volunteer work - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Aug 2015
News

Mobilizing the Public to Fight Corruption

building a database of corruption by having volunteers rate different government services offices, including logging the office conditions and the bribes being demanded for various services. It’s like “a Yelp for government services,” he... View Details

14 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Liberal Arts Major Pursues an MBA

understanding and knowledge before classes begin. It’s true you have to take finance alongside your sectionmates, many of whom have worked professionally in the field for multiple years. Finance professors at HBS, however, artfully... View Details

02 Apr 2014
News

Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain

science and engineering. But those paths never felt like quite the right fit. "Since high school, I had done volunteer work with homeless kids and vulnerable children and domestic violence victims," she... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; human trafficking; Government; National Security and International Affairs; Government

22 Jul 2014
News

Hungry for Change

matter of helping people see the prevalence and consequences of hunger as well as the possibilities of a solution." An HBS Leadership Fellow at Mercy Corps, Zeaske has also worked at Jumpstart, a language and literacy organization that... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

Profile

Kam Phillips-Sadler

bending, and goat tying throughout childhood and into her young adult years. In college, however, she turned from wrangling cattle to mentoring children. “I volunteered with children in dream deserts whose idea of fun was throwing rocks... View Details

Portrait Project

Rosita Najmi

struggle. I learned, however, that in America, I would count. Our journey was uncertain; a small Bahá'í community in Idaho volunteered to help us find our way. I was fearful, I spoke no English, but exhilarated as I took my first steps... View Details

31 Mar 2022
News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

Every evening on the streets of Pune, in western India, a 67-year-old man coordinates a food drive to benefit the people in his community. As a local leader in the Robin Hood Army, a nonprofit volunteer organization, he’s on the front... View Details

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

course of four weeks, representatives at two Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites offered filers the option of splitting their refunds, depositing all or some of their refund into an existing or new savings account with the Bank... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

09 Jan 2017
News

Role Model, Coach, Life Guide, and Cheerleader

Austin Scee (MBA 2001) is the founder and CEO of Razorhorse Capital in Atlanta, Georgia. Starting in college and through his time at HBS, he volunteered as a mentor with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of America. In this interview, he talks... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

A Marketable Skill

by the parents' associations of two West Side schools and the New York Council on the Environment, the market had outgrown its volunteer managers when Gehrke took over. She has since automated almost every aspect of the reservation and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

11 Jan 2016
News

Guiding Students to Out-of-School Programs and Resources

found out that there was no resource. “I started putting a list together of all the summer programs I read about and searched for, and it became a guide, a printed guide. So, for two years, I was a volunteer who did this on the side,... View Details

21 Dec 2017
News

Finding Opportunities to Grow and Lead

Ilene Lang (MBA 1973) is the former president and CEO of Catalyst, where she worked to promote women in leadership in business and beyond. In this interview she talks about finding and creating opportunities for growth and leadership. “I... View Details

Profile

Matt Segneri

leaders," Matt adds, "are those who empower others with feedback, giving them room to work and grow." Matt has already applied his principles in practice, having served, for example, as the co-chair of a Social Enterprise... View Details

Profile

Jeff Nelson

Since his undergraduate days at Cornell, housing has been a major theme in Jeff Nelson’s career. As a college student, he volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, building houses in the upstate New York communities near his campus, and in... View Details

03 Apr 2019
News

Finding Common Ground

many Cicero employees now volunteer or work pro bono on company time mentoring, coaching, and training, as well as gathering and analyzing data to frame the best approaches to ending homelessness. One... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

identifying such a social-sensitive goal for ourselves as a food company. We are willing to continue working along the same objective with additional features and more dedicated resources from now on.” MARCH 21 To support earthquake... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger

John Batcha (MBA '54) was ready to grow his own organization. With a $50,000 grant from the Kellogg Foundation, he teamed with Partners of the Americas, the largest private volunteer organization in the Western Hemisphere, to develop a... View Details

22 Apr 2021
News

Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship

communities,” says Christina Thirkell, Director of Strategic Programs for the HBSAB. Thirkell worked with outgoing HBSAB President, James Driscoll (PLDA 15) to develop and organize the series last year, after COVID-19 forced all club... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 1997
News

Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development

even harder to help those in need. Lu, who began doing volunteer work at an early age, has a deep-seated interest in public-sector work. Rather than pursuing the traditional private-sector path the summer... View Details

Profile

Sophia Virani

Even as she worked in investment banking and hedge funds, Sophia Virani felt drawn to science and medicine. "I really wanted to be in a career that was more service-oriented, that allowed me to interact with people," she says.... View Details

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