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The mission of Hunger Fighters is to help cure hunger. We are committed to fighting hunger of the whole person in earth-friendly ways. The most significant earth-friendly way to have an impact is to increase the number of Triple Bottom Line organizations: Those for-profit, not-for-profit, and governmental enterprises which use impact on people, planet, and profits/revenues as their success indicators. Therefore, in order to help cure hunger: - Establish Hunger Fighters as the premier community of expertise, information, advice, models, product and service providers, to encourage initiation, development, and/or growth of triple bottom line organizations. - Enable visitors to donate food to the hungry by clicking a Hunger Fighter button. - Link with the egrocer industry to promote a triple bottom line alternative to the bricks and mortar grocery shopping experience. - Buy, sell, and use earth-friendly products. - Support partners, affiliates, suppliers, in their efforts to be socially and environmentally responsible while making a profit. - Achieve profitability, which is a measure of the service being valued and which assures our ability to sustain the delivery of high quality service. - Encourage for-profit, not-for-profit, and governmental organizations to develop for themselves and others triple bottom line measures of their impact on profits, people, and the planet. Guidelines for Hunger Fighters operation include: Hunger Fighters is a triple bottom line hunger-fighting portal committed to fighting hunger of the whole person in earth-friendly ways. We provide opportunities for people to make a difference in less than 30 seconds a day as part of the daily on-line experience. Our site has three main functions: · Hunger-fighting buttons: a quick click daily donates food to
the hungry We synergistically leverage existing resources by providing access to organizations, products and services to help fight and cure hunger in earth-friendly ways. We champion partners, affiliates, companies, non-profits, sponsors and other resource providers who are helping fight this important battle with profits, people and the planet in mind. Our standards are high. Our sponsors represent the most socially responsible and ethical providers in the world. Interested in becoming a partner or affiliate? Please contact us at Contact@HungerFighters.com Hunger is a continuum of issues, concerns and needs. Too little food or suboptimal nutrition causes a domino-effect of issues and challenges that can affect the whole human. It's not just about food -- it's about the Whole Human. Hunger Fighters provides access to our partner organizations in nutritional planning, exercise, mental and spiritual health, food, and sundry products to help develop strong bodies and minds. The Leadership team of Hunger Fighters is made up of highly skilled people with a wealth of business experience. More importantly, though, each team member is committed to bringing about more social justice, more human and environmental well being.
Harriet Stephenson, MBA, PhD President and Founder Sivakumar Radhakrishnan, MBA, Special Advisor James Schneider, II, MBA, Special Advisor Eric Watson, MBA, Special Advisor Janis Machala, MBA, Special Advisor Kimberley Osberg, MBA, PhD Chief Strategic Marketing Officer George Sommerrock, MBA Technology Advisor Kirsten L. Gagnaire, Special Advisor Catherine Collins, MBA, Special Advisor Betty Konarski, Ed.D. Special Advisor Jerr Boschee, Special Advisor, Social Entrepreneurs Biographies of Management Team: Harriet Stephenson, MBA, Ph.D, President and Founder Harriet is the Founder/Director of the Seattle University Entrepreneurship Center. She has been founder/partner/owner of four small businesses. Currently, she is on the Boards of two for-profit corporations and one non-profit organization. As an Entrepreneurship faculty member in the Albers School of Business & Economics, she pursues her interest in making the social enterprise model work. Harriet and the Grocers Choice Virtual Team are committed to making the "doing well by doing good" business model work in a sustainable, profitable way with HungerFighters.com. Harriet herself is a Pacific Northwest product, with hiking, fishing, golfing, and walking being high on her list of activities. Hiking trips have ranged from the depths of the Grand Canyon to the top of Kilimanjaro. She has two adult daughters who with their spouses and a granddaughter live near by. Harriet's 91 year young mother recently published the featured cookbook. Her brother/fishing partner lives in Arizona. Sivakumar Radhakrishnan, MBA, Special Advisor Siva holds a MBA in Systems Management and B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from Madras University, INDIA. After university he gained experience with various firms on Information Technologies. He is specialised on much of today's web technologies. James Schneider, II, MBA, Special Advisor James was president and CEO of a leading funeral supply intermediating internet company, and has worked in the public accounting sector at RSM McGladery and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. James has a BA in Accounting, E-Commerce and Information Systems from Seattle University and an MBA from Loyola Chicago University. Eric Watson, MBA, Special Advisor Eric Watson holds an MBA from Seattle University, and a Computer
Science degree from Washington State University. He has worked for various
large and small technology companies as a software developer, program manager.
Currently he is a product manager for a small software company in the wireless
telecommunications industry.
