Electronic Recyclers International CEO Addresses Ohio State University APTE Summit on Subject of Social Entrepreneurship
COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste, will share his personal experiences as a social entrepreneur tomorrow at the 2012 Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship (APTE) Summit at Ohio State University this Saturday.
As part of the afternoon session on social entrepreneur opportunities, Shegerian will be joined on stage by a panel of other entrepreneurial experts, including representatives from the Gates Foundation, Endeavor, ReWork, and g.maarifa.
Shegerian plans to share with the Ohio State audience the story of his business and social mission. With ERI, for example, Shegerian is realizing the dream of not only leading a green business, but a business that makes dramatic strides in helping the community. By hiring our returning military heroes and others in need of good job opportunities, Shegerian and ERI don’t just lead the nation in recycling electronics – they lead the effort in recycling lives!
ERI is just the latest of Shegerian’s 30-year track record of quickly converting start-ups into large, highly successful business enterprises, while enabling those businesses to in some way serve the community at large – often providing a career kick-start to those in need such as troubled youth, and people struggling with poverty or homelessness. One of his most successful businesses was FinancialAid.com – a site that enabled college bound students an increased opportunity to achieve scholarships to help fund tuition. In 1993, he co-founded Homeboy Tortillas and Homeboy Industries, which continues to serve as a paradigm for urban renewal in America and was awarded the New York Stock Exchange 'Building for the Future' Award for creating new jobs and opportunities for gang-impacted youth in post-riot Los Angeles. Shegerian is also the recipient of the prestigious 'Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award,' presented by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Committee to businessmen working to provide compassionate solutions for society's problems.
The 2012 Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship Summit at Ohio State University seeks to educate, impassion and empower individuals to alleviate poverty through market-based solutions on a local and global scale. From creative conception to successful execution, APTE is an entirely student-organized and student-run undertaking that is free to attend, accessible, and community wide. By connecting students, academics, practitioners, policy makers, and community members, the Summit spreads the spark of social entrepreneurship and gives attendees concrete channels of action to create positive social change.
“It’s a very humbling experience and an honor to have been asked to speak at this important event before so many of our current and future business leaders,” said Shegerian. “It’s rewarding to see fellow business leaders that are willing to take the time to share and learn about the tremendous promise of profitable, sustainable, socially beneficial business practices that can help resolve so many of society’s challenges, including poverty and joblessness. We are very grateful to the APTE organizers and Ohio State for taking a leadership role in helping us promote these important business and nonprofit paradigms.”
For more information on recycling needs, visit www.electronicrecyclers.com, http://1800recycling.com or www.urbanmining.org.
Now the largest recycler of electronic waste in the US, and the world’s first dual-certified electronic waste recycler, Fresno-headquartered Electronic Recyclers International is licensed to de-manufacture and recycle televisions, computer monitors, computers and other types of electronic equipment.ERI serves public sector clients via GSA contract GS-10F-0051Y and processes more than 120 million pounds of electronic waste annually at eight locations in seven states, including California, Washington, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Texas and North Carolina.For more information about e-waste recycling and ERI, call 1-800-884-8466 or visit http://www.electronicrecyclers.com.
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