Speakers

Blake Mycoskie speaks at the IU Bloomington Check Your Label Event

The Kelley School of Business draws some of the biggest names in social entrepreneurship, international development, and social justice to campus.

Recent speakers have included:

• Mark Albion, serial social entrepreneur, noted author, and co-founder of Net Impact, a “global network of leaders who are changing the world through business.”
• Neil Blumenthal, co-founder of Warby Parker, a prescription eyeglass company with policy to donate a pair of glasses to someone in need for every pair of glasses bought.
• Majora Carter, an environmental activist who has worked to create "green-collar" job opportunities and a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius fellowship."
• Jerry Greenfield, the co-founder and “Jerry” of Ben & Jerry’s, an ice cream company with a mission statement emphasizing product quality, economic reward, and a commitment to the community.
• Will Haughey, co-founder of Tegu, a sustainable toy wooden block company based in Honduras.
• Charles Kane from One Laptop Per Child, an international nonprofit devoted to providing a connected laptop to every school-age child in developing countries.
• Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva, the world’s first person-to-person microlending website.
• David Murphy, CEO of Better World Books, a global bookstore that funds literacy initiatives around the world.
• Blake Mycoskie of TOMS Shoes, who is founder and chief shoe giver of the company with a one-to-one business model: for every pair of shoes sold, they give a pair to a needy child.
• Josh Tetrick, founder of 33needs, a web application that connects entrepreneurs to microinvestments.
• Gregory Van Kirk, Ashoka Fellow and founder of Social Entrepreneur Corps.