently sits on various company boards and is chairman of the board for Mr. Lube. His expertise in M&A activity is highly regarded in the marketplace.
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About RAMMP Hospitality Brands Inc: RAMMP Hospitality Brands goal is to build national hospitality brands through long standing and profitable franchisees.
Bill Drayton
CEO of Ashoka
As the founder and CEO of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, Bill Drayton has pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship, growing a global association of nearly 3,000 leading social entrepreneurs who work together to create an ‘Everyone a Changemaker’ world. Mr. Drayton is the Chair of Youth Venture, Community Greens, and Get America Working!, and previously served as Assistant Administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, founded Save EPA, and worked at McKinsey. He is a graduate of Harvard, Balliol College at Oxford University, and Yale Law School.
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About Ashoka: Ashoka is a civil and social organization that specializes in the fields of social entrepreneurship and social change.
Keith Ippel
Co-Founder and CEO of Spring Activator
Co-Founder at Spring University.
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About Spring Activator: Spring Activator is an incubator and accelerator changing the world through entrepreneurship
Michelle Mollineaux
Co-founder & CEO of KoolProjects Media Inc.
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About KoolProjects Media Inc.: Social enterprise platform to showcase and follow projects from start to finish
Michelle Mollineaux
Co-founder & CEO of KoolProjects Media Inc.
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About KoolProjects Media Inc.: Social enterprise platform to showcase and follow projects from start to finish
