Pamela Hartigan (April 26, 1948 - August 12, 2016) was the Director of the

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. She was the founding partner of Volans Ventures and was also an advocate for the global non-profit social enterprise

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, at the

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Davos meetings, and became a Director of Cambia in 2009 until her death.

Education

Hartigan obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees in

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from

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's School of Foreign Service and the Institut d'Etudes Européennes in

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. She held a

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in education from

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and a

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in human developmental psychology from

The Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private university, private Catholic church, Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution ...

Career

Hartigan spent over a decade supporting community-based organizations and working with youth in Washington, D.C. She has served as director of several programs and departments for the

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, including the Women, Health, and Development Program, the Department of Health Promotion, and the Department for Violence and Injury Prevention. In October 2000, Hartigan became the first managing director of the

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. In 2008, Hartigan co-authored the book ''The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World''.

References

External links

Podcast Interview with Pamela Hartigan
Social Innovation Conversations, February 16, 2008
Dr Pamela Hartigan (1948–2016)
Obituary by Saïd Business School, August 12, 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartigan, Pamela American women company founders Catholic University of America alumni American University alumni Academics of Saïd Business School American venture capitalists American women academics