Blue Sweater Illustrates Global Connectivity - Jacqueline Novogratz April 30, 2009

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/21/Jacqueline_Novogratz_Murder_Philanthropy_Blue_Sweaters

Entrepreneurial philanthropist Jacqueline Novogratz tells the story of how, ten years after donating her sweater to Goodwill, she finds it worn by a young boy in Kingali. She says, "I hold it...as metaphor for how connected we are as a world."

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Jacqueline Novogratz discusses her new book, The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World, her life in international development and the importance of investing in the poor. - Aspen Institute

Jacqueline Novogratz is founder and CEO of Acumen Fund. Prior to starting Acumen, she worked at the Rockefeller Foundation, where she created and directed the Philanthropy Workshop and the Next Generation Leadership program. Novogratz has also worked at the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation and has served as a consultant to UNICEF and the World Bank in various African countries. She helped found a micro-finance institution for women in Rwanda and began her career in international banking with Chase Manhattan Bank. Novogratz holds an MBA from Stanford and a BA from the University of Virginia.