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]

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]

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]

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

References

  1. ^ Skoll Foundation website http://www.skollfoundation.org/staff/sally-osberg
  2. ^ Children's Discovery Museum celebrates 25th anniversary, plans outdoor expansion – Mercury News
  3. ^ Skoll | Skoll Awardees
  4. ^ Skoll | Sally Osberg
  5. ^ "Sally Osberg". New America. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  6. ^ Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works: Roger L. Martin, Sally Osberg, Arianna Huffington: 9781633690684: Amazon.com: Books
  7. ^ Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition | Stanford Social Innovation Review
  8. ^ Osberg, Sally R.; Martin, Roger L. (May 2015). "Two Keys to Sustainable Social Enterprise". Harvard Business Review.
  9. ^ "Moving the World Forward: The Quest for a New Equilibrium ^ ROT243".
  10. ^ Opinion: Social entrepreneurs, people who dare to change the world – CNN.com
  11. ^ [1] Forbes.com]
  12. ^ Skoll | Social Entrepreneurs Driving Large-scale Change
  13. ^ Looking Beyond GDP as the Measure of Success – Bloomberg
  14. ^ Skoll | Social Entrepreneurs Driving Large-scale Change
  15. ^ VIP Speaker Series: Sally Osberg – YouTube
  16. ^ Sally Osberg on Twitter: "Outstanding Global Social Benefit Incubator #GSBI cohort shows how far #socent has come http://t.co/vLYeG3dNOl"
  17. ^ Skoll | Social Entrepreneurs Driving Large-scale Change
  18. ^ Skoll | Social Entrepreneurs Driving Large-scale Change
  19. ^ Board of Directors | Skoll Global Threats Fund
  20. ^ Oracle Education Foundation – Board and Staff
  21. ^ Advisory Council | The Elders
  22. ^ Our Story – What We Do | Social Progress Imperative
  23. ^ Board
  24. ^ Nonprofit Times http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/8-1-15_Top50PI.pdf
  25. ^ List of Silicon Valley John W Gardner Awardees http://asoft9206.accrisoft.com/alfsiliconval/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=JohnWGardnerLeadershipAward
  26. ^ Skoll | Social Entrepreneurs Driving Large-scale Change
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_R._Osberg
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