Grant Tudor

Virtue Ventures

Grant has worked passionately in the field of social innovation with organizations including Ashoka, AccountAbility and PSI. He is currently managing Venturesource, a Virtue Ventures' innovation and partner to the competition. Grant holds a B.A. in International Development and International Economics from the George Washington University. He will be commenting the week of April 26th.

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Reinaldo Pamponet

Reinaldo Pamponet Filho, Ashoka fellow, Brazil, is creating an alternative educational process for youth in Brazil that focuses on skills and values using digital technology. Through his organization, Eletrocooperativa, he is providing low-income youth with new opportunities to both learn by action, and earn while learning. Reinaldo will be commenting from 19 to 23, April.

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Daniel Gonzalez

Daniel Gonzalez is responsible for AVINA's regional strategy and team for Inclusive Markets. He is also part of AVINA’s Global Relations team which brokers partnerships between AVINA and global or international organizations. He has 10 years of experience developing market-based solutions for sustainable development in the social, business and public sectors. He is a Board member in 4 social enterprises and 2 advisory councils. He is a former professor from de Universidad de los Andes Business School. Daniel holds a degree in Industrial Engineer from the same University. Daniel is based in Bogotá, Colombia. Daniel will be commenting the week of April 26th.

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Rita Anand

Editor
Civil Society online
www.civilsocietyonline.com

Rita has been a reporter-researcher with the Centre for Science and Environment, India. She has also been a contributing writer/reporter for the Women's Feature Service. As a Panos Fellow (www.panossouthasia.org), she studied reproductive health in Delhi's slums. Her areas of study include microfinance and livelihood options and the problems of nomadic and semi-nomadic communities in India. Rita Anand is a post-graduate in history from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She began her career as a history teacher. Rita will be commenting the week of April 21- 24th.

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Luiz Ros

gerente del Sector de Oportunidades para la Mayoría
BID
www.iadb.org

Luiz Ros fue nombrado gerente del Sector de Oportunidades para la Mayoría (OM) en enero de 2008 y tiene a su cargo la responsabilidad de promover y coordinar las actividades correspondientes a la iniciativa OM. En 2007 ingresó al BID como especialista principal en Desarrollo Empresarial para el Sector OM. Luis estará dejando sus comentarios la semana del 31 de mayo.

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Mathew Pietras

Agora Partnerships
www.agorapartnerships.org

Matthew is a Fellow with Agora Partnerships in Managua, Nicaragua. Matthew has a strong background in non-profit consulting and marketing communication. He holds a Bachelors of Arts in Journalism and Italian, and an MBA in Finance and Global Business, both from New York University. As a fellow with Agora Partnerships, Matthew works on strategies for sustainable business practices within Agora.Mathew will be commenting the week of May 31st.

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Raj Jani

Raj is involved in capacity building of MSEs with a focus on creating market access and micro-credit linkages under SNV Netherlands Development Organisation partnering with international support institutions incl. EU and FAO. Raj will be giving his feedback the week of May 27th.

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Moises Herszenhorn

Moisés currently is working in Private Equity in Brazil, as Principal at Pampa Capital, an agribusiness focused Private Equity Fund. Prior to joining Pampa, Moises worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company for 3 years, in Strategy and Corporate Finance projects in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Luxembourg, having worked as a Research analyst for another 3 years at the same place. Moises holds a bachelor degree in Public Management from Fundação Getulio Vargas in São Paulo, Brasil and an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management in Illinois, USA.

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