Career Services Calendar

Social Entrepreneurship Lunch

Friday, October 5, 2007

12-1PM in Capehart Lounge 

Reed parent, Bill Carter, long-time board member of Ashoka: Innovaters for the Public, will be on campus to chat with students about social entrepreneurship.   From the Ashoka website: "Ashoka was founded on the premise that the most effective way to promote positive social change is to invest in social entrepreneurs with innovative solutions that are sustainable and replicable, both nationally and globally."

Mr. Carter functions as an in-house advisor for Ashoka, offering assistance on a wide range of issues - from fundamental strategy, to human resources to new architecture opportunities for the emerging citizen sector. Bill has also led Ashoka's effort to elaborate and refine its Fellow search and selection criteria in light of the fast-changing nature of the field. Bill has consulted for the Harvard Advisory Group, where he worked with Indonesian government agencies as well as citizen sector groups and for McKinsey & Company, where he served a range of public and private Sector clients.

From 1981-94, Bill was a senior manager, and then the Chief Operating Officer of Long Lake Energy Corporation. He also served Long Lake as a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Long Lake Bill spent five years at the Environmental Protection Agency, where he held a series of senior management positions. In 1981, Bill helped to start Ashoka's Indonesia program. He is one of Ashoka's founding Board members, and has served continuously on Ashoka's International Board of Directors for twenty-five years. As an Ashoka Panel Chair, Bill has interviewed many hundreds of Ashoka Fellows throughout the world. He holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Lunch will be provided for students who RSVP by Wednesday, October 3.  Email career.services@reed.edu to indicate your interest.