1. MICHAEL J. CASLIN, III
#200 Riverside Boulevard, 7G
New York, NY 10069
212-444-2071 / mcaslin@babson.edu
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EDUCATION- ACADEMIC DEGREES
BABSON COLLEGE, F.W. OLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS WELLESLEY, MA
Master of Business Administration Concentration: Entrepreneurship
Coursework: Opportunity and Entrepreneurship, Creating and Leading Effective Organizations,
Financial Reporting, Managing Talent- Your own and others, Strategy, Data, Models and Decisions,
Introductions to Financial Management, Business Law, Defining, Marketing- Offering and Delivering
Value to Customers, Managerial Economics, Technology & Operations Management, ABC Cost
Accounting- Measuring and Managing Strategic Performance, Managing at the Crossroads-
International Economics, Business and Govt., Global Connections Through Technology, Business
Models, Negotiations, Managing a Growing Business, Public Policy Entrepreneurship, Mergers and
Acquisitions, E- Venture Financing, Branding, Strategies for Innovation and Organic Growth and
Capstone- New Venture Development.
MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE PURCHASE, NY
Double Major in ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE
EDUCATION- FELLOWSHIPS/ SCHOLARSHIPS
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TUSCON, AZ
Scholarship to Dr. Vernon Smith’s (Nobel Laureate) Economics Science Laboratory, 1996
BABSON COLLEGE WELLESLEY, MA
Fellowship to the Price Institute-Babson College Global Symposium for Entrepreneurship
Education with Dr. Jeffry A. Timmons, 1993
GEORGETOWNUNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C.
Union Carbide Scholarship to attend the Institute on Comparative Political and Economic
Systems with Dr. Walter H. Judd, M.O.C. and Congressional Internship with U.S. Rep. Jack
Kemp, 1978
FACULTY TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
BABSON COLLEGE- CSE/CREDIT/LEVEL OF STUDENTS/DATES
Social Enterprise Management- 3 credits/MBA-2nd
Year Elective/ Fall 2004
Social Enterprise Management- 3 credits/ Undergraduate-Jr./Sr./ Fall 2005
Social Enterprise Management- 3 credits/ Undergraduate-Jr./Sr./ Spring 2006
Social Enterprise Management- 3 credits/ Undergraduate-Jr./Sr./ Fall 2006
Social Enterprise Management- 3 credits/ Undergraduate-Jr./Sr./ Spring 2007
Social Enterprise Management- 3 credits/ Undergraduate-Jr./Sr./ Fall 2007
Social Enterprise Management- 3 credits/ Undergraduate-Jr./Sr./ Spring 2008
Social Enterprise Management- 3 credits/ Undergraduate-Jr./Sr./ Fall 2008
BABSON COLLEGE- BABSON GLOBAL- BANGKOK UNIVERSITY- BUSEM
Social Enterprise Mgt. & Negotiation- Graduate Student Credit/ Winter 2014
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#200 Riverside Boulevard, 7G
New York, NY 10069
212-444-2071 / mcaslin@babson.edu
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CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEWYORK – CUNY- BARUCH COLLEGE-
ZICKLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL -CSE/CREDIT/LEVEL/DATES/STUDENTS ENROLLED
Social Enterprise Management/3 credits/ Ugrad-#3525-Jr.,Sr./Fall ‘09/(33)
Analysis of Entrepreneurial Experiences/3 credits/Grad-#9961/Fall ‘09/(14)
High Impact Web Education/3 credits/Ugrad-Indep.Study/ Spring ’10 (1)
Entrepreneurial Case Studies/3 credits/Ugrad-#4961-Jr.,Sr./ Spring ‘10/(27)
Entrepreneurial New Ventures/3 credits/Ugrad-#4969- Jr.,Sr./Fall ‘10/(15)
Analysis of Entrepreneurial Experiences/3 credits/Grad-#9961/Fall ‘10/(9)
Entrepreneurship Management/3 credits/Ugrad-#3960- Jr.,Sr./Spring ‘11/(20)
Analysis of Entrepreneurial Experiences/3 credits/Grad-#9961/Spring ‘11/(22)
Analysis of Entrepreneurial Experiences/3 credits/Grad-#9961/Fall ‘11/(8)
Entrepreneurial Start-Ups/3 credits/Ugrad-#4963/Fall ‘11/(23)
Entrepreneurship Management/3 credits/Ugrad-#3960-Jr./Sr./Spring ‘12/(35)
Analysis of Entrepreneurial Experiences/3 credits/ Ugrad-#4961/Fall ‘12/(29)
Entrepreneurship Management/3 credits/Ugrad-#3960-Jr./Sr./ Fall ‘12/(36)
Entrepreneurship Management/3 credits/Ugrad-#3960-Jr./Sr./ Spring‘13/(30)
Entrepreneurship Management/3 credits/Ugrad- #3960-Jr./Sr./ Spring ’13(15)
NEW COURSES/NEWPROGRAMS DEVELOPED:
BABSON COLLEGE-
BLANK CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP (BC) & BABSON GLOBAL (BG)
BG- University of Bangkok, Thailand- Social Entrepreneurship, Negotiation
BC- The Lewis Initiative: Conceptualized, Co-Design team faculty member faculty
fundraising team member to support the successful raise of $10,000,000 for Babson
College’s Social Entrepreneurship campus wide initiative.
