MBA/Sloan Public Management Program : Center for Social Innovation (CSI)

MBA/Sloan Public Management Program

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There is a social innovator in you

Know it

Experience it

Be it

Embark on a journey of discovery with world-class faculty and thought leaders:

Immerse yourself in real-world challenges through student service activities:

Make a professional commitment to service and let us help along the way:

The Public Management Program (PMP) prepares and challenges Stanford GSB students to address problems affecting society by applying their management education in ways that create social, environmental, and economic value. PMP develops and supports students as they become the next generation of innovators, leaders, and managers for social and environmental impact. Our students leave the GSB prepared to become:

Corporate executives transforming large industries from within
Government leaders who can bridge the public and private worlds
Social entrepreneurs leveraging markets and business for the greater good
Effective nonprofit executives and board members
Skillful advocates moving the social and environmental agenda forward
Active volunteers

Our Approach

Theory of Change

In their own words


Jake Harriman MBA '08		Ann Bordetsky MBA '09	Rob Bland MBA '08
	"I went to business school to start a social venture to fight extreme poverty in Africa. I needed to go somewhere that valued social innovation and entrepreneurship. ... Stanford stood out way ahead of its peers in those two categories."	"I decided to come to Stanford because I felt that the future of environmental activity—the energy and climate challenges that we face—was going to be resolved, not just in a policy arena, but in a business arena as well."	I was involved in several service opportunities at the GSB. That is one of the things that will have the most lasting impact on how I think about the world and make personal decisions about what my life mission will be.”

“There is something I know about you that you may not know about yourself: You have within you more resources of energy than have ever been tapped, more talent than has ever been exploited, more strength than has ever been tested, and more to give than you ever gave.”

John Gardner, Social Reformer

PMP in the news

Center for Social Innovation named “Best for Social Entrepreneurs” by CNN.Money.com

employer's perspective

“From the start, the two PMP graduates we hired brought knowledge and perspective critical to our work supporting innovative poverty-fighting organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, their networks have benefited our organization in meaningful ways.”

Daniel Lurie
President and Founder
Tipping Point Community

community outreach

Nonprofit organizations, leverage MBA expertise:

Offer an internship
Receive pro bono management consulting (San Francisco Bay Area only)

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