Kimberley M. Osberg, MBA, Ph.D., Chief Strategic Marketing Officer Kimberley has over 18 years in high technology product development, strategic market development, business strategy, and organizational development. She is currently working with both for-profit and non-profit businesses, providing assistance in strategic planning, marketing, organizational development and leadership skills development. Her client base includes emerging and Internet technology start-ups, arts organizations and educational foundations. In addition to her consulting work, Kimberley is the founder of Imprint Interactive Technology, an emerging technology educational design and development firm. The company was an outgrowth of her seminal work in alternative interface development at the Human Interface Technologies Lab at the University of Washington. Kimberley is a member of the Board of Directors for the Entrepreneurship Center at Seattle University, and an executive board member for two Seattle-based non-profit organizations. She also serves on the advisory board for several start-up ventures across the United States. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, reading, gardening, cooking and spending time with family and friends. George Sommerrock, MBA, Technology Advisor George has extensive technical experience in a variety of positions and companies. In his early career, he worked as a systems analyst at Safeco Insurance Companies, and founded a consulting practice as well. He has also held a Director of Information Technology position at an exclusive private performing arts college. In the near past, George was the Pacific Northwest Site Manager for a leading global supply chain management company called iLogistix. Mr. Sommerrock now holds a management position within Microsoft MSN and serves as an advisor to several non-profit organizations. He has an undergraduate degree from Colorado State University in Management Information Systems and an MBA from Seattle University. Janis Machala, MBA, Special Advisor Ms. Machala, currently Managing Partner of Paladin Partners, was the President and Chief Executive Officer for Pinnacle Publishing, Inc., from 1993-95. Founded in 1986, Pinnacle Publishing is a leading provider of component software and technical newsletters for application developers. Pinnacle saw a dramatic turnaround under Ms. Machala's leadership, achieving Company profitability for seven straight quarters after seven years of operating losses. Prior to Pinnacle, Ms. Machala held a number of senior management positions in product marketing/product management, market development and marketing programs with leading computer systems vendors such as Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Wang Laboratories. In her various roles with these companies, she has worked with early stage companies in a mentoring and business development capacity for 14 years. Ms. Machala has long been known for the quality of management teams she builds. She believes that the best thing she can do for emerging growth companies is to help them build a stellar management team that will carry them to an IPO or other liquidity event. Ms. Machala received her MBA in marketing from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa and her undergraduate degree in English and Psychology from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. Ms. Machala was a board member for the Washington Software Alliance from 1994 through 1997 and is currently on the board of the Northwest Venture Group, a nonprofit firm devoted to the advancement of entrepreneurship in the Pacific Northwest. Ms. Machala was one of the 1995 Pacific Northwest Finalists for Inc. Magazine's and Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award. Ms. Machala is on the board of directors for Captura Software, Chili!Soft, Tidemark Computer Systems, and LizardTech. She also serves as an advisory board member for GoAhead Software, Nth Dimension, System 1, and Workwise Software. Kirsten L. Gagnaire, Special Advisor Kirsten L. Gagnaire, Principal of Social Enterprise Group, believes that good business and social conscience are completely compatible. Kirsten comes from Casey Family Programs, where she was Administrator of Strategic Planning. At Casey, she led the design, development and implementation of the foundation's most recent five-year plan, and served as an internal consultant on organizational management and strategy issues. Prior to her work at Casey, Kirsten was a consultant with KPMG Peat Marwick, specializing in management, technology, and organizational development consulting for health and human service agencies. Her zeal for combining business skills with social service began during a year in West Africa with the Peace Corps, where she helped micro enterprises set up savings and credit systems. Kirsten is a Leadership Tomorrow Class of 1998 alumnus and holds a degree in International Business from Seattle University. www.SocialEnterpriseGroup.com. Catherine Collins, MBA, Special Advisor Catherine Collins is a social entrepreneur committed to developing sustainable social enterprises to solve important social needs and reduce organizations’ dependency on fund raised income. During the summer of 2001, she successfully launched Clickerz, an affordable summer technology camp for elementary-school age children at the Kimball Elementary School on Beacon Hill. She plans to expand the sustainable model state and nationwide. Catherine is a Sr. Director with ACCION, an international microfinance organization. She has her MBA from Seattle University where she focused in social entrepreneurship. Betty Konarski, Ed.D. , Special Advisor Betty brings 30 years in entrepreneurship and management in the private sector shopping center industry having also founded/owned three retail businesses; the not-for-profit sector in university campus management; the management training industry developing and delivering executive training programs. She has served on several boards of directors and advisory boards for Chambers of Commerce, profit and non-profit groups. She developed and delivered an on line entrepreneurship course. She enjoys mountain biking, cross country skiing and snow shoeing. Her Honor, Betty, is currently Mayor of Monument, Co Jerr Boschee, Special Advisor, Social Entrepreneurs Jerr Boschee has spent the past 20 years as an advisor to social entrepreneurs in the United States and abroad. He co-founded The Affirmative Business Alliance of North America in 1989, The National Gathering for Social Entrepreneurs in 1998 and the Red River Academy for Social Entrepreneurs in 2001. He is currently the Executive Director of The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs, which he founded in 1999. Mr. Boschee served as President and CEO of The National Center for Social Entrepreneurs from 1990 to 1999 and during the past 35 years has also been an executive for a Fortune 100 company, an executive for both regional and national nonprofits, managing editor for a chain of newspapers, a Peace Corps volunteer, and a frequent writer, speaker and trainer in the social service and public policy arenas. more.. |
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