Lecture series hosts social entrepreneur
WAYNESBURG – Waynesburg University’s DeVito Lecture Series will host Dr. Jordan Kassalow at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.
Admission is free, and the public is invited to attend Kassalow’s lecture, “Social Entrepreneurship: How to Change the World.”
In his lecture, Kassalow will share the many challenges one encounters in finding purpose, and once found, translating that into action and impact. He will discuss how to overcome the many barriers that exist in the pursuit of creating a sustainable enterprise that serves the needs of the poor.
Kassalow is the founder and CEO of VisionSpring, a social enterprise that allows people in developing countries access to affordable quality eyeglasses. VisionSpring has served more than one million customers through a network of 9,000 female vision entrepreneurs in more than 18 countries.
In addition to VisionSpring, Kassalow is the founder of Scojo New York and the Global Health Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Prior to his position at the Council, he served as director of the River Blindness Division at Helen Keller International. Kassalow is a fellow of nonprofit foundations including Draper Richards, Skoll, Ashoka, and is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He also was recently named to Forbes Impact 30.