Message-ID: <17148622.1075851654683.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 11:32:39 -0700 (PDT) From: veeser@haas.berkeley.edu To: mba02@haas.berkeley.edu, mba03@haas.berkeley.edu, mfe02@haas.berkeley.edu, eveningmba@haas.berkeley.edu, npm@haas.berkeley.edu, netimpact@haas.berkeley.edu Subject: William Drayton, Founder of Ashoka, to speak this Friday! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: S Abby Veeser X-To: mba02@haas.berkeley.edu, mba03@haas.berkeley.edu, mfe02@haas.berkeley.edu, eveningmba@haas.berkeley.edu, npm@haas.berkeley.edu, netimpact@haas.berkeley.edu X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Dasovich, Jeff (Non-Privileged)\Dasovich, Jeff\Inbox X-Origin: DASOVICH-J X-FileName: Dasovich, Jeff (Non-Privileged).pst You are cordially invited to: The Fourth Annual Peterson Ethics Lecture Featuring: William Drayton Founder of Ashoka, an organization that supports social entrepreneurship This Friday, October 12, 4:00 pm, Wells Fargo Room Haas School of Business About William Drayton: Drayton founded Ashoka in 1980 to use a venture capital model to support social entrepreneurs, described by Ashoka as practical visionaries who are committed to social change. The primary activity of the organization is identifying social entrepreneurs around the globe as candidates for Ashoka Fellowships, which provide both financial and professional support. To be chosen, each prospective fellow goes through a rigorous search and selection process. Fellows receive a living stipend (typically for three years) and they join the Global Fellowship -- a worldwide network of social entrepreneurs. This year, Paul Rice, MBA 96, was named an Ashoka Fellow for his work founding TransFair USA, a non-profit certification organization for Fair Trade products. Since 1982 the organization has elected over 1,100 Ashoka Fellows in 41 countries. Ashoka Fellows work in six areas: learning/education, environment, health, human rights, civic participation, and economic development. Approximately 150 new fellows are elected each year by the Ashoka staff. About the Peterson Ethics Lecture: This annual lecture is sponsored the Peterson Program in Business Ethics, funded by a gift from Rudolph Peterson, BS 25, president and CEO emeritus of BankAmerica Corporation. Last year Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill, then director and chairman of Alcoa, gave the lecture. For more information on this year's Peterson Ethics Lecture: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/newspubs/haasnews/archives/hn092401.html#drayton