Biographical Summary

Rey Ramsey - CEO
One Economy

Rey is the CEO of One Economy, a multi-national nonprofit organization that brings broadband to the homes of low-income people and provides a multilingual web portal called The Beehive (www.thebeehive.org). Their mission is to maximize the potential of technology to help low- income people improve their lives and enter the economic mainstream. He is an internationally respected social entrepreneur and co-author, with Ben Hecht, of ManagingNonprofits.org: Dynamic Management for the Digital Age . Prior to founding One Economy in 2000, Rey served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Enterprise Foundation. Rey is the current past Chairman of the Board of Habitat for Humanity International. He also serves on the boards of Schnitzer Investment Corporation, the Advisory Board of the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and Kaboom!. He has a BA in Political Science from Rutgers University and is a graduate of the University of Virginia Law School.