Saul Garlick is the founder and executive director of ThinkImpact, an international non-profit organization that connects American students to rural villages in Africa to alleviate poverty through leadership and entrepreneurship. Garlick served as managing editor of the SAIS Review, as founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Hopkins Donkey and has worked on Capitol Hill for Rep. DeGette (D-CO) and as acting desk officer for Angola in the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

Garlick sits on the Advisory Board for the Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of the Pacific, the National Board of Directors of the College Democrats of America Alumni Association, and the Advisory Board of the Next America Project at CSIS. He also serves as ambassador to the United States for The Buffelshoek Trust, an organization committed to the construction of much-needed schools in rural South Africa.

Garlick is a regular speaker on college campuses nationwide, a contributor to Carnegie Council's Policy Innovations, and has received numerous awards including the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, the William C. Foster Award, the Circles of Change Award, and the Fire Within Social Entrepreneurship Award. He received his BA with honors in 2006 from Johns Hopkins University and his MA in American foreign policy and International Economics at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in 2007.

Blog Entries by Saul Garlick

Today Is World AIDS Day

Posted December 1, 2009 | 05:02 PM (EST)


On November 29, 1983, a New York Times article written by Lawrence K. Altman ran with the headline “AIDS Now Seen As Worldwide Health Problem.” Mr. Altman reported that AIDS cases were found in “33 countries and all inhabited continents.” In 2008, the number of worldwide AIDS cases was estimated...

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Chase Giveaway Gets Hot & Facebook Becomes Charity Hub

1 Comments | Posted November 24, 2009 | 03:08 PM (EST)


Chase Community Giving on Facebook is no joke. They are doling out $5 million -- but only to nonprofit organizations that operate on less than $10 million a year. They are doing it in some pretty interesting -- and compelling -- increments: $25,000 goes to every organization that is in...

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Gen Y: The Social Innovation Generation

Posted November 20, 2009 | 09:53 AM (EST)


Cross Posted from Social Edge 

Hosted by Saul Garlick (November 2009)

My generation doesn’t want to “paint a wall” or “pile bricks” in the developing world. Generation Y wants to do more.

Generation Y’s thirst is to create something lasting that...

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The Meaning of Mandela

1 Comments | Posted November 12, 2009 | 12:11 PM (EST)


Mandela is in the air. Though he is 91 years old, aged and fragile, his inspiring vision of a society that can be mended is as strong as ever. I read the New York Times piece on Mr. Mandela ("Mandela Endures as South Africa’s Ideal," 11/8/2009) and his continued...

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Engaging Ambassadors in Social Entrepreneurship

Posted November 6, 2009 | 01:53 PM (EST)


Three years ago, I spent a summer working on the Angola Desk at the Department of State. The experience was invigorating, but the aftermath has been even more interesting. Ever since I was part of a team inside State, I have been able to reach ambassadors across the globe. I...

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Energy and Goal Clarity -- Let's Get to Work!

Posted November 4, 2009 | 09:30 PM (EST)


Working on international development from a cushy Washington, DC office has its challenges. People always say that you must love your job purely because your mission is important to you, and that you feel like work is rewarding outside of yourself. They are correct, but it's not so simple.

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