01/19/2021

Training the Next Generation of Social Impact Leaders

Civic Scholars Program

When Tom Geraghty, ’20, was sent to Zambia as a Peace Corps volunteer in 2012, he was trained to help local farmers develop aquaculture businesses raising fish for sale. There was just one problem: he ended up stationed in a part of the country with little water. Forced to pivot, Geraghty worked with the district farmers’ association to set up a sunflower-oil processing business, converting a commodity into a value-added product that helped the farmers increase their incomes and improve their diets.

That taste of entrepreneurship got Geraghty thinking about how business and leadership training could help him be more effective in public service. As he researched MBA programs, he found Booth’s Civic Scholars Program, which prepares students to succeed in careers with a social impact.

“I thought the skills I could get through an MBA would really help me to be better at my job, so we could get better outcomes for folks who are working in the field overseas, putting in the sweat equity on the ground,” said Geraghty, who has worked for the Peace Corps in administrative roles since completing his own service.

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