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The cobblestone streets of the medieval Swiss town of Zug were filled with the marching band’s drumbeats, the flag bearers’ footsteps and the exuberant conversations of faith leaders from around the world.  The grand procession marked the end of the three-day Faith In Finance Summit, and the release of the “Zug Guidelines on Faith-Consistent Investing,” prepared by representatives of eight major religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shinto and

In 2015, the 30th Anniversary celebration of The Wexner Foundation in Columbus, Ohio was a hard reset for me. Change leaders Patti Bellinger, Sasha Chanoff, Jonathan Greenblatt, Mike Feinberg and Foundation Co-Chairman Abigail S. Wexner championed transformative leadership, utilizing resources to launch social venture initiatives and tackling problems by practicing systemic thinking,  using leadership skillsets to work together to solve problems. I remember a room full of passion and hope, and I also remember sitting back in my chair

A year ago we met at the Wexner Summit on Social Justice. We each arrived with skills and connections, our particular interests among the vast field of need in the world and a desire to collaborate with other Wexner alumni to help the world in some small (or big) way. We went through a series of open space rounds, narrowing down the possibilities by voting with our feet and having

Last January, I had the honor of hearing Jeannie Opdyke Smith tell the story of her late mother, Irene Gut Opdyke, who rescued 12 Jews (13 when you include the baby born in captivity) by hiding them in the basement of a Nazi officer’s home. When she finished her story, my first thought was, “There are too many people who have not heard this story. I need to change that.”

Wexner Senior Leaders (WSL) participate in an executive program geared to getting us to use our positions in the Israeli government to innovate projects that will make Israel a better place to live.  We are high-level government civil servants working in ministries that don’t often collaborate to get things done, and therefore we call these projects XBC’s, or Cross Boundary Collaborations.  The formal part of the WSL Program lasts a