Stacey Edgar
Stacey Edgar is an award winning social entrepreneur, business consultant, author and teacher, who has worked with governments, artisan businesses, corporations, and global non-profit organizations to advance the artisan economy and create positive social and environmental impacts alongside communities. She teaches at the University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business in the Social Responsibility and Sustainability division and is a co-founder and board member of Trade+Impact Association, a global trade association advancing women-led social enterprises in Africa and the Middle East.
Stacey is the author of Global Girlfriends, her story of growing and leading Global Girlfriend, a social enterprise she founded in 2003 with a $2,000 personal investment that grew into a multi-million dollar social enterprise partnering with over 250 women-led artisan enterprises in 35 countries for women’s economic justice. She has a PhD from Colorado State University and has authored scholarly works including journal articles as well as a book chapter in the Handbook on the Business of Sustainability on the intersection of entrepreneurship and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Stacey is the author of Global Girlfriends, her story of growing and leading Global Girlfriend, a social enterprise she founded in 2003 with a $2,000 personal investment that grew into a multi-million dollar social enterprise partnering with over 250 women-led artisan enterprises in 35 countries for women’s economic justice. She has a PhD from Colorado State University and has authored scholarly works including journal articles as well as a book chapter in the Handbook on the Business of Sustainability on the intersection of entrepreneurship and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
