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My own definition of a social entrepreneur is someone who is hell bent on changing the world, refuses to wait for permission, and will use any platform upon which to do it with regards to all sectors.

Michael Brown
City Year
2005 Gathering

Planning the Gathering is a team effort. In addition to the incredible contributions of the Gatherings' sponsors and supporters, many others contribute their time, expertise, and thought partnership to make the event a success.

Advisory Board


Each year an advisory board provides essential input to the process, helping to ensure that session design and speaker selection meet the needs of all participating social entrepreneurs. The composition of the board changes each year.

Participants have included (partial list):

Michael Brown
City Year

Gillian Caldwell
1Sky

Dan Cardinali
Communities In Schools, Inc.

Iris Chen
"I Have a Dream" Foundation

Gerald Chertavian
Year Up

Cheryl Dorsey
Echoing Green

Jamie McAuliffe
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

Michelle Nunn
Points of Light Institute

Jon Rice
Management Leadership for Tomorrow

Shirley Sagawa
sagawa/jospin

J.B. Schramm
College Summit

Eric Schwarz
Citizen Schools

Monitor Institute


Since the first Gathering, Monitor Institute has provided valuable input into planning and design. The Institute's President, Katherine Fulton, and management team member Tammy Hobbs Miracky, have collaborated with New Profit staff to design selected sessions, and have also spoken at past Gatherings.

New Profit Gathering Team


Vanessa Kirsch
President and Founder

Kim Syman
Managing Partner

Jacqueline Lewis
Director, Convenings Strategy

Gena Davis
Events Associate

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Gathering participants headed south to Miami for the first time in 2008

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