Carl Hammerdorfer

Carl Hammerdorfer is an entrepreneur with twenty years of experience internationally and domestically, Carl began his international career working at the grassroots level as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) in Mali, West Africa. Carl trained Malians in improved well-digging and stabilization and was a health and sanitation educator. Working with his wife and other PCVs, he wrote and produced songs on health and sanitation that played for several years on Radio Mali.
Since his Peace Corps service, Carl obtained an MBA from Colorado State University and has held a number of international positions, including water sanitation consultant in Cote d'Ivoire; VOCA Country Director in Warsaw, Poland; Peace Corps Country Director in Sofia, Bulgaria; SEAF's Chief of Party of Kasi Agriventure investment project; and most recently, World Learning's Chief of Party of the Transformational Leadership Program in Prishtina, Kosovo. In addition to his international work, Carl has extensive experience forming and launching cooperatives internationally and domestically. He was co-founder of Cooperative Solutions and the Main Street Cooperative Group in Phoenix, Arizona. Carl also launched Colorado State University's Global Social and Sustainable MBA program as the program director.
His current passion is in developing and applying enterprise solutions that solve chronic development challenges in base of pyramid markets to produce triple bottom-line results. He is fluent in German, French and Bulgarian and speaks passable Bambara. He is now an avid Albanian language learner.
Since his Peace Corps service, Carl obtained an MBA from Colorado State University and has held a number of international positions, including water sanitation consultant in Cote d'Ivoire; VOCA Country Director in Warsaw, Poland; Peace Corps Country Director in Sofia, Bulgaria; SEAF's Chief of Party of Kasi Agriventure investment project; and most recently, World Learning's Chief of Party of the Transformational Leadership Program in Prishtina, Kosovo. In addition to his international work, Carl has extensive experience forming and launching cooperatives internationally and domestically. He was co-founder of Cooperative Solutions and the Main Street Cooperative Group in Phoenix, Arizona. Carl also launched Colorado State University's Global Social and Sustainable MBA program as the program director.
His current passion is in developing and applying enterprise solutions that solve chronic development challenges in base of pyramid markets to produce triple bottom-line results. He is fluent in German, French and Bulgarian and speaks passable Bambara. He is now an avid Albanian language learner.
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