Net Impact Seattle :: Professional Chapter

Our September Member Spotlight features brand-spanking new NI Seattle board member Fred DeWorken. He founded the Net Impact Santa Clara Chapter and is passionate about marketing. Send an email to fdeworken@gmail.com.

Why did you join Net Impact? I decided to join Net Impact after hearing of the Net Impact National Conference at Stanford in late 2005. A good friend and I decided to attend the conference, and we were flabbergasted by the amount of creative energy we ran head into. We met some of the Net Impact Central executives and decided right then to start a chapter at Santa Clara University, especially since we had just finished a class titled “Social Benefit Entrepreneurship.” [...]

early registration rates available through September 23rd

This year’s conference is right around the corner – October 28 – 30th at the University of Michigan. Early bird rates are about to expire, so if you’re thinking about going, grab your registration soon. For more info about this fantastic conference, visit Net Impact National.

“The boy who harnessed the wind” discussion coming up: Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 1:00 PM

Be sure to let Erin know if you are planning on attending this weekend’s book club meeting. Find out more about this month’s selection on the original post here. It’s an amazing story!

Our August 2010 newsletter was mailed out this week. If you didn’t receive a copy, you can download it here.

You’ve been hearing bits and pieces about our board transition, and it’s almost complete! What an amazing group of professionals we have at the leadership table. There’s a great mix of returning board members who were pivotal in shaping the chapter, as well as new volunteers anxious to help drive our programming to the next level. It’s going to be a great year for Net Impact Seattle’s professional chapter – stay tuned!

Our August Member Spotlight features Erin Burke. She loves traveling and working with communities and is very interested in supply chain management and sustainable sourcing.

What do you do and why did you join Net Impact?

I recently finished my International MBA at Schulich in June and returned to the Seattle area where I have been traveling a bit – Glacier National Park, Eugene, Vancouver, BC and San Francisco – reconnecting with friends and networking with organizations in the Northwest. I joined Net Impact when I was working in Portland and trying to implement sustainable initiatives in my work. I enjoyed talking with people of a similar mindset who were considering many of the same questions and were more than willing to offer advice. I ultimately decided on Schulich because a friend in the professional chapter told me about her experience. [...]