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Advocacy & External Relations | Economics of Mutuality

Jay joined Mars Catalyst in 2007. Since joining, he has been leading several critical components of the Economics of Mutuality, including developing and managing Catalyst’s many external thought partnerships, EoM education initiatives, etc. Since 2014, he has directed the multi-year joint research partnership on EoM that Catalyst has with Oxford University’s Said Business School, where Jay is a regular guest lecturer on EoM.

He is the co-author (with Bruno Roche) of the EoM book, ‘Completing Capitalism’ (Berrett-Koehler, 2017 & CITIC Press in Chinese, 2018).

Jay is American and is based in the Mars global headquarters in McLean, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. His doctorate is in Modern History from Oxford University (St. John’s College), he has an M.A. in International Relations & Strategic Studies from the University of Lancaster (UK), and a double-BA in International Relations / Political Science from American University in Washington, DC. 

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Chairman | Impact Foundation

Bio:

Greg is committed to making a positive difference in the lives of others and has refocused his life with this purpose.  He currently dedicates his time to mentoring budding entrepreneurs, investing in impact-related companies, and supporting Christian ministries passionately serving Chicago and other parts of the world. Greg is Co-Founder of Convergint Technologies. Started in a basement in 2001, Convergint is now the world’s largest privately held electronic security firm with over 2,400 colleagues globally. Greg spent 20 years at Siemens before leaving as Sr. Vice President for North America. Active in professional and civic organizations, Greg mentors inner-city youth and serves on several boards, including a national entrepreneurship program for high school students, Impact Engine, and other impact companies he has invested in.

Life:

Greg earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business from Purdue University. He is married and has been blessed with three children and two grandchildren. 

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Independent Consultant

Greg Spencer is as much at home in a village in East Africa as he is in the mountains of Park City, Utah where he grew up. At age 23, he stepped off the airplane in Nairobi as an under qualified but eager co-founder of The Paradigm Project, a last-mile clean energy distribution business. After 10 years of launching and operating social enterprises in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Rwanda, seeing opportunity in emerging markets has become his norm. Building diverse teams to deliver social, environmental and economic impact has been the avenue to achieve Greg’s long-standing desire to reach underserved communities.

Currently, Greg is working to leverage his decade of experience in social and environmental impact to create a non-profit impact exchange that quantifies, verifies, economically values and trades impact as a new asset class. He sees the exchange, Common Good Marketplace, as an important piece in catalyzing a new marketplace to drive greater impact results that bring prosperity to people and the planet.

Greg met his wife of four years, Elizabeth, in East Africa while she was working for the President of Malawi. Currently they live in North Carolina in a converted 2001 Bluebird school bus with their two children and a vizsla.

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President-Elect | North Carolina Baptist Foundation

Harry Nelson serves as the President-Elect of the North Carolina Baptist Foundation. He was elected in May, 2023 and will serve a transition period with retiring President, Dr. Clay Warf until the end of 2023. He will become President and CEO on January 1, 2024.

Harry joined the Foundation on June 1, 2023. Prior to joining the foundation, he served as Chief Operating Officer for Eventide Asset Management, as well as other roles with Eventide. Before that, Harry was President of GuideStone Capital Management. He has an extensive investment and financial services career having held leadership roles at GuideStone, Golden Capital Management (now Allspring Global Investments), Charles Schwab, and First Union (now Wells Fargo) Institutional Trust division.

Harry earned a BA at The Citadel and a MA in Leadership from Dallas Baptist University. He has earned a Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) designation from the Investments and Wealth Institute and taught in conjunction with the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Harry has served on the Board of the Charlotte Institute of Faith and Work and the Christian Investment Forum. He is a member of the Southeastern Society at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and is a member of Faith Baptist Church in Youngsville, NC. Harry enjoys spending time with his family and is a trail runner.

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Founder & CEO | KORE Investment

Jack founded and leads Kore Investments, real estate firm specializing in acquisitions, asset management, and property management.  Its primary investments include office, industrial, retail, multifamily, and shared office space with co-working and executive suites for solo practice professionals and small businesses. Under Jack’s leadership, the firm has acquired local and national properties including the ReMax/HQ building (5075 S. Syracuse St., Greenwood Village).

KORE is an acronym that stands for Kingdom Oriented Real Estate.

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