BC- Babson Student Business Incubator: Member of founding faculty advisory team
for Undergraduate and Graduate student summer business incubation.
BC- Green Dorm: Faculty Advisor
ST. PETER’S UNIVERSITY-
IGNITE- A Collaboration for Urban Revitalization through Entrepreneurship: Co-
conceptualized, Co-Designed and lead Executive Team member or Rising Tide
Capital to establish a Social Enterprise-Academic Institution program partnership
around college access and university student and faculty engagement to support
entrepreneurial efforts of low to moderate income adults in the Northern New Jersey-
Jersey City and Newark area.
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#200 Riverside Boulevard, 7G
New York, NY 10069
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WHITE PAPERS AND LECTURES:
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG and CHARLES UNIVERSITY OF PRAGUE-
“The transformative role of Entrepreneurship in emerging democracies.” An invited
lecturer from The Fund for American Studies Institute for Central European and Asian
Political and Economic System Studies.
UNITED NATIONS- “Towards an Entrepreneurial Culture: A vision for Europe”. A
policy framework presented to 28 member nations of the United Nations Economic
Commission on Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, May 2005.
PUBLICATIONS IN FIELD OF EXPERTISE:
College Text Book
ABC-CLIO Publishers, Graduate/Undergraduate College Textbook, Featured Chapter Author,
“Social Entrepreneurship: How Business Can Transform Society”. Editor, Dr. Tom Lyons.
2012.
Government Reports or Monographs
Aspen Institute, Federal Public Policy, Role: Founder and Contributing Member,
“Advancing Entrepreneurship Education- A Report of the Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy
Group”, Washington, D.C., 2008.
High School Curriculum
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship,
High School Text, Co-Author, “Eco-Enterprise: Being Smart About the Environment and
Social Issues- One Enterprise, One Entrepreneur at a Time”, New York City, 1999.
High School/Community College, Web Learning Portal, Co-Author, “BizTech-
Entrepreneurship On-Line.” 2005 Cody Design Award Finalist For: Best Secondary
Education Instruction Solution- Co-Author, 1999, 2005
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
Veritas Publishers, General Audience, Author, “Fallen Innocence, Towering Love: Thoughts
For Healing from Ground Zero”. Dartmouth, MA,2001
Career Press Publishers, Adult/High School Student Text, Co-Author, “The Very, Very
Rich- How They Got That Way and How You Can Too! Profiles of Phenomenal Entrepreneurs”.
New York, 2000.
Shore-Side Sailing, Sailboat Racing- Simulations of Strategies, Tactics and Racing Rules
1984.
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#200 Riverside Boulevard, 7G
New York, NY 10069
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PROFESSIONAL HONORS, PRIZES:
Harvard University
Harvard for Change- Igniting Innovation Summit on Social Entrepreneurship 2014
Featured Panelist at the largest undergraduate-run conference on Social Entrepreneurship in
the nation. The Summit unites students, academics, business leaders, and non-profit
leaders, aspiring to be on the cutting edge of social innovation, both locally and
internationally. 350 students, academics, and business and nonprofit leaders from six
continents. Nominated and selected for innovative ways in breaking previous barriers in
energy consumption, improving the lives of countless individuals and redefining the way in
which individuals and businesses interact with and receive access to sustainable energy.
