Turning Crack Dealers Into Chief Executives
02/16/09 - Odd Articles
“As she talks about excel spread sheets, due diligence, final contracts and $10m deals, about 40 men sit in rows behind her listen intently and take notes. It may sound just like any other business school class, but the students are surrounded by the high fences and razor wire of the Cleveland Correctional Facility, just north of Houston. Four years ago Catherine Rohr was a venture capitalist on Wall Street. Then she left her job with its six-figure salary and decided to create the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, or PEP. Since then she has shared her professional experience with almost 400 inmates.” w/ photos
