About USD and the Kroc School of Peace Studies
At the University of San Diego, we incorporate our Changemaker mission into everything we do. We’re committed to inclusivity, diversity, social justice, and the ability to make a positive difference in the world. Our goal is to empower individuals to lead purposeful lives.
The Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at USD was the first stand-alone school of peace studies in the United States, dedicated to addressing some of the greatest challenges of our time — preventing violence and building peace with justice. The Kroc School offers a Master of Arts in Social Innovation and hosts the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (Kroc IPJ) and the Center for Restorative Justice.
I’m already very familiar with the work of USD, the Kroc School, and the seminar faculty and their efforts to increase sustainability in organizations in San Diego and throughout the world. The Global Executive Seminar’s founders share my belief that we need to seek and highlight promising solutions wherever they might arise, and I look forward to working in concert with them and the cohort of seminar participants, now and in the future.
About the Global Executive Seminar
This Global Executive Seminar provides on-site and real-time interaction with USD faculty and C-Suite leaders from highly successful certified B Corporations, certified employee-owned companies, and successful non-profits with social enterprises in Southern California, Spain, and Rwanda. The seminar is designed to offer networking with executives from government, business, and NGOs as part of a robust, innovative curriculum that optimizes learning and direct experience.
The seminar’s three faculty members, all professors at USD who are steeped in the concepts and places covered in the seminar, created this executive certificate program because they saw a need to enable professionals in any industry to absorb and apply the ‘business for good’ practices already proven in Spain, Rwanda, and San Diego.
Global Executive Seminar Cohort 1, 2025
As the leader of a successful Certified B Corp, I appreciate the need for people who not only have the desire to be part of more socially engaged organizations but also have acquired some practical tools and skills to contribute. The USD Global Executive Seminar seems like a terrific option for professionals who are serious about using models like Benefit Corporations to make a real difference in the world.
Advisory Board and Consultants
The individuals listed below are members of the GES Advisory Board and have either assisted with the development of the program or will be included at various points in seminar sessions. As GES Fellows work on their Action Plans, the individuals listed in the “Resource Consultants’ section have offered to be thought partners/consultants in their respective areas of expertise.
USA
Gina Anderson, VP Solutions and Growth, City Delivery, USD Supply Chain Management Institute
Kim Blaugher, Executive Director, Beyster Institute, UCSD
Mark Cafferty, CEO San Diego Economic Development Council
Molly Cartmill, Co-founder, Strategy and Impact Officer, OnPurpose squared: (Ret.) Director, Corporate Citizenship SEMPRA
Stephen Conroy, PhD. Professor of Economics, USD's Knauss School of Business
Laura Deitrick, PhD. Director, Nonprofit Leadership & Management master’s program
Denise Dimon, PhD. Professor of Economics, USD’s Knauss School of Business
Thomas Dudley, PhD. Co-founder & CEO at Certified Employee-Owned
Rob Gailey, PhD. Professor & Business Director, Center for International Development, Point Loma Nazarene University
Nellie Garton, PhD. CEO & Founder, Tablecloth
Jonathan Hanwit, CEO & Co-founder thinkPARALLAX (certified B Corps)
Dan LeClerc, PhD, CEO Global Business Schools Network
David Lynn, CEO Mission Driven Finance (Certified B Corps)
Patricia Márquez, PhD. Former Dean, Kroc School of Peace Studies
Roshan Paul, Director, Leadership Practice, IREX
Corinne Petti, Assoc. VP University Events and Partnerships, USD
Steve Robinson Business Partner Tompkins Ventures, CEO The Supply Chain Project
Frank Scarpacci, CEO Founder, Via Nova Consultants (certified B Corps)
Jena Thompson, CEO, The Ocelot Company, former VP Corporate Partnerships, Conservation Fund
Scott Tritt SVP San Diego and SVP Global
Alicia Wallace, CEO All Across Africa
Mary Walshok, PhD. (Ret.) Associate Vice Chancellor Public Programs,UCSD
Wes Wasson, CEO and Co-Founder of DreamStart Labs, Former Chief Marketing Officer & SVP of Strategy at Citrix
Emily Young, PhD. Executive Director, The Nonprofit Institute, USD-SOLES
Craig Zelizer, Founder & CEO PCDN Global
SPAIN
Barcelona
Borja Aristegui, Consejero Delegado, Innocent Drinks (Madrid)
Borja Lafuente, Director of Sustainability, Danone
Daniel Arenas PhD., Professor, ESADE Business School
Sophie Pagnon, Sustainability Director, Veritas Supermarket.
Clara Navarro, Managing Director, Ship 2B
Miquel Ferra, Director of Sustainability, ISDIM
Pablo Sanchez, Managing Director, B-Lab Spain
Marta Anglada, Director of Sustainability, Ferrer
Leticia Sandoval, Director Sustainability, Camper (Mallorca)
Miguel Munilla, Managing Director, De Buen Café (Madrid)
Josep M Coll, Professor of Strategy and Sustainability, EADA Business School
Mondragon
Fred Freundlich PhD. Professor, Faculty of Business & Lanki (The Institute for Cooperative Research)
David Herrera, PhD (Ret.) VP International Operations, Sonoco
Ander Etxeberria-Otadui, Mondragon Outreach
Allison Howitt, International Education and Cultural Intelligence Professional
RWANDA
Tom Allen, Country Director, Bridge2Rwanda (Ret. General Counsel Urwego - Opportunity Microfinance Bank)
Carter Crockett, PhD. Chief Marketing Office Consultant; Co-Founder & Managing Director, Karisimbi Business Partners
Dale Dawson, Founder, Chairman & CEO Bridge2Rwanda, (Ret.) KPMG National Director
Cyusa Leandre, CEO of Global Transact, Board Member American Chamber of Commerce
Felicien Munyuvi, CEO, Garnet Partners, Kigali
Carmen Ngibara, PhD. Mastercard Foundation, Rwanda
Lauren Nkuranga, Chief Advisor to CEO of Rwandan Development Board
Karen Sherman, CEO, Virunga Spirits
Tara Stoinski, PhD. President & CEO/Chief Scientific Officer Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
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