Sam Smith
- Founder and CEO
- Next Door Worldwide Charity
School Information
School: UMASS Amherst
College Major: Business
Years at College Works: 2008 to 2013
Career Information
Working For: Next Door Worldwide Charity
Title: Founder and CEO
Industry: Environmental
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
NDWW helps future leaders do meaningful work while making the biggest impact possible. Currently NDWW does this through their partnership with the GivePower Foundation which uses sustainable solar technology to give people in remote areas access to clean water and electricity. After raising the money to pay for these technologies NDWW brings the team to the locations to meet and better understand the people they are impacting.
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?I was top 3 in sales in the country in my 6th month with SolarCity and I led the country in Final Contracts in my 7th month.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
College Works Painting gave me the opportunity to learn about business and leadership that I could not have gotten in the classroom.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
I worked for College Works Painting for 2 years after graduating, and I was referred to my next job by my DM from my intern year.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
I learned that being successful requires constantly pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Take the time while you’re in college to develop yourself, and the best way to do that is by pushing yourself and trying challenging things.
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
Do College Works Painting.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
Going to Cancun with 5 of my interns and toasting to what we had accomplished as a team in NH first year.