Carrie Rich – Washington, DC
Carrie Rich is the co-founder and CEO of The Global Good Fund. Built by and for social entrepreneurs, The Global Good Fund was created in 2012 based on the belief that growing leaders is the best strategy for solving complex social problems and achieving global good. She has co-authored, “Sustainability for Healthcare Management: A Leadership Imperative”, a Handelsblatt’s Top 5 Business Book and has served as an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University.
Carrie is the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year, recipient of the POLITICO Women Who Rule Award, Washington Business Journal 40 under 40, Entrepreneur.com Top 30 Start-ups to Watch, Stevie Award for Women in Business, Asian Social Innovation CEO of the Year, Social Enterprise Alliance 50 under 40, and Empact100. Carrie has been published in media outlets such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, The Founder Institute, Under30CEO, and Philanthropy News Digest. She sits on the boards of Rezon8Capital, Women in Business, Ibasho, and Halcyon Incubator.
Carrie serves on the faculty at George Washington University and the Amani Institute in Kenya. She is also the Mentor in Residence at George Washington University where she mentors emerging young social entrepreneurs.
Carrie volunteers, enjoys photography, other people’s cooking, and voluntary running.
Website: www.globalgoodfund.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsCarrieRich, https://twitter.com/GlobalGoodFund
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-rich-10b8445/