CASE in Point
Ann Mei Chang: Innovating and Experimenting for Outsized Impact
From Google to startups to the US Agency for International Development, Ann Mei Chang has seen how thinking big and taking calculated risks can lead to large scale change in any sector. As a tri-sector leader, Ann Mei was able to leverage her tech industry experience and think about how “Silicon Valley” tools could be […]
Elisa Villanueva Beard: On Centralization vs. Decentralization
We continue our conversation with Elisa Villanueva Beard, CEO of Teach For America (TFA). We ask how, as an organization expands geographically, it can be challenging to find the balance between centralization for brand control and decentralization for local adaption. We know that local context is critical, but we also worry about controlling quality, brand […]
Elisa Villanueva Beard: The Teach For America Journey
CASE in Point is a podcast from CASE at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. In this episode, we talk to Elisa Villanueva Beard, CEO of Teach For America. Teach For America is a national organization that promotes education reform by hiring recent college graduates to teach in under-served communities for at least 2 years. […]