Cash Bar, Appetizers Provided

NO CHARGE TO ATTEND

This cocktail reception is about building bridges of collaboration in Colorado between academic institutions, business, and the citizen sector (including both government and community), with a goal of working together to solve global problems.  The goal is for Colorado to become the thought leader for social entrepreneurship in the United States.  Come learn more and find out what role you can play in changing the world.

About the Speaker

Peter Kellner is an HBS alum who is spearheading the Ashoka Change Your City Initiative worldwide.  Denver is the first US-based city to embrace this initiative.

Peter is co-founder and Managing Director of Uhuru Capital Management, a fund of funds that provides a significant allocation of its profits to social enterprises engaged in sustainable economic development.  He is also Chairman and Founder of Richmond Management, a firm with venture capital investments in technology and communications in the US, China, and India. Richmond has interests in hedge funds and private equity firms globally, and has provided seed funds to leading investment firms in the US, China, Hungary, and India.  As a social entrepreneur, Peter co-founded Endeavor, a pioneering organization promoting entrepreneurship in emerging markets.

Peter was elected as a Young Global Leader in 2009 by the World Economic Forum.  He is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations; Crown Fellow, The Aspen Institute; Member, Pacific Council on International Policy (PCIP); Member, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS); and Member, North America Council of Ashoka.  He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and was a Fulbright Scholar to Hungary after college.  He received a JD from Yale Law School and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Mona McConnell.