Wendy Kopp, CEO of Teach for America - is a great role model. Ms Kopp is listed as having a Bachelors degree. What does that say? You don't have to have a PhD to be a great CEO!
What I find really interesting about Ms Kopp is the fact that when she first finished her study she noticed a need in the community at the low income end and ended up starting a community and social responsibility company that seeks to help under privileged kids.
Here's the lesson - if you follow your heart, use your smarts and open to change then anything is possibe.
Here's another lesson - often times you won't change the system from within, but you can create and provide solutions from the outside in.
Here is a video of an interview done with Ms Kopp.
There is also another great interview with her written up by the NY Times over here.
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