Chen, Andrea | SENO

ANDREA CHEN
(@SENOinnovates)
Executive Director
SENO

Andrea Chen is the co-founder and executive director of Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans (SENO), an award-winning nonprofit that systematically cultivates bold and coordinated solutions to New Orleans’ most pressing social challenges by helping social entrepreneurs take their ideas from vision to reality. She graduated with honors from Stanford University, received a master’s in education from the University of New Orleans and Harvard Graduate School of Education and was trained in business at Dartmouth University’s Tuck School of Business. She was named 2009 New Orleans Gambit “40 Under 40” and 2010 City Business Top 50 “Women of the Year.” In addition, Mayor Landrieu appointed her to the Social Innovation Task Force, and she serves as an appointed board member of the New Orleans Business Alliance and the City of New Orleans’ public-private partnership for economic development.

Track:
Community as Context

Keynote Title:
The Evolution of Social Entrepreneurship in New Orleans

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