SSIR Anniversary Party
The SSIR staff celebrates the magazine’s five-year anniversary and launch of its new design at a party held September 18, 2008 at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center’s Ford Gardens. Left to right: Eric Nee, managing editor; Regina Ridley, publishing director; Alana Conner, senior editor; Loreal Lynch, publishing associate; and Jennifer Roberts, associate editor.
Gina Jorasch (left), the Center for Social Innovation’s acting director of programs and external relations, shares a laugh with Peter Hero, former president and CEO of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, founder and chairman of Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2) and Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer in business strategy.
Kim Wright-Violich, president of Schwab Charitable, catches up with Jim Phills (left), Stanford Graduate School of Business professor and SSIR academic editor, and Chip Heath, Stanford Graduate School of Business professor and SSIR advisory board member.
Julie Juergens, the Center for Social Innovation’s director of programs and external relations, introduces her new son Jack to the SSIR community.
Rick Aubry (left), a Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer and president of Rubicon Programs, chats with Mark Kramer and Samantha Nobles-Block, managing director and consultant of FSG Social Impact Advisors, respectively.
Alana Conner, SSIR‘s senior editor, reminisces with Perla Ni, CEO of GreatNonprofits and SSIR‘s former publisher.
Russ Hall, managing partner of Legacy Venture, in conversation with Brigid McCormack, the Stanford Graduate School of Business’s associate director of development and Kriss Deiglmeier, executive director of the Center for Social Innovation.
Chip Heath shares a photo of his new baby with Kriss Deiglmeier (left) and Regina Ridley, SSIR‘s publishing director.
Eric Nee, SSIR‘s managing editor, reflects on the magazine’s first five years and its recent redesign. “I think it’s fair to say that the field of social innovation now has a journal that matches its ambitions,” Nee said.
Jim Phills (left) chats with Robert Joss (center), Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Woody Powell (3rd from left), Stanford education professor and SSIR advisory board member.
Cosmic Funk, a jazz band composed of Palo Alto High School students, provided the evening’s entertainment.
Bob Scott, SSIR‘s former academic editor, Kriss Deiglmeier (center), and Debra Dunn, consulting associate professor at the Stanford Institute of Design and Skoll Foundation board member.
Flowers adorn a table laden with food provided by Bon Appetit, a caterering company that specializes in local and organic cuisine.
Ford Gardens’s lavender beds, fountains and palm trees provided a beautiful setting for an evening of celebration enjoyed by all.