Recognized “as a thought and leader for professional background, expertise, and incredible
innovation in redefining civic consumption with the ultimate effect of accessible and
environmentally sustainable energy for communities and as an inspiration to young leaders,
entering and flourishing in a challenging, complex work world”.
Website http://www.ignitinginnovationsummit.com.
The Fund for American Studies, Washington, DC 2013
Alumni Achievement Award for “Honorable Leadership in promoting a Free Society; selected
from a network of 14,000 Alums”. 1 of 10 Award recipients since 1970.
CODIE Award for Web Business Learning-SecondarySchool Education-Finalist 2005
Co-Author of BizTech 2.0- a national finalist. The SIIA CODiE Awards recognize excellence
in the business software, digital content, and education technology industries. All
nominated products and services receive a thorough review from seasoned industry experts
who can identify strengths and give significant insights for improvements. In 27 years, SIIA has
recognized more than 1,000 companies for achieving greatness in industries that expect
innovative thinking and demand market validation.
Dartmouth College, Award, Tuck Graduate School of Business 2002
The Halpern Award for Outstanding Contribution to the field of Social Entrepreneurship.
Babson College, Award, Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators 1999
1,000+ College Faculty Global Peer Reviewed - Appel Annual Prize Winner for “an individual
who brings entrepreneurial vitality to academe in the true spirit of the Price-Babson College
Fellows Program for perseverance, innovativeness and excellence demonstrated over the
years.”
Norfolk Charitable Trust World Fellowship Program, London, England, UK 1999
Graduate, Fellowship- Selected as sole USA Representative. Brief: Conduct a (12) city, (5)
continent field observation of the impacts of mass urbanization (aka urban conurbations) on
society and present a visionary solution- focused framework for effectively countering these
trends.
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#200 Riverside Boulevard, 7G
New York, NY 10069
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Windsor Society Member (UK), Ayershire, Scotland, UK 1998
Graduate, Fellowship- U.S.A. Representative to the Windsor Society- Discussions on the
Future of the U.K. founded by King Henry VIII.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION- AWARDS/CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT:
The Fund for American Studies, Washington, DC 2013
Alumni Achievement Award for honorable leadership in promoting a free society. Selected from among
14,000 Program Graduates. Since 1970, (10) Awards have been awarded.
Columbia University, New York City, NY 2012
Certificate of Completion of SPEEDREADING 101 based on Evelyn Woods Speed Learning System.
Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem –Knights Hospitaller- (c.1099 A.D.) 2008
Knighted into the oldest order of Knighthood for exemplary performance in service to the sick and the
poor and the life-long pursuit of living the primary virtues- Prudence, Justice, Temperance and Fortitude
and cardinal virtues- humility, sympathy, gentleness, truth, compassion, unselfishness, peace and
endurance.
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#200 Riverside Boulevard, 7G
New York, NY 10069
212-444-2071 / mcaslin@babson.edu
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APPENDIX A
ADMINISTRATION/DEPARTMENT CHAIR/STUDENT REVIEWS
DIRECT OBSERVATIONS
Observations from two distinguished Babson members of the Faculty and Administration:
Observations by Dr. Len Schlesinger, Babson College, President “Babson College has had
the benefit of Michael Caslin’s energy and counsel as an adjunct faculty member for years
and I have personally witnessed his impact on students in teaching the Social
Entrepreneurship course. He has served a valuable advisor to many before the creation of
the Lewis Institute and campus wide initiative. As a National Board Member for NFTE, I can
appreciate the magnitude of the challenges he faced over 20 years as the organization’s
CEO…the reputational capital that was built far exceeded the formal resources they had
available to them. At this stage of his life Michael wants to make the transition to a more full
time academic career and the MBA is the first step in the process. I enthusiastically support
his plan and do believe he is taking the appropriate steps to realize his aspirations and I have
little doubt that he will be an important member of his Fast Track cohort.”
Oral Communication Skills - “Excellent”- Schlesinger, Brush
Ability to Work with Others - “Excellent”- Schlesinger, Brush
Initiative- “Excellent” - Schlesinger, Brush
Maturity- “Excellent” - Schlesinger, Brush
Creativity- “Excellent” - Schlesinger, Brush
Problem Solving Skills- “Excellent”- Dr. Candy Brush
Observations by Dr. Candy Brush, Babson College, Department Chair, Blank Center for
Entrepreneurship- Endorsement- “I first met Mike Caslin when I joined Babson College as
Division Chair. He had been an adjunct faculty member teaching social entrepreneurship and
I became his direct supervisor and have known him for 6 years. His strengths are personal
interaction, communication, sales and marketing and non-profit/foundation work including
NFTE and knows the landscape of social entrepreneurship very well. He has built
connections, knows how to do research, collect data and importantly is committed to social
mission ventures and non-profits. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses and I
observed his teaching on several occasions and there is no question that he engages
students in rich discussion and is an enthusiastic presenter…Mike’s passion, expertise and
knowledge of social ventures/non-profit would be a terrific addition to the Fast Track Program
and while he is more experienced and a mature candidate, I know he is eager to learn. He
would likely be a leader for his cohort and embrace this role.
Written Communication Skills- “Good” – Dr. Len Schlesinger
Quantitative Skills- “Good”- Dr. Candy Brush
Decision-making Skills- “Good”- Dr. Candy Brush
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APPENDIX B
TEACHING MOTIVATION AND PHILOSOPHY
I love teaching. Why? It is an incredible gift and honor to see first-hand the power of
conceiving, believing and achieving occur within my students during the length of an
academic semester and beyond. Reading their qualitative feedback surveys after each
semester further reinforces that I’ve contributed to their growth process.
I have pursued teaching as a second stage career path. During my first stage career I built
a number of small businesses and non-profits. This in turn led to my being sought out for
strategic advisory services then CEO/Co-Founder role in a start-up non-profit- NFTE-
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship- that would go on to scale globally, work with
500,000 students and be case studied twice by Harvard Business School. The popularity of
these case studies in turn created a demand for my lecturing at Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke,
Harvard- Business and Kennedy Schools and Stanford Universities.
From this experience, I was then invited to be a “practitioner-academic” at Babson College
and CUNY-BARUCH working with both graduate and undergraduate students. Since 1988, I
have been able to teach entrepreneurship to students ranging in age from 15 to 50 years
around the world. have had the blessing of lecturing teaching and working with a wide range
of from the lowest income to the most prestigious and credentialed graduate school students,
from the next generation scions of the world’s wealthiest business families to the multi-
generation impoverished on many continents. From those who are physically challenge,
incarcerated or learning disadvantaged to the most gifted and resourced. I have seen in the
eyes of them all a desire to learn, dream, to change their lives for the better and to change
the world for the better. Given the state of our very needy world, it is only through education
that we can help support more flames of knowledge that will light up the darkness. This is
why I must teach.
I believe knowledge with wisdom (applied knowledge) is power and as a teacher I have the
right and the duty to share knowledge and the accumulated wisdom of insights gained from
my own career path. I always say, “I don’t have answers just perspective and that each
student must come to their own answers in life.”
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I believe that as an educator I am walking Joseph Campbell’s, “The Thousand Faces of A
Hero”. This “hero path” is with my students. We are on a shared journey beginning in the
classroom which goes beyond the semester – and we grow together. Together we chose to
depart from the comfortable, gain enlightenment through struggle and most importantly we
commit to “the return” to teach others (our colleagues, our fellow students, our friends and
families) what we have learned. From all the Babson and Baruch classes I have taught over
the years I have now served as a mentor to 93 students.
I believe that educators have a noble duty to find new truths and affirm old ones based on
rigorous research, writing, debate and presentations. We have a noble duty to inspire,
challenge and nurture our students in and beyond the classroom. In my role as a teacher I
am enabled to see the potential that lies within my students and am thrilled to help it emerge.
It is my sacred duty to help my students see and tap into their natural or God-given
potential as well. I believe that education is a great individual liberator, societal equalizer and
nation builder. And I believe that social entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurship that
seeks to transform society through triple bottom line oriented efforts (by intentionally linking
people, profitt and planet), is one of the most pragmatic, radical and transformative non-
coercive forces for good that exists on our planet today.
