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Jason Pearson

Board Chair, SPLC Board of Directors & Founder & Principal, TRUTