Business for a Better World Center

Despite their own limited resources, Sally A. and Albert W. Kaider always made helping meet the needs of others a priority. Their legacies will now be honored as the new name of the Business for a Better World Impact Fellows 2021-2022 First Year Experience.

Kaiser Permanente recently announced a grant of $175,000 jointly supporting the Business for a Better World Center at George Mason University School of Business and the Mason and Partners Clinics (MAP Clinics).

On Thursday, February 11, 2021, the Business for a Better World Center welcomed Peter Georgescu, former Chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam and author of Capitalists, ARISE! as part of the Stakeholder Capitalism Discussion Series. Watch on-demand.

On Thursday, April 29, 2021, the Business for a Better World Center welcomed Seth Goldman, founder of Eat the Change as part of the Stakeholder Capitalism Discussion Series. Watch on-demand.

On Friday, Thursday, June 17, 2021, the Business for a Better World Center welcomed Franz Paasche, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at PayPal as part of the Stakeholder Capitalism Discussion Series. Watch on-demand.

On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, the the Business for a Better World Center welcomed Dymphna van der Lans and Jean-Louis Racine of the Clean Cooking Alliance as part of the Semester Speaker Series. Watch on-demand.

On Tuesday, November 17, 2020 the Business for a Better World Center welcomed co-authors Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett to discuss their new book The Upswing: How America Came Together A Century Ago, and How We Can Do it Again. Watch on-demand.

On Friday, April 16, 2021, the Business for a Better World Center welcomed Kerry Kennedy, President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights as part of the Semester Speaker Series. Watch on-demand.

There is so much more to honey bees than producing honey, and at George Mason University, nobody knows that better than the team at the Honey Bee Initiative.

Dr. Lisa Gring-Pemble, an associate professor at George Mason University, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of St. Olaf College. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication (Rhetoric) from the University of Maryland.