NESsT Entrepreneur-in-Residence (June - August 2004, Santiago)

Business School: Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs (CIPA) (New York)

NESsTER Project: Assist in writing of business plan for NESsT International Social Enterprise Exchange (ISEE)

“Having worked in both the private and non-profit sectors, I have seen the best – and worst – of both approaches to problem-solving. NESsT is an organization that combines the best of each – the discipline and know-how used by companies and consulting firms with a social change mission.”

-- Mark Pedersen

Background: Mark is currently studying economic and political development at Columbia University . Prior to Columbia , Mark was a staff writer at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs where he worked with program officers and senior staff to generate reports, articles and Op-Eds about the moral dimensions of American foreign policy. Prior to Carnegie, Mark worked as an analyst in the retail group at Gomez Advisors, an e-commerce consulting firm. Prior to Gomez, Mark was a reporter at a trade magazine about the travel industry and a researcher at U.S. News and World Report magazine.

Born in Washington , DC , Mark graduated from Brown University in 1997 with a B.A. in biology. During college, Mark worked for a branch of the U.S. Congress called the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Contact: mfp2103@columbia.edu