Upaya Social Ventures builds businesses that create jobs and improve the quality of life for households living on less than $1.90 a day. With a presence in both India and the U.S., the Upaya team has over 20 years of experience in developing effective interventions for the world’s poorest populations.

Credo (previously known as Working Assets) has been a double-bottom-line company since before that term existed. Begun as a re-seller of long distance, the founders recognized the time horizon on that business and shifted to become an MVNO. Credo is the largest corporate donor to many civil rights, environmental and social justice nonprofits.

Volunteer counselor for this groundbreaking nonprofit. Text 741741 if in crisis. Hardest work of my career, but so rewarding. Ping me if you are considering going through the training to become a counselor.

We Care Solar, with its award-winning Solar Suitcase, has advanced the use of solar electricity in under-resourced health facilities to improve maternal and child health outcomes. WCS's Suitcases have brought light and essential power to thousands of health centers in Africa, Asia and Latin America, serving millions of mothers and infants.I joined the founders to help scale this organization to meet the tremendous demand for its innovative product and services.

After serving as Board Chair and Managing Director, continued to advise the founders and management team on various aspects of financing and strategic direction. Skout was sold to MeetMe [NASDAQ: MEET] October 3, 2016. A very successful exit!

Joined the founders of this mobile/social networking company. Raised angel financing leading to a series A financing from Andreessen Horowitz. Oversaw all aspects of administration and finance; recruited management team.

Vittana is a nonprofit with a mission to graduate a generation beyond poverty. Oversaw a distributed team working with microfinance partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America to start, shape, and scale student loan markets, often in areas where student loans previously did not exist. *Succeeded founder *Recruited and engaged high-performing board members*Represented company to institutional funders, strategic partners, and in public speaking*Led domain experts to find a path to sustainability*Established strategic partnership with Kiva that enables Vittana's work to continue to grow without the overhead of a standalone organizationCEO until October 2014; continued on Board of Directors through 2015

TeeBeeDee was a social network for people 40+. Backed by Shasta and Monitor Ventures and a group of incredible angels, TBD.com was the most successful network aimed at this demographic in terms of user engagement and investment efficiency. Launched virtual goods to strong response.

One of the first Internet companies, CNET (now part of CBS Interactive) was in the top ten for traffic and revenue featuring brands such as CNET.com, News.com, Download.com, Gamespot, ZDNET and many more.*Reported to founders, managed team of hundreds, member of executive committee setting strategy that guided the company to profitability in 1998 and again after the dot-com bust of 2000.*Oversaw many acquisitions, including the integration of our largest rival, ZDNET*Drove pioneering product innovations (comparative shopping for technology products, user reviews, others)*Worked with engineers to improve our speed and other performance

Promoted by Time Warner to run this larger, but less profitable, division while continuing to oversee Parenting corporately.*Improved bottom line to respectable levels*Replaced most of the management team, including the turnaround of the moribund book publishing unit*Restructured pension and benefit plans and manufacturing contracts to appropriate levels while protecting employees' welfare

All the usual founder things from the aha moment to the sale of the company in 1990 and 2 years of continued growth after the sale*Changed product after launch to an even more profitable business model than the original plan*Subject of one of the most popular Harvard Business School case studies in entrepreneurship*Most successful magazine launch of the 1980s according to MIN - more profitable than its longtime rival for decades of my leadership and my successor's*Established an entrepreneurial culture that survived acquisition by the largest magazine publisher for many years*Partner in launching the business was my chosen successor in 1992 and led the group to even greater profitability

After the sale of Parenting, promoted to oversee development for this entrepreneurial division of Time Inc.*Oversaw the successful test of Martha Stewart Living, executed by the Parenting ad sales and consumer marketing teams*Oversaw the successful launch of Vibe, a joint venture with Quincy Jones Enterprises, the test executed by Parenting staffers, the launch led by management I recruited

Led the business side of this pioneering nonprofit.*Hired as head of consumer marketing, promoted to publisher in 1983, then the youngest publisher of a national magazine*Resigned to work on idea for a new magazine, which became Parenting