Books by Charles Kane

WALTER BENDER is the Executive Director of Sugar Labs. He is a technologist and researcher who has made important contributions in the field of electronic publishing, media, and technology for learning. Bender is on leave as a Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Media Lab which he led as executive director between 2000 and 2006. He served as president of One Laptop per Child for Software and Content where he coordinated the development of software and content including the Sugar interface for the XO-1 Children's Machine computer. CHUCK KANE is the President of the OlpC Association and has previously served as President, Chief Operating Officer and an Advisor of One Laptop per Child. Mr. Kane serves as Senior Lecturer at the Sloan Graduate School of Business at MIT, USA. He serves as an Adjunct Professor of International Finance at the Boston College Carroll School of Management. Jody Cornish is a Partner at New Profit, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based venture philanthropy firm focused on supporting innovation and entrepreneurship to address social problems. She is a social psychologist and strategy consultant with specific expertise in enabling social change and a primary focus on the education sector. Prior to New Profit, she co-managed an international development organization focused on multi-stakeholder collaboration to drive business growth and social development. She worked for over a decade as a strategy and organizational consultant in the education, technology, financial services, and life sciences industries. Neal Donahue the President of Lodestar International, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based social and economic development consulting firm working at the nexus of donor-funded development, market-return investment, and social-impact philanthropy. He focuses on coordinating the collective impact of governments, donors, and the private sector in emerging markets (with a focus on post-conflict environments) and he has lived and worked throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He began his career at Monitor Group, advising corporate clients in both the US and Europe.