“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

This is an African proverb that Michael Chertok quoted on his first day on the job in his new role as DDD’s Vice President of Global Impact. In this role, Michael will be working with DDD’s staff and board to more effectively measure–and ultimately increase–the organization’s social impact on an individual, regional and global level.

Michael has been involved with DDD since it started as he helped the organization secure its first funding with a $25,000 grant from Global Catalyst Partners. Later, he spent time in Phnom Penh conducting a management training program to prepare staff to open offices in Battambang and Vientiane and helped form DDD’s board.

Michael has served as a consultant on philanthropy and international development to private foundations and individual donors and also helped start a non-profit to bring internet access and training to more than 5,000 schools around the world. Michael came full circle when he recently left his job at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and returned to DDD to help more people learn new skills, find good jobs, increase their income and improve the quality of their lives.

Michael’s new role reflects DDD’s commitment to exploring ways to continue to strengthen our model and create an impact beyond Cambodia and Laos.  He will be coordinating DDD’s efforts to consider expansion to other parts of the world. We are very happy to welcome Michael to this new role in the DDD family and look forward to going far together.

1. dinah mwinzi says:

   March 2, 2010 at 9:44 AM

   I admire the work done by DDD. I look forward to collaboration in empowering the youth through ICT