Becker names David Jordan director of social business center

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By Sam Bonacci

Becker College has named Seven Hills Foundation President and CEO David Jordan as the first director of a new center that will focus on how business can identify and solve social problems, the Worcester school announced Wednesday.

Jordan, who sits on the Becker board of trustees, will be the inaugural director of the Yunus Social Business Centre @ Becker College. He will receive no compensation for his services and expertise.

The center will be the first of its kind in the United States. It is named for Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi economist and social entrepreneur who pioneered the concept of social business, using micro-finance to help the world’s poor develop self-sustainable businesses. Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006,

The vision for the social business center is to empower people to identify world problems and create self-sustaining business solutions that have social impact, while generating jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities that drive economic development regionally and around the world, according to Becker.

The center will be located within the school's Barrett Center for Global Innovation.

Jordan is a longtime adjunct professor at Clark University, where he teaches courses in social entrepreneurship and other graduate and undergraduate level subjects. He holds a doctorate in health administration from the Medical University of South Carolina, a master of public administration from Clark University, a master of arts in human development from Salve Regina University, and a bachelor of science in business administration from the University of Rhode Island.