Monica Touesnard
Monica Touesnard is the Managing Director of the Base of the Pyramid Learning Lab, a program of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. She is responsible for planning and supervising the innovative forum comprised of member companies, NGOs, and government agencies exploring ways to generate knowledge about how the private sector can play a role in serving low income markets. Additionally, Monica develops and maintains relationships and nurtures new alliances with organizations from the private, public and NGO sectors. Monica is currently working to expand the scope and reach of the BOP Learning Lab through the creation of an international network of Learning Labs with academic partners in Brazil, Mexico, China, Canada, Spain, India, and South Africa.
Prior to her current position, Monica was the founding Executive Director for the Center for Sustainable Enterprise at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School from 2001-2004, an internationally recognized program that was ranked by World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute as global leader among business schools in sustainability education in their Beyond Grey Pinstripes Report 2003. She oversaw the development of numerous academic and practical projects, including the Base of the Pyramid Learning Lab™. She also led the development of a full suite of services to support students, alumni, advisory board members and other stakeholders involved in business and sustainable development. Additionally, she was actively involved in facilitating and supporting an extensive sustainable enterprise academic curriculum which helped to recruit nearly a quarter of incoming MBA students.
Monica has additional experience in project management, teaching and consulting work both locally and internationally. She earned a general management MBA from UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School with focus on Sustainable Enterprise and has a B.A. in East Asian studies from McGill University in Canada.
Contact Information
Phone: 330-0332
E-mail: BOP@johnson.cornell.edu