Sophie Raseman is former full-time director of the National Vision for Sierra Leone (NVSL) and was one of its founding members as it transitioned into an independent organization. In addition to working at the NVSL, Ms. Raseman has served in a range of public interest positions, including in the non-profit and public sectors. Ms. Raseman currently holds a position at the U.S. Department of Treasury, in the Office of Financial Institutions, where she specializes in financial services policies affecting consumers. Ms. Raseman has also worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City, where she served large financial services companies. Ms. Raseman was born and raised in New York City. She has a J.D. from Yale Law School and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University.
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.”