Tufts University recently completed their conference: Doing Well by Doing Good: An Introductory Conference on Socially Responsible Businesses.

Taryn Miller-Stevens was the 2007 SRB Conference Chair. She is pictured here (left) with Abby Lindsay.

Taryn begun planning this conference over a year ago. She had a classic “Ah ha!” moment while sitting on a bus in Rome, Italy one day.

She says, “I began reflecting on what it was that really made me tick. After scribbling down my passions, values, and interests on the back of pizza menu, it all became clearer. It dawned on me that the market opportunity for changing the world through enterprise is far from a novel idea; however, it is through innovation and effective collaboration that this change can occur. I needed to share this knowledge.”

This conference was her final senior year project.

Fair Trade Sports was part of the event, along with Stoneyfield Farms and Wild Oats. Jonathan Greenblatt, the Co-Founder of Ethos Water, was their keynote speaker. I was honored to have Taryn and Abby sport our tee shirts for the day!

Well done, Taryn, Abby, and the rest of the SRB Conference Team…we are proud to have you join the ranks of Socially Responsible Businesses as you graduate!