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Strategy & Management Consultant | Mission Triangle

Matt is an advisor and consultant for faith driven investors, business leaders, and impact organizations. Early in his career, he worked for several years in Afghanistan and the UAE with a team that started three impact businesses to employ marginalized populations. After returning to the US, Matt worked in multiple organizational strategy roles for the Summit Church and its global outreach partner organizations. He led a team to launch the DWELL Initiative, which helped local churches serve and care for residents of multi-family properties. He was also a cofounder and board member for the ReCity Network, a coworking space in Durham focused on collaborative initiatives for at-risk youth. Matt lives in Raleigh North Carolina with his wife Lauren and their two amazing kids, and serves as an elder at the Summit Church.

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Public Equity Partner | Sovereign’s Capital

Matt Monson is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Sovereign’s Capital with 16 years of experience in investing and finance. Prior to joining Sovereign’s Capital, Matt was a concentrated public equity investor with a passion for investing at ArrowMark Partners, Deccan Value Investors, and Brave Warrior Advisors. Prior to concentrated public equity investing, Matt was a private equity investor at FTV Capital, and an investment banker at UBS Investment Bank. Matt earned a BSB in Finance and Marketing from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Matt lives in Denver with his wife, Megan, and their three girls. He enjoys spending time outdoors with his family and playing an active role in their church community, The Pearl Church.

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President | LivFul

Matt Elsberry is an explorer and adventurer who loves working and interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds. After helping a nonprofit expand from three to 80 countries in six years, Matt decided to dedicate his life to blurring the line between mission and business. He and his wife spent five years in Jakarta, Indonesia, building the Kingdom of God while they increased the Bumi Raya Group’s profitability through their three listed companies and several private ones. He sees his work at LivFul as a shining example of how a company can build the Kingdom while building a profitable business.

At LivFul, our vision is to transform the lives of people with accessible health innovations that help us all
live free, live well, and live to our full potential. Through the LivFul LIFE™ Platform, we achieve this by discovering, developing and deploying innovative products through equitable business models that reach all people in the pyramid.

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Chairman | Kingdom Trust

Matt Jennings is the Chairman at Kingdom Trust, where he has propelled the company into the digital asset market as the first qualified custodian of cryptocurrencies. In 2009, Matt co-founded SBG 1320, LLC, the parent company of Kingdom Trust. A Certified General Real Estate Appraiser and licensed agent, Matt manages a multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio. Matt’s interest in investing in real estate and other alternative assets led him to co-found Kingdom Trust.

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Chief Executive Officer | The Sinapis Group

Bio:

Matthew leads Sinapis’ vision of training 10,000 entrepreneurs and empowering them to make disciples of Christ. His unique background combines investment management and international economic development with spiritual leadership. This builds upon his work at HOPE International, where as Director of Spiritual Integration he led efforts to integrate the gospel and discipleship into microfinance organizations in seventeen countries.

Life:

Matthew is a CFA charterholder who received a B.S. in Business Systems from Taylor University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame. Matthew and his wife, Jeanne, live in Indianapolis, IN, with their three boys.

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President and Founder | Sage Stone Wealth Management

Prior to founding Sage Stone, Mary served as a Senior Vice President – Investments and Wealth Management Advisor at Merrill Lynch in Beverly Hills. She is the author of “Catholic Investing: The Financial Effect of Screens“ in the Journal of Investing, the first published empirical research documenting the financial impact of socially conservative screens. Her article “Christ’s Returns” was featured in Christianity Today. Mary’s expertise in the field of ethical investing is highlighted in over half a dozen books and multiple magazines. She is the first undergraduate in the history of Harvard University to receive a double major in Economics and Religion, with Honors.

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