About the Competition
Our virtual global competition recognizes the best social ventures that create self-sustainable markets at the Bottom of the Pyramid.
team
Marc Blumenthal
Executive Director
Marc has been involved in a variety of startups in the fields of Education, Medical Devices, Plasma Fusion, and Aerospace. He founded SVF in 2017 and has been involved in the enterprise on a full-time basis.
Kristy Noel
Business Manager
Kristy Noel brings a wide variety of business management expertise to the Foundation. She develops and manages the business modeling for V’ice and provides financial management for V’ice Haiti.
Haley Burns
University Relations Manager
Haley is the Community Relations Manager facilitating community partnerships and investments in connection with V'ice and the Social Ventures Foundation fostering a global conversation on poverty reduction.
Amelia Annen
University Coordinator West Coast
Marie Robert
University Coordinator Northeast
Victoria Huang
University Coordinator Midwest
Kacey Jean-Jaques
University Coordinator Africa
Natalie Pacht
University Coordinator Central America
Jaida Larkin
University Relations Europe
participating universities to date...
Lingnan University of Hong Kong
University of Michigan, USA
Miami of Ohio, USA
Universidad Autónoma de Santa Ana, El Salvador
University of South Africa
Durham College,
Bowdoin College, USA
North Idaho College, USA
University of Aruba
Case Western Reserve University, USA
Ohio University, USA
Bryant University, USA
Bahamas Baptist Community College
University of Portland, USA
University of San Diego, USA
California State University Bakersfield, USA
University of Southern California, USA
Anglia Ruskin University
Kaua`i Community College, USA
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Galen University, Belize
St. Johns College
University of West Indies
Northeastern University, USA
Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
Wingate University, USA
University of Exeter, UK
Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra
Universidad Rafael Landívar
Dartmouth College, USA
New York University, USA
Seneca College, Canada
Wayne University, USA
University of Sterling, Uk
University of Basel, Switzerland
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Nelson Mandela University, South Africa
Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa
California Lutheran University, USA
San Francisco State University, USA
John Paul The Great Catholic University, USA
Santa Clara University, USA
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
University of Bologna, Italy
College Of The Holy Cross, USA
Rhodes University, South Africa
Wits University, South Africa
University of Liverpool, UK
JUDGES
RILWAN MEERAN
Portfolio Manager of Impact Investments at MassMutual
JIM CHU
Founder of Untapped
MIKE DEBELAK
Executive Director at Inclusive Business Sweden