The faculty for PopTech’s Social Innovation Fellows Program contributes to a unique training program designed to accelerate positive impact. This talented group includes relevant thought leaders in fields that are absolutely critical to success, but rarely “taught”—such as mission clarity, design thinking, social venture and philanthropic capitalization, media relations and community engagement. Their expert advice for social innovators ensures a solid framework for effectiveness and results.
 | Ken Banks
Ken is the founder of kiwanja.net, an organization pioneering new applications of mobile technology to effect positive social and environmental change in the developing world. |
 | Christopher Chabris
Christopher Chabris is one of the creators of the world-famous “gorilla experiment,” a widely discussed and demonstrated experiment in psychology. |
 | Amy Cuddy
Amy Cuddy is a social psychologist at Harvard specializing in how people perceive and influence each other. |
 | Michael Duarte
Michael is a trainer and consultant for Duarte Design, the largest firm in the world focused solely on presentations – whether they are delivered in person, online or via devices. |
 | Peter Durand
A designer and facilitator who uses visual learning in collaborative strategy and design situations to accelerate change, Peter is co-founder and creative director of Alphachimp Studio. |
 | Robert Fabricant
Vice President for Creative of frog, Robert leads frog’s efforts to expand the impact of design into new markets and industries, teaches at NYU’s Tisch School, and is a central partner in PopTech’s Project Masiluleke. |
 | Cheryl Heller
Cheryl is the Founding Chair of the new Masters Program in Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts in New York and founder of Heller Communication. She is a pioneering communication designer, business strategist and mentor to some of the world’s most exciting social entrepreneurs. Cheryl serves as the Chair of the PopTech Board. |
 | Erik Hersman
A co-founder of Ushahidi and a 2008 PopTech Fellow, Erik is an innovator, technologist, and blogger focused on advancing the use of technology as an empowerment tool in the developing world. |
 | Chloe Holderness
Chloe is managing director of the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, helping find experienced lawyers to provide first class legal advice to social entrepreneurs/innovators on a pro bono basis. |
 | Matt Kent
Matt Kent has worked with Pilobolus since 1996 as a dancer, collaborator, creative director, choreographer and associate artistic director. |
 | Jim Koch
Founding Director of the Center for Science, Technology and Society and the Global Social Benefit Incubator, Jim empowers social entrepreneurs to overcome barriers to scale and impact. |
 | Itamar Kubovy
Itamar Kubovy is Pilobolus’ executive director, founded Pilobolus’ Collaborators Project, and focuses on the company’s transition into a sustainable laboratory that convenes creative minds to produce and distribute imaginative physical entertainment. |
 | Robert Pérez
Robert leads the branding and messaging practice in Fenton’s San Francisco office, helping people and organizations create social change by crafting communications campaigns that inspire action and build support for a cause. |
 | Susan Phillips
Susan is Vice President of Human Capital at Omidyar Network, working directly with for-profit and nonprofit social entrepreneurs on organizational and marketing issues. |
 | Kevin Starr
Director of the Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program, Kevin helps the brightest social entrepreneurs maximize the impact of their ventures in the developing world. |
 | Jer Thorp
Jer Thorp is a data artist in residence at the New York Times who explores the boundaries between science, data, art, and culture. |
 | Andrew Zolli
Executive Director and Curator of PopTech, Andrew is a well-known expert in global foresight and innovation, studying the complex trends that are shaping our future. |
