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School: University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Campus: Champaign
Department: Social Work
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Location: 901 West Illinois Street,
Urbana, IL - 61801
Dates at University Of Illinois at Urbana: February 2014 - June 2017
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Biography

University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign - Social Work

Co-founder, iVenture Accelerator. Director, prof at University of Illinois.
Higher Education
Noah
Isserman
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
Noah is focused on the financing and future of social goods. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Social Work at the University of Illinois, where he is facilitating and directing the university-wide Social Innovation at Illinois initiative, is founding faculty director of the iVenture Accelerator for top student startups, faculty director of the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, and one of four people charged with advancing the $48m Siebel Center for Design, beginning construction in 2018.

Noah has worked with dozens of organizations on strategy, sustainability, process, and messaging, generally at the board level. This work, undertaken both independently and as a consultant with Washington, DC-based Common Ground Consulting, has taken place on six continents.

As an entrepreneur and CEO, Noah has helped build and sell two profitable enterprises, WholeData LLC and MAStorage, Inc, both of which deliberately generated social as well as commercial value. He now supports entrepreneurship by advising several fantastic startups and serving on the Council of LAUNCH, an initiative of USAID, Nike, the US State Department, and NASA.

Noah joins his professional experience with broader theory in academic teaching and research. He has designed and delivered courses at the Universities of Cambridge and Illinois at the undergraduate, MBA, MSt, and MTech levels. Noah’s work and research in entrepreneurship and civil society has been funded by the Aga Khan Foundation, NASA, the US State Department, Venturewell, and others, and has been recognized by numerous awards and fellowships. He holds degrees from Cambridge (economic geography), where he was a Gates Cambridge Scholar and Commager Fellow, and Amherst (cognitive neuroscience). More info at www.noahisserman.com.

Experience

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Interim Director of Strategy; Adjunct Lecturer
With Social Entrepreneurship Institute, an initiative of the School of Social Work and College of Business. Also taught full course, 37 students, on social venture creation and development. Secured micro-grants to launch student ventures. Teaching Assistant: Scott Gill.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Director; Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration + Social Work
Co-founder and Faculty Director, iVenture Accelerator — http://iventure.illinois.edu
Faculty Director, Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership — https://business.illinois.edu/ael/
Director, Social Innovation at Illinois — http://socialinnovation.illinois.edu
Core Committee member, designing and rolling out the $48m Siebel Center for Design — http://provost.illinois.edu/designcenter.html

Wonderful Research Assistants:
Carrie Bosch — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=341695271
Ashley Long — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=26066241
Shuo Xu — http://socialwork.illinois.edu/academics/doctoral-program-ph-d/current-doctoral-students/
Chelsea Fry — https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-fry-23bb9896/

Brilliant Teaching Assistants and Facilitators, Social Venture Course Pipeline:
Carrie Bosch — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=341695271
Hyejoon Park — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=128135086
Chennan Liu — http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-video-games-good-for-you-met-20150126-story.html#page=1
Ashley Long — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=26066241
Ryan Singh — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=100709399
Scott Gill — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=33885634
University of Cambridge
Graduate Student Lecturer
Gates Cambridge Scholar, Commager Fellow. Lectured at BA and MSt levels, geography and business.
WholeData LLC
Co-Founder; Transitional CEO and President
Founding strategy director for economic data creation and sales company. Shifted to CEO to manage 18-month transition: negotiated with potential buyers in financial analytics, government, and research. Successfully acquired by a larger organisation with strong financial result and mission fit.
Common Ground Consulting LLC
Consultant
For more than 20 years, Common Ground Consulting LLC™ has been providing world-class consulting services for community based, national, and international nonprofit/NGO (social profit) organizations.

Education

Amherst College
BA
Cognitive Neuroscience, Political Science
Honors in self-designed cognitive neuroscience program. Research grants or fellowships from ADP Fund, Amherst Neuroscience, Amherst Dean of Students, Hampshire Cognitive Science.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Non-degree candidate, enrolled as undergraduate while in secondary school (University of Illinois Laboratory High School). Coursework in calculus and economics.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Interim Director of Strategy; Adjunct Lecturer

With Social Entrepreneurship Institute, an initiative of the School of Social Work and College of Business. Also taught full course, 37 students, on social venture creation and development. Secured micro-grants to launch student ventures. Teaching Assistant: Scott Gill.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Director; Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration + Social Work

Co-founder and Faculty Director, iVenture Accelerator — http://iventure.illinois.edu Faculty Director, Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership — https://business.illinois.edu/ael/ Director, Social Innovation at Illinois — http://socialinnovation.illinois.edu Core Committee member, designing and rolling out the $48m Siebel Center for Design — http://provost.illinois.edu/designcenter.html Wonderful Research Assistants: Carrie Bosch — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=341695271 Ashley Long — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=26066241 Shuo Xu — http://socialwork.illinois.edu/academics/doctoral-program-ph-d/current-doctoral-students/ Chelsea Fry — https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-fry-23bb9896/ Brilliant Teaching Assistants and Facilitators, Social Venture Course Pipeline: Carrie Bosch — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=341695271 Hyejoon Park — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=128135086 Chennan Liu — http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-video-games-good-for-you-met-20150126-story.html#page=1 Ashley Long — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=26066241 Ryan Singh — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=100709399 Scott Gill — https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=33885634
University of Cambridge
MPhil, PhD
Economic Geography
Gates Cambridge Scholar, Commager Fellow
University of Cambridge
Graduate Student Lecturer

Gates Cambridge Scholar, Commager Fellow. Lectured at BA and MSt levels, geography and business.
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