Sally R. Osberg an American business executive who formerly served as president and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, where she partnered with founder and chairman, Jeffrey Skoll.^[1] She was the founding executive director of the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose.^[2]

Osberg joined the Skoll Foundation in February 2001. Since that time, the Foundation has invested in more than 100 ventures led by social entrepreneurs worldwide.^[3] Osberg also established the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the Saïd Business School of the University of Oxford; and created the annual Skoll Foundation.^[4]

Osberg received her B.A. in English from Scripps College and her M.A. in English and American Literature from the Claremont Graduate University. She now lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania.^[5]

Publications and speeches

Osberg is the co-author of the book, Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works, with Roger L. Martin.^[6]

Osberg and Martin's 2007 article in Stanford Social Innovation Review, “Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition”,^[7] advocated for “social entrepreneurship” as a legitimate and growing field of research.

Osberg has also written about social entrepreneurship for Harvard Business Review,^[8] Rotman magazine,^[9] Financial Times CNN,^[10] and others. She has been interviewed in Forbes,^[11] The Huffington Post,^[12] Bloomberg Television,^[13] and more. She has given keynote addresses and lectures at Santa Clara University,^[14] Stanford University,^[15] the Global Social Benefit Incubator,^[16] and the USC Price School of Public Policy.^[17]

Organizations

• Skoll Foundation board of directors^[18]
• Skoll Global Threats Fund, board of directors^[19]
• Oracle Education Foundation, board of directors^[20]
• The Elders, Advisor^[21]
• Social Progress Imperative, Founding Board Member^[22]
• Partners for Sustainable Development, board of directors^[23]

Awards

• 2015 NonProfit Times Top 50 Power and Influence awardees^[24]
• John W. Gardner Leadership Award from the American Leadership Forum^[25]
• Magis Global Changemaker Award from Santa Clara University^[26]

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