Rotary District 5400’s “Entrapov” Committee stands for Entrepreneurs Against Poverty. This Rotary Committee connects sponsor-donors to small entrepreneurs in areas where the $US dollar goes a long way toward starting a business that lifts families out of poverty…permanently. We do this through a “pitch show” called Rotary Shark Pond. Entrepreneurs are prepared for the show by Rotarian committee members from clubs in Africa and the US. These budding entrepreneurs then compete for startup funds to launch their businesses. Sponsors choose who they would like to support and a friendship blossoms as they work together on the business.

Ben Davidson is on the World Service Committee of the Pocatello Rotary Club. He works as the Sr. VP of HR at Idaho Central Credit Union.

Ben published an Amazon bestseller entitled Get Hired Guarantee. He speaks regularly on college campuses, where he shares his book (for free) along with his entertaining career journey from sales to HR to sales and back to HR as he mastered the art of selling his talents to businesses. Ben lives with his wife and children in Pocatello where he graduated with an MBA from Idaho State University in 2001. He enjoys teaching entrepreneurial skills to impoverished people overseas. He travels to Africa annually to visit the startups that Rotary Shark Pond service projects have started.

Read more about Ben's recent Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service Award here