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ESR Conference. Building Economically Self-Reliant Families.

2007 Overview of Presenters

Conference Proceedings

Schedule

Keynote & Social Innovator Award Winner

Martin Burt Executive Director, Paraguay Foundation
Chris Dunford CEO, Freedom From Hunger
Barry Smith Chairman, Keystone National Private Equity LLC
Ramiro Uchani Chirinos Vice Minister of Micro & Small Business, Bolivian Ministry of Production & Microenterprise

MicroEnterprise Track (Track Leader: Troy Holmberg, Executive Director, Yehu Bank)

John Hatch Founder, FINCA International & Co-Founder, Alliance of Students Against Poverty
Claralyn Hill Coordinator, Provo RESULTS
David Kay City Planner, Provo City Community Development
Scott Leckman Coordinator, Salt Lake City RESULTS
Louis Pope Founder, Yehu Bank
Jini Roby Professor of Sociology, Brigham Young University
Conny Wollbrant Göteborg University, Department of Economics

MicroFranchise Track (Track Leader: Jason Fairbourne, Director, MicroFranchise Development Initiative, BYU ESR Center)

Andy Barfuss COO, The Academy for Creating Enterprise
Kara Bleazard Brigham Young University, MBA
Benjamin Crookston University of Utah, Public Health PhD Candidate
Sarah Davis Brigham Young University, MBA
Jennifer Ellingson Senior Associate, One Roof
Jason Fairburne Director, BYU MicroFranchise Development Initiative
Michael Hallstrom Brigham Young University, Bio-Ag Business
Graham Macmillian Senior Director, Scojo Foundation
Chase MacMillian VitalSmarts
Kirk Magleby Board Member, Ascend Alliance
Helen Parsons Columbia University
Kristie Seawright Staheli Fellow of International Management,  BYU Romney Institute of Public Management
Greg Van Kirk Co-Founder, Social Entrepreneur Corps
Ellen Vor de Bruegge VP Innovation, Freedom from Hunger
Will Wade Brigham Young University, International Relations

Education For Economic Self-Reliance (Track Leaders: Joan Dixon, Director, ESR Center Practitioner Network & Sylvia Finlayson Director of Program Development, Rising Star Outreach of India )

Martin Burt Executive Director, Paraguay Foundation
Joan Dixon Practitioner Network Director, BYU ESR Center
Ross Farnsworth, Jr. President, One Life at a Time-Esparanza
Sylvia Finlayson Director of Program Development, Rising Star Outreach of India
Melissa Hawkley Project Administrator, Cape Town Health and Hygiene Promotion
Richard Maxfield Educational Consultant & Administrator, Yount Fund
Bradley McBride President, Care For Life
Grant Walker Co-Founder, One Life At A Time

Economic Self-Reliance in Utah Families (Track Leaders: Julie Humberstone, Director, Single Mom Initiative & Jerilyn Stowe, Community Impact Manager, United Way of Salt Lake)

Ron Andersen Field Operations Manager, LDS Employment Resource Services
Deborah Bayle President & CEO, United Way of Salt Lake
Rebecca Biggs Managing Director, Single Mom Foundation
Preston Cochrane President & CEO, AAA Fair Credit Foundation
Bill Crim Executive Director, United Ways of Utah
Pamela Denicke Coordinator, Salt Lake Community College Single Parent Network
John Hoffmire Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison Center on Business and Poverty
Ann House Assistant Professor & Financial Resources Specialist, Utah State University Extension
Bill Hulterstrom President & CEO, United Way of Utah County
Julie Humberstrone Single Mom Initiative Director, BYU ESR Center
Paul Leggett Asset Development Director, Utah Community Action Partnership Association
Robyn Lipkowitz Policy Analyst, Voices for Utah Children
Richard McClendon Research Director, BYU ESR Center
Kori Shaw Asset Development Coordinator, Utah Community Action Partnership Association
Jerilyn Stowe Community Impact Manager, United Way of Salt Lake
Heather Tritten Executive Director, Utah Community Action Partnership Association
Mary Beth Vogel-Ferguson Social Research Institute, University of Utah

Economic Self-Reliance

Paul Godfrey Associate Professor of Strategy, BYU Organizational Leadership & Strategy
Joel Madsen Co-Chair, Ascend Humanitarian Alliance
Vivien Roberts Manager, LDS Employment Resource Services

Formal Networking Lunches

Gibb Dyer Professor, BYU Organizational Leadership & Strategy
Jim Jenkins Founder & Chairman, Cherokee & Walker
Tim Layton Co-Founder & Managing Director, Sorenson Capital
Peter Sorenson Founder, GINKGO Enterprises
Warner Woodworth Professor, BYU Organizational Leadership & Strategy
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