Andrew Wolk, CEO, Root Cause, and Louisiana Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu

Social Enterprise Summit 2009 April 15-17th - New Orleans

The Social Enterprise Alliance's Summit is the premier North American forum for the advancement of social enterprise as a movement. At this year's 10th Anniversary Social Enterprise Summit, about 400 leaders came together in New Orleans from across North America and beyond. New this year was a policy track, co-sponsored by Root Cause and its Public Innovators initiative, which explored the intersection of government and social enterprise and provided concrete examples of current experiments and prospective opportunities.

The Summit kicked off with a policy-focused keynote between Root Cause founder and CEO Andrew Wolk and Louisiana Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu, which included the Lt. Governor's acceptance of the 2009 Public Innovator Award. You can read Andrew's opening remarks here.

→ Click on the three links below to listen in on this dynamic discussion!

Opening Remarks

Jim Fruchterman

President and CEO, Benetech

SEA Board Chair

Keynote Armchair Discussion

Introduction by Jim Fruchterman

Armchair Discussion

Andrew Wolk, Founder and CEO, Root Cause and Mitch Landrieu, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

2009 Public Innovator Award Presentation

Louisiana Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu accepts the Root Cause 2009 Public Innovator Award, presented by Andrew Wolk