Robert Goodwin is the CEO of Executives Without
Borders and got involved in Haiti supporting first
responders soon after the Haiti earthquake. After
engaging business skills and expertise to expand
the delivery of safe water and streamline the
procurement and delivery of supplies used to build
shelters, he and the organization decided to make a
long-term commitment to Haiti.
Leveraging his relationships with CSS International
Holdings, GS Industries/Haiti Recycling, and
Samaritan's Purse, Bob established the Ramase
Lajan program that now includes over 14 partners
and 26 centers across the country, run by Haitian
entrepreneurs. Bob says, "The best thing for me is
seeing someone bring plastic to a center for the first
time and their disbelief that something that they once
thought was garbage is now worth money, seeing
them invest those funds in food for their families and
to pay school fees for their families."
Bob has a diverse background as a businessman,
former Air Force officer, and official at the US Agency
for International Development, State Department and
Defense Department. He has experience working
in over 40 countries. Executives Without Borders
currently runs programs in Haiti, Brazil, Honduras, and
India.
Through all of his work, Bob found that business
could be a force for good, and with that philosophy,
he established Executives Without Borders with some
friends from Harvard Business School. Since 2007,
ExecWB has improved humanitarian programs across
the globe and found it possible to create conditions
for sustainable development and for companies to do
well while doing good.
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