Women as Successful Entrepreneurial Leaders in Agriculture: Ten Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America
When: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 12:00-1:30pm
Where: Alumni House
1918 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
Marlene Gummo Stearns is the founder of 3Psourcing, which she established to assist food companies in Africa and Latin America in exporting specialty foods to the United States. In this seminar, she will discuss ten case studies, informed by in-depth field interviews with women owners of small and medium sized enterprises. Stearns is a 2013 graduate of the Elliott School’s MIPP program, and her fieldwork was partially supported by the Global Gender Program.
Coffee, tea, fruit juice and water will be provided.