Josh Tetrick, a social entrepreneur, writer, and speaker, has led a United Nations business initiative in Kenya, worked for both former President Clinton and the president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and taught street children as a Fulbright Scholar in Nigeria and South Africa. After earning defensive rookie of the year as a linebacker with West Virginia University, Tetrick applied his energy on the field to solving big problems off the field. Whether mobilizing the UN Global Compact in Kenya, leading a sustainable supply-chain initiative with Citigroup or leading the development of McGuireWoods LLP\'s global climate change strategy, Tetrick is committed to finding fresh solutions to old problems. Most recently, he led the reform of Liberia\'s investment laws while working in the office of the President of Liberia. Josh Tetrick is currently the CEO of Hampton Creek, a technology company based in Northern California. Previously, he was the founder and CEO of 33needs, an investment platform that connected social entrepreneurs to crowd-sourced investment capital. Josh Tetrick, a Fulbright Scholar, is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Cornell University.
I mentioned Liberia and I mentioned this question, what would it look like if we started over? How freaking frustrated I was when I was there because I wasn't making change. We decided, just recently actually, to go back there. We decided to go back and to work with some young girls in a slum in ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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