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Widely recognized as a leading social innovator and a pioneering teacher of social entrepreneurship, Andrew Wolk founded Root Cause in 2004 and now leads its overall strategic direction. He has consulted to dozens of organizations working for civic engagement, economic development, education, the environment, seniors, and more. As part of Root Cause’s knowledge sharing initiative, Andrew also authored the chapter “Social Entrepreneurship & Government: A New Breed of Entrepreneurs Developing Solutions to Social Problems” in The Small Business Economy: A Report to the President, Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Advocacy. Andrew is also a senior lecturer in social entrepreneurship at the Sloan School of Management and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. He designed and taught one of the first courses on social entrepreneurship in the country for Boston University’s School of Management, who recently awarded him the first ever Rising Star Award. Andrew began his career as a private-sector entrepreneur, having built and sold a multi-restaurant delivery business in the 1990s. He holds an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Management from Boston University and a B.A. from Lehigh University.
Kelley Kreitz developed and launched Root Cause’s knowledge sharing department in 2006. Kelley is senior editor on the forthcoming publication “Advancing Social Entrepreneurship: Recommendations for Addressing Social Problems with Innovative, Results-Oriented Solutions,” co-published by Root Cause and the Aspen Institute. Previously, Kelley worked for New Profit Inc. on initiatives aimed at building the field of social entrepreneurship. She has also advised nonprofits throughout the United States on messaging and media strategy, with a national news service for nonprofits. As a writer and journalist, Kelley has served as the senior writer for GreenBiz.com and reported for WRNI, Rhode Island’s NPR news station, and KPFA in Berkeley, California.