Al Hammond

Senior Entrepreneur in Residence, Ashoka

Biography

Al Hammond is senior entrepreneur in residence at Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, where he is working on rural healthcare transformation, collaborating with social entrepreneurs in 6 countries. He is also on the faculty at the Santa Clara Social Benefit Incubator, where is helping to develop a sector strategy for mentoring social enterprises. Formerly he led Base of the Pyramid activities at World Resources Institute and contributed to the development of the field through mentoring social entrepreneurs, overseeing the development of the nextbillion.net weblog, and organizing and serving as principal author of the WRI/ IFC report The Next 4 Billion