For anonymous student ratings of my courses go to: www.ratemyprofessor.com
Professor- Caslin
College- Baruch College
College- Babson College
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APPENDIX C
PROFESSIONAL CAREER EXPERIENCES
Michael Caslin offers a diverse and successful track record as a Serial Social Entrepreneur.
Investor/Co-Founder in (10) for-profit ventures and (4) non-profit ventures, he has been
involved in all stages of Venture Development- Start-Up, Early Growth, Rapid Growth and
Corporate Turnarounds. He has proven, multi-decade experience across (12) industry
sectors. He has specialized bringing ventures to Scale, Triple Bottom Line Impact
Investment Strategy Development and Venture Crisis/Turn-Around and Performance
Improvement. He currently serves as the Managing Director of Strategy and Development for
Rising Tide Capital.
He has served as a trusted advisor to the leadership of the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe, White House Domestic Policy Program, various Federal, State and
Local Officials, and national and international for-profit and non-profit ventures. His Social
Enterprise work has been reported on by numerous national and global media outlets
including CNN, The Boston Globe, National Public Radio, New York Times and Dalian China
TV. He has been a featured lecturer at Stanford University Graduate Business School,
Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan School, Dartmouth Tuck Business School, Duke
University Fuqua Business School, Columbia University Uris Business School, NYU, Dublin
City University and the University of Prague and University of Hong Kong.
Areas of his thought leadership and subject matter expertise include: secondary, higher
education and adult entrepreneurship development- policy, program and curriculum
development- in-class and web-based; urban, airport city and tribal reservation sustainable
economic development including renewable energy infrastructure investment; Corporate
Social Responsibility, Family Office Philanthropy and Impact Investment Initiatives; and
domestic and international Social Entrepreneurship imitative.
For the past 13 years, Michael Caslin has also been engaged in sustainable community
development primarily in power, waste and water community management issues- both
generation and conservation. He is committed to mitigating the impacts of rapid global
urbanization by advising large and small-scale community sustainability solutions.
Recognizing the long term implications of ineffective policies and practices at the global,
federal, state and local level and in response to the burdensome costs of energy and an
increasingly failing and unsustainable urban infrastructure affecting national and global cities,
he launched URGENT VC, LLC (UVC) in 2008.
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strategy, tactics and performance plan alignment.
Developing technology-enabled distance based learning – BizTech 2.0 with Microsoft, the
ALN Network and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; a Codie Award Finalist and CUNY-Baruch
Graduate and Undergraduate blended learning curriculum.
Developing cutting edge performance bonus incentive compensation systems
Managing P&L and Balance Sheet profitability successfully thru recessions (’87, ’92, ’99,
‘02) via cost containment, team performance improvement and increased revenue
generation.
Building brand value thru effective million-dollar CSR and CRM funding Sponsorships
and success in expanding from small, local customer bases to international scale.
Establishing the first national public policy group for youth entrepreneurship in
partnership with E*Trade and Aspen Institute’s, leading the Youth Entrepreneurship
Strategy Group.
DETAILED CAREER EXPERIENCE AND RESULTS
RISING TIDE CAPITAL (RTC) Jersey City, NJ 2012 - Present
Title and Summary of Duties: Managing Director, Development and Strategic Growth
Results:
As strategic advisor, he supports the CEO and COO in development and implementation
of its Theory of Change, development of its Board of Directors, Strategic Advisory Board
and Management Team, expansion of Corporate and Academic Strategic Partnerships
and Fund Development and provides guidance on RTC’s Smart-Growth Plan.
He grew new leadership and has helped shape the internal talent management
development process, established a strategic partnership with St. Peter’s University
generating future value of up to $2M in academic credits to program graduates, led the
Development & Strategy Team that grew FY annual revenue $900K to $2.4M in 2 years.
He also implemented the proprietary- Go Forward Plan-Fusion and Focus process to
commence preparation for an internal (24) month capacity building process for regional
and national organization scale.
URGENT VC, LLC New York, NY 2008–Present
Title and Summary of Duties: Chairman and Founder
URGENT VC, LLC is an IMPACT INVESTMENT oriented venture capital manager and
venture development company specializing in providing Sustainable Community Advisory
Services and developing Sustainable Infrastructure for Urban Centers, Tribal Reservations
and Airport Cities. As founder has served on the Board of Directors, on the Investment and
Finance Committee and as CEO helped developed an operational team. He has screened
investments, provided company P&L and management oversight, provided strategic planning
and operational oversight and led the development of strategic investor relationships.
