Seth Green is the founder and a current Board Member of Americans for Informed Democracy (AID), and served as AID’s chief executive from 2002 to 2007. During his time leading AID, Mr. Green built a network that includes more than 23,000 members; created partnerships with leading think tanks, NGOs, businesses, and foundations; and raised over US$1 million for the organization’s programming. Mr. Green has also worked at the Brookings Institution, the American Prospect, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Lazard Freres, McKinsey & Co., the Job Opportunity Investment Network, and Youth Organizations Umbrella.
Mr. Green is an expert on youth social change movements. A Marshall Scholar, he graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and earned Masters’ degrees in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and in Women’s Studies from the University of Oxford. He also completed a J.D. degree at Yale Law School, where he was named an Olin Fellow by the Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy. Mr. Green has served on the Board of Directors of AID, 20/20 Vision, Citizens for Global Solutions, and Thinking Beyond Borders.
Under the able editorship of Dr. Zachary Kaufman, an upstander in his own right, this pathbreaking book demystifies social entrepreneurship, namely, citizen-inspired initiatives that may have as much potential to overcome the challenges burdening victims of atrocities and other assaults on humankind as social media has demonstrated in revolutionizing how people communicate in the 21st Century.”