About the Actor
Jerr Boschee, the faculty member featured on this videotape, has spent the past 20 years as an advisor to social entrepreneurs in the United States and abroad. He helped start The National Center for Social Entrepreneurs in 1984, served as President and CEO from 1990 to 1999, remains a member of the Centers Board of Directors, and is now the Founder and Executive Director of The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs. Jerr has spent more than 35 years in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. He is a former executive for Control Data Corporation, has been an executive for both regional and national nonprofits, has been managing editor for a chain of newspapers, served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in India, has taught at the elementary, high school, college and post-graduate levels, and is a frequent writer, speaker and trainer in the social service and public policy arenas.