He assisted in the turn-around of a high visibility Carbon Asset Management Firm,
through the founding and subsequent sale of a private equity partnership. He assembled
a management team that purchased a distressed international carbon credit asset
management firm and saved two dozen jobs in the USA and India, recovered key
investor value and increased energy efficiency in 1 million homes in India through a UN
Carbon Credit Approved light bulb efficiency replacement program;
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He launched UVC’s Sustainable Community Consultancy that has secured and
completed contracts with EU and USA Federal Agencies (EPA, Dept’s of Interior and
HHS and the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution and Tribal Support),
Multi-State Municipalities and Federal Tribes. UVC has since been retained via
Sustainable Community Advisory service contracts and is proud to serve as a key advisor
to USET-United Southern Eastern Tribes- a network of 26 Federally Recognized Tribes
east of the Mississippi River and as its Technical Advisor to the Obama White House’s
National Ocean Council;
He established UVC Clean&Green Impact Investment Venture Accelerator with its lead
portfolio company SubSea Energy, N.A., LLC – a USA based micro-hydro energy
developer working to provide in low cost, subsidy free, zero emission micro-distributed
electricity systems for high cost electricity markets in the Northeast.
NFTE, New York, NY 1988 - 2008
Title and Summary of Duties: CEO
Results:
Expansion of NFTE into 13 countries and 31 U.S. States from an original base of and 2
U.S. states.
P&L Accountability- led team that grew annual system revenue from $200,000 to
$25,000,000 in the USA, EU, India and China over 400 payroll periods.
Grew from a base of 200 users to 50,000 users annually; 500,000 historical users.
Achieved 14 consecutive years of annual operating surplus.
Led teams that raised $145,000,000 in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
investments/grants and Government Appropriations and Grants.
Created NFTE’s first public policy initiative with Aspen Institute. Conceived, Recruited,
Developed and Managed a (33) corporate member organization Youth Entrepreneurship
Strategy Group (YESG).
Developed CSR relationships with: Atlantic Philanthropies/ Duty Free Shops, Babson
College, COFRA, E*Trade, Goldman Sachs, National Governor’s Association,
Oppenheimer Funds, Ryan Air/One Fdn., McKinsey & Co., Microsoft; State Street Bank,
U.S. Small Business Administration.
Provided expert witness testimony and policy papers for: Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke,
Harvard, Hong Kong, Prague and Stanford Universities; U.S. Congress- House/Senate
Committees on Small Business, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; U.S. Departments
of Commerce, Education, Labor and State; The White House-Domestic and Economic
Policy Councils; National Associations of Governors, School Superintendents, and City
Councils; the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) on Micro-Enterprise with Prince
Charles and Sec. General Annan and the United Nations Economic Commission on
Europe (UNECE).
Under his leadership, NFTE has grown to be a globally recognized movement and one of
the few documented youth development global programs. He and his team achieved this
through an open-book management and balanced scorecard management culture and
practice and achieved the following results:
growth of annual system revenue by 124X;
growth of operational, field and system-wide staff by 50X;
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growth of NFTE Certified Entrepreneurship Teachers Corps by 2,000X;
growth of users from (200) in 1988 to (500,000) end users;
established NFTE as a global and national thought leader related to entrepreneurship
education with Davos- World Economic Forum, the UN Economic Commission of
Europe, Aspen Institute’s Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy Group Babson College’s
Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators (a network of 2,000 college faculty
members);
served as founding advisor to Ewing Marion Kaufman’s Global Entrepreneurship
Week and the National Association of Community College Centers for
Entrepreneurship Education
and growth of NFTE’s USA 31 state operations 14.5X and growth of international
operations from no activity to activity in 13 countries on 4 continents.
Leadership success with teams in the following endeavors:
Curriculum innovation, design, funding, standardization and distribution leading to 12
iterative self-published versions of Student Curriculum and Teacher Certification
Programs resulting in Pearson Publishers choosing NFTE as its entrepreneurship
curriculum of record for the USA and EU
Conceptualization, funding and implementation of an External Impact Evaluation
Program based on a rigorous Program Theory of Change
Conceptualization and Generation of self-sustaining revenue streams through
innovative product/service sales and special event revenue now annually generating
$3mm net contribution annually
Conceptualization, funding and implementation of the first youth entrepreneurship
alumni services program involving nation-wide MBA student mentors and corporate
executives that featured Regional Business Plan Competitions and Venture Funding.
