Mike Caslin

Professor Michael J. Caslin, III

GCSEN Foundation Founder, Board Chair, and CEO

Veteran's Playbook Host

2021 FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR awardee for 4P Social Entrepreneurship in Ireland

Mike is the Founder and CEO of the Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship (GCSEN Foundation). GCSEN focuses on teaching Social Entrepreneurship through a 4P impact – People, Planet, Place and Profit. Since its 2015 founding, GCSEN Foundation has graduated over 100 Meaning Makers from their Social Venture Bootcamp Program at Wheaton College (MA) while certifying 600 more students from 12 states, 12 countries, via workshops with students from 50 colleges and universities. Key Campus partners include: Lemoyne College Madden School of Business, St. Peter’s University - Guarani School of Business, Babson College, SUNY New Paltz, Vassar College

Mike is recognized as a respected entrepreneur practitioner as well as a Social Entrepreneurship thought leader with his work at Babson College, Investor’s Circle, SJF Institute, STRIVE, and CUNY-Baruch College-Zicklin Business School. Mike has also led and served on internal leadership teams with respected organizations ranging from Babson College, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), Rising Tide Capital, The Fund for American Studies and Urgent VC, LLC. He is experienced in all stages of venture development- ranging from Pre-Revenue R&D, Start-Up, Early Growth, Rapid Growth and Scale to Corporate Turnaround, Renewal, M&A and Harvest Evergreen.