Spirit of Helen Keller Award David Green (born March 17, 1956) is an American social entrepreneur.
Green helped Aravind Eye Care System's founder Dr. G. Venkataswamy and his team to establish Aurolab in South India, a nonprofit manufacturer of low cost intraocular lenses for treating cataracts.
[3][4] He is known for developing many eye care programs and for making them self-financing from user fees while serving the lower economic strata.
[6][5] His work has been profiled in Fortune Magazine,[12] NPR,[13] the Economist, Forbes,[14] on CNN and in the PBS documentary series, "The New Heroes".
[5] In 2004, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship[19] for his work as "a pioneer in the manufacture and distribution of advanced health care products for patients in the developing world who could not otherwise afford them.