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Jerry Sternin

Director

The Positive Deviance Initiative

150 Harrison Avenue Room 221 Boston, MA 02111 UNITED STATES Phone: (617) 636-2195 Fax: (617) 636-3781

[The staff of Policy Innovations extends condolences for the passing of Jerry Sternin on December 11, 2008.]

Jerry Sternin, the director of the Positive Deviance Initiative, has extensive experience working with PD around the world. Among his other accomplishments, he has been the country director for Save the Children (US) in Bangladesh, Philippines, Viet Nam, Egypt and most recently, Burma. He has been a Peace Corps Volunteer and Country Director in Rwanda, Mauritania, Nepal and the Phillipines, as well as Assistant Dean and Student Advisor at the Harvard Business School.

Focus: Agriculture, Development, Environment, Health, United States, Global, Asia, Africa, Americas

Link: http://www.positivedeviance.org/

Related Resources:

• The Positive Deviance Initiative Story (Innovations)

Last Updated: Dec 22, 2008