Carl Hammerdorfer is the Executive Director of CASE, created to meet needs and opportunities that came to light while running the Global Social & Sustainable Enterprise MBA. An entrepreneur with twenty-five years of experience overseas and domestically, Carl began his international career working at the grass-roots level as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali, West Africa. A water resources volunteers, Carl’s greatest success was the production of a record in Bambara featuring songs about various public health challenges.

He has worked as a water sanitation consultant in Cote d’Ivoire, VOCA Country Director in Warsaw, Poland, and Peace Corps Country Director in Sofia, Bulgaria. In addition to his international work, Carl has extensive experience forming and launching cooperatives internationally and domestically. He was co-founder of America’s first cooperative business incubator -Cooperative Solutions – building national cooperatives in drywall & roofing distribution, bicycle retail, leasing, and other sectors.