Announcing Saïd’s New Skoll Scholars, 2014-15
The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Saïd Business School is delighted to announce Skoll Scholars for the 2014-15 academic year. The four Scholars, who were selected as recipients of this highly competitive scholarship following a rigorous selection process, will commence MBA studies this fall:
– Nora Petty of Ann Arbor MI, USA, who spent the past seven years committed to ending malaria deaths with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Malaria Consortium
– Nikhil Nair of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in India, who worked with rural markets and solar energy enterprises in India, the United Arab Emirates, and East Africa
– José Miguel Alfaro Gómez of San Jose, Costa Rica who founded s.e.e.d., a boutique law firm targeted to social businesses in Costa Rica in various fields like sustainability, conservation, microfinance, fair trade, culture, education, volunteering, health, sports and development.
– Patrick Beattie of Cambridge MA, USA who worked with Diagnostics For All (DFA), a nonprofit medical diagnostics development company, and increased its global reach.
