As President, Brian Forde leads Llamadas S.A. strategic efforts to bring a low-cost phone service to rural Nicaragua through a series of innovative telephony projects specifically created for the developing world. Llamadas S.A. was recently named the Social Enterprise of the Year through the Inter-American Development Bank's program Pioneers of Prosperity.

Prior to founding Llamadas S.A., Brian taught small business classes in the mountains of Nicaragua as a Peace Corps volunteer, empowering 11th grade high school students to become self-reliant, starting their own companies. Brian graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from the University of California in Los Angeles.

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