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Erin Worsham

Executive DirectorCenter for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship

Biography

Erin L. Worsham is the Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) and an Adjunct Professor of Social Innovation at Duke University.

Erin leads CASE’s work in educating the next generation of impact leaders and creating thought leadership and practitioner programming related to scaling impact, impact investing, and more. Erin is the lead author of CASE’s Scaling Pathways series and leads the executive education offering Smart Scaling, showcasing her passion for helping nonprofits and for-profits achieve greater impact. She has been published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (most recent: “Why We Didn’t Fund Your Scaling Plan”); the Academy of Management; Huffington Post; NextBillion, DevEx, and more.

Erin previously worked in the nonprofit, public and private sectors including at Booz Allen Hamilton, USAID, and the World Bank. She earned her BA from Duke University and her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Regional Focus

Eastern and Southern Africa, South America, Southeast Asia

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