Conceptualization, funding and implementation of the W.K. Kellogg Fdn.’s National
African American Male Collaborative- a consortia of 33 national CBO’s dedicated to
empowering African American young men and NFTE First Nations Tribal Youth
Entrepreneurship Program.
Caslin Group Business Consultants, Washington, D.C. 1984 – 1988
Title and Summary of Duties: Founder, Firm specialized in Corporate Bankruptcy
Turnarounds.
Results:
Consulted with 40 clients from 12 industry segments; companies aggregate value of
$30,000,000
Advised (2) U.S. Members of Congress on trade and public policy initiatives
Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C. 1982 - 1984
Title and Summary of Duties: VP, Legal Affairs
Results:
Developed U.S. Congressional outreach strategies for: Tort Reform, Tax Reform,
Crime Victim Right while leading a national high-net worth individual/institutional
$500,000 annual campaign.
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Boys and Girls Clubs of America – New York, NY 1981 - 1982
Title and Summary of Duties: Director of Development, Foundation Relations
Results:
Developed and implemented a $250,000 national foundation relations campaign
The Fund for American Studies- Washington, D.C. 1980 - 1981
Title and Summary of Duties: Executive Director
Results:
Managed foundation, board and HNW individual giving development, $250,000
annual campaign.
Managed U.S. Congressional Outreach and Academic Program Outreach to
Georgetown University
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP:
Baruch College- Zicklin Business School, NY: Faculty Advisor, Private Equity and Venture
Capital Club, Boys and Girls Club of New Bedford, MA: Board Member, Center for
Cultural and Tribal Entrepreneurship, Santa Fe, NM: Board Member, CITI-USAGreen
Jobs Awards, NY, NY: Board Member, Friends of Jaclyn, NY: Volunteer for Youth and
Young Adults with Brain Tumors, NFTE New England, Babson Park, MA: Volunteer, NYU-
NYACRE- NY Accelerator for Clean and Renewable Energy, NY, NY: Advisory Board
Member, Russian Children Welfare Society, NY: Volunteer for Orphaned Children needing
facial reconstruction, SJF Institute/Investor’s Circle, Durham, NC: Board Member, Urban
Ecology Institute, Boston, MA: Board Chair and YMCA of New Bedford, MA: Volunteer-
Youth Basketball League.
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#200 Riverside Boulevard, 7G
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ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES, ACHIEVEMENTS and ACTIVITIES:
2008- Present
-Appalachian Trail- Section Hiker- Completed sections- Massachusetts, Connecticut and
New York.
-Manhattanville College, Men’s Basketball, Player Career Coach
-Mustang Horseback Training- Taos, New Mexico
-Bikram Yoga, 30 Day Challenge Achiever
-Sailing Instructor- Manhattan Sailing School with boat deliveries from London, England
across the British Channel to Calais, France and from Ft. Lauderdale, FL in Gulf Stream to
Long Island, NY
-NY State, Ulster County, MAPP Certified- Partnership in Parenting- Foster Care to Adoption
1975-2008
-NCAA- Team MVP, High Point Scorer, member of first team in Manhattanville College’s
history to NCAA DIII Basketball Tournament
-NCAA- (4) Sport Participant- Cross Country, Basketball, Sailing and Tennis. College Club-
Baseball and Feature’s Editor of the campus newspaper and Student Rep. to the Board of
Trustees.
-Co-Founder, New Bedford YMCA, Youth Basketball Development Program- grown 20X over
5 years
-AAU- six year coach of Women’s Basketball AAU Travel team- first season- 2-8 with
average loss by 52 pts.; final season national ranking – top 50/1500 teams in USA; 4 players
win MA State H.S. Basketball Championship out of 300 teams- 2 players selected as Boston
Globe All State, 6/8 players selected for college teams- 5/6 players become college team
captains, $400,000 in college scholarships secured.
-NY State- High School- Top 8 Basketball Team All Tournament Team
