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sOCIAL VENTURES TEAM
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.
Gabriela Lavagni
Latin America & Caribbean Manager
Marketer and Project Manager with 15+ years of international experience in retail, consumer goods, education and human rights. Specialized in Change Management, Leadership and Innovation.
Raquel Castro Casas
Communications Manager
Pati Kuziomko
V'ice Haiti Product Development
EDUCATIONAL
ADVISORY BOARD
Busiswe Mandleni
Mangosuthu Institute of Technology,
South Africa
Jeremy Alan Woods
University of California, Bakersfield, USA
Jay Fisher
Durham College, Canada
Cuzette Du Plessis
University of Limpopo, South Africa
Maurizio Sobrero
University of Bologna, Italy
Astrid Delgado
Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala
Leon Dawson
University of West Indies
Ruth Andrews
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Dirk Soma
Kaua'i Community College, Hawaii
Joost Jacobs
University of Aruba
Debbie Magnezy
Northeastern University, USA
Caroline Cannon
Dartmouth University
Aleksandar Erceg
Associate Professor at Ekonomski fakultet u Osijeku, Croatia
Orlando Harris
San Francisco State University
Kamilah Cole
Assistant Director, Center for Undergraduate Research & Creativity at Clark Atlanta University
Hachemi Aliouche
Director, Rosenberg International Franchise Center, University of New Hampshire
Kevin Baker
Durham College, Ontario Canada
Mike Hernandez
International Relations Coordinator, UNASA, El Salvador,
Kendal Stewart
Columbia University
SOCIAL FRANCHISE
ADVISORY BOARD
Bill Edwards
William Edwards, CEO and Global Advisor, Edwards Global Services, Inc., has 4+ decades of international experience, has lived in 7 countries and directed projects in over 50 countries. His executive experience in the oil & gas, technology, education, franchise and market research sectors. Mr. Edwards’ company has twice received the U.S. Presidential award for export excellence.
Albert Kong
Albert Kong has more than 32 years of franchising experience. He and his team have helped over 1300 companies in over 10 Asian countries in franchising & related consulting work; he has built a network of over 70 strategic partners in over 50 nations; he’s a board member at many franchise-related bodies including the World Franchise Council, Asia Pacific Franchise Confederation and Franchising & Licensing Association Singapore;
Julie McBride
Julie McBride is a thought leader in the field of social franchising and was recently named one of “Five Innovative Consultants that are changing the world” in Inc. Magazine. Julie’s experience using the franchise model to scale social businesses spans 20 years, five continents, and several industries including healthcare, water, sanitation, agribusiness, clean energy, and education.
Bob Jones
Robert Jones grew up in Lahore. Pakistan as the son of a U.S. Foreign Service Officer As they say, "living in a foreign country as a child is like stepping in wet cement, it leaves a lasting impression for life." He was the U.S. Commercial Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo for 4 years (from 2008 - 2012) and was very involved with the emergency relief and projects in Haiti after the devastating Jan 2010 earthquake.
Peter Holt
Peter D. Holt has been active in the franchise community managing franchise systems in both domestic and international markets for over 35 years. Most recently, in 2016 was appointed Chief Executive Officer of The Joint, www.thejoint.com, the largest franchised network of chiropractic clinics in the world with nearly 700 clinics systemwide. The Joint is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ (JYNT) based in Scottsdale, AZ.
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