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Social Enterprise in Humanitarian Response – Good for Me and Good for We

McKinney Conference Room 111 Thayer Street - Watson Center, Providence, RI

Maria Kasparian ('05) is the Executive Director of Edesia, a non-profit social enterprise founded in RI in 2009. The North Kingstown-based organization has the mission to help treat and prevent malnutrition in the world’s most vulnerable populations. As part of their mission, they manufacture and distribute a range of peanut/dairy/soy-based ready-to-use therapeutic and supplementary foods […]

High-impact investing in Latin American coffee cooperatives

McKinney Conference Room 111 Thayer Street - Watson Center, Providence, RI

Senior Impact Officer Asya Troychansky and Senior Director of Strategy & Impact Michael McCreless of the nonprofit social investment fund Root Capital speak to the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) about "High-impact Investing in Latin American Coffee Cooperatives." Troychansky led Root Capital's impact studies in Latin America, where she lived and worked […]