Social Entrepeneurs

• Vikram Akula, CEO and Founder of SKS Microfinance

  Adapting U.S. business principles to improve the lives of more than 220,000 Indian women via small loans.

• Christa Gannon, Executive Director of Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY)

  This Stanford Law student founded a program to turn around the lives of young people in Santa Clara County.

• Tom Hogan, President of Comunidad para Baja California

  The former technology marketing executive is applying his business savvy to the non-profit world by providing assistance to several villages in Mexico.

• Suzanne McKechnie Klahr, CEO of Build

  The inspiration behind the next generation of business leaders shares what she's learned from her students about entrepreneurship.

• John Wood, CEO of Room to Read

  After leaving the software industry to found a non-profit, the former Microsoft executive shares his perspective on the best of both worlds.