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Bio

CEO, VisionSpring | social entrepreneur | impact unicorn | doing good, better | woods walker | feeling gratitude

VisionSpring is the pioneering social enterprise improving earning, learning, road safety and well-being through eyeglasses.

Cumulative Results
—> 8 million people with clear vision to date
—> $1.7 billion in increased earning potential gained by people living on less than $4 per day.

Why eyeglasses? They are a powerful tool for social and economic development that increases income earning and productivity by 22-32% (RCT backed).

Featured/speaker: NPR/PRI, Forbes, The Lancet Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations, Skoll World Forum, DevEx, Stanford, Yale, MIT, Duke, Dartmouth among others

Let’s Collaborate: SDGs
1 - No Poverty
3 - Health and Road Safety
4 - Education
5 - Gender Equity
8 - Decent Work
• livelihoods (especially agriculture, garment, textile, artisans) • corporate social responsibility • venture philanthropy • performance-based funding • collective action for social impact • advancing social equity

Working in: Bangladesh, India, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Vietnam

Formerly: Americares, Population Council, Sanata Dharma University, World Bank

Member: Council on Foreign Relations

Alum: Vassar College, Johns Hopkins University

UK born. CA raised. Globally inspired.