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.Skoll Foundation website http://www.skollfoundation.org/staff/sally-osberg She was the founding executive director of the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose.Children's Discovery Museum celebrates 25th anniversary, plans outdoor expansion – Mercury News
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.Skoll | Skoll Awardees 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.
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.
Publications and speeches Osberg is the co-author of the book, Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works, with Roger L. Martin.Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works: Roger L. Martin, Sally Osberg, Arianna Huffington: 9781633690684: Amazon.com: Books
Osberg and Martin's 2007 article in Stanford Social Innovation Review, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition”,Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition | Stanford Social Innovation Review advocated for “social entrepreneurship” as a legitimate and growing field of research.
Osberg has also written about social entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review, Rotman magazine, Financial Times CNN,Opinion: Social entrepreneurs, people who dare to change the world – CNN.com and others. She has been interviewed in Forbes, Forbes.com] The Huffington Post,Skoll | Social Entrepreneurs Driving Large-scale Change Bloomberg Television,Looking Beyond GDP as the Measure of Success – Bloomberg and more. She has given keynote addresses and lectures at Santa Clara University,Skoll | Social Entrepreneurs Driving Large-scale Change Stanford University,VIP Speaker Series: Sally Osberg – YouTube the Global Social Benefit Incubator,Sally Osberg on Twitter: "Outstanding Global Social Benefit Incubator #GSBI cohort shows how far #socent has come http://t.co/vLYeG3dNOl" and the USC Price School of Public Policy.Skoll | Social Entrepreneurs Driving Large-scale Change
Organizations Skoll Foundation board of directorsSkoll | Social Entrepreneurs Driving Large-scale Change Skoll Global Threats Fund, board of directors Oracle Education Foundation, board of directorsOracle Education Foundation – Board and Staff The Elders, Advisor Social Progress Imperative, Founding Board MemberOur Story – What We Do | Social Progress Imperative Partners for Sustainable Development, board of directorsBoard
Awards 2015 NonProfit Times Top 50 Power and Influence awardeesNonprofit Times http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/8-1-15_Top50PI.pdf John W. Gardner Leadership Award from the American Leadership ForumList of Silicon Valley John W Gardner Awardees http://asoft9206.accrisoft.com/alfsiliconval/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=JohnWGardnerLeadershipAward Magis Global Changemaker Award from Santa Clara UniversitySkoll | Social Entrepreneurs Driving Large-scale Change
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