Noah Isserman
| Noah Isserman | |
|---|---|
| File:Noah Isserman portrait.jpegNoah Isserman portrait.jpeg Isserman in 2015 | |
| Born | Noah Jacobsen Isserman November 26, 1984 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Amherst College University of Cambridge |
| 💼 Occupation | Public Intellectual |
| 📆 Years active | 2006–present |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.noahisserman.com/ |
Noah Jacobsen Isserman (born November 26, 1984) is an American public intellectual, entrepreneur, and innovation strategist. Isserman is a leading researcher in the fields of "venture philanthropy" and innovative funding mechanisms for civil society.[1] He is the Director of Social Innovation at the University of Illinois, where he is a professor, and founder of the iVenture Accelerator, an innovation center that's helped students launch over 70 startup ventures and raise over $30 million from investors.[2] Isserman’s research has been funded by the US State Department and "hailed as a major contribution to research in venture philanthropy." Since 2006, Isserman has served as founder and president of Global Partnerships & Strategy (GPS) Advisory, a social purpose consultancy.[2] Isserman credits conversations with Bill and Melinda Gates for inspiring his work.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Isserman is a graduate of University Laboratory High School in Urbana, Illinois, where he captained the men’s soccer team and was the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper.[3] In 2003, Isserman was named Illinois High School Journalist of the Year.[4][5]
As an undergraduate, Isserman attended Amherst College where he designed his own interdisciplinary curriculum for the study of cognitive neuroscience with a focus on "human-decision making when emotion or fairness are in conflict with economic optimality."[3] In addition to studies, Isserman served as student body vice president and was a forward on Amherst's varsity soccer team.[6]
In recognition of his academic achievements and leadership, Isserman was named a 2008 Gates Cambridge Scholar by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and provided a full scholarship to the University of Cambridge in England. Isserman was one of forty-five Americans selected and the inaugural Gates Cambridge Scholar from Amherst College.[7] Isserman’s Cambridge thesis, "Venturing into public good: From venture capital to the creation of state-supported venture philanthropy and its implications for third sector financing" was awarded the Gabriel Rudney Memorial Award for Outstanding Dissertation and recognized as “an important contribution to the field.” [8][2]
Career[edit]
Isserman is the co-founder of iVenture Accelerator, an innovation center at the University of Illinois which helps budding student entrepreneurs launch and build startup companies. To date, the accelerator has guided students to launch 79 companies and raise over $30 million from investors.[2] iVenture Accelerator has earned awards from numerous organizations and foundations including Ashoka U.[9] Multiple program graduates have been recognized as Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees including MakerGirl, OptiVolt, and Cast21.[10]
Isserman was also named Director of Social Innovation for the University of Illinois "to create initiatives advancing social innovation, a priority in the University’s strategic plan."[11] Isserman's mandate is to increase the "social value created by the University’s teaching, research and social entrepreneurship." Isserman's research into innovative funding mechanisms for civil society, as a professor in the Gies College of Business and School of Social Work, has been "hailed as a major contribution to research in venture philanthropy."[1] Isserman's research has been funded by the US State Department and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[2]
In 2006, Isserman founded Global Partnerships & Strategy (GPS) Advisory, a social purpose consultancy. He serves as the firm's President.[2] Isserman has also served as CEO of two companies he helped found — MAStorage, Inc. and WholeData, LLC, an economic data firm acquired by the Upjohn Institute.[2] Previously, Isserman helped organize aid for Sri Lankan tsunami relief, delivered school supplies to the Mississippi Delta, and books to Baghdad.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Noah Isserman has been appointed director of a US university initiative to promote social innovation". GatesCambridge.org. 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Putting students at the centre of enterprise". GatesCambridge.org. 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Costache, Emanuel (2009-03-06). "Former Amherst College Student Noah Isserman '07 Receives Prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship". Amherst College News. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ "Area History, May 8". News-Gazette. 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Reiter, Amy (2008-09-27). "Local scholar off to England's Cambridge University". News-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ Costache, Emanuel (2009-03-06). "Gates Cambridge National Fellowships Amherst College". Amherst College Website. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ "Gates Cambridge Scholarship Overview". Amherst College. 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ "Gabriel G. Rudney Memorial Award For Outstanding Dissertation in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action". Association for Research on Non Profit Organizations and Voluntary Action Website. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ "Social Innovation at Illinois & iVenture Accelerator – 2016 Awardee". AshokaU.org. 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ Simmons, Ethan (2019-12-12). "Leader of iVenture Accelerator lands spot on Forbes 2020 30 Under 30". Daily Illini. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ↑ Timmins, Mary (2019-06-13). "Fast Track The iVenture Accelerator program helps budding student entrepreneurs launch new products". University of Illinois Alumni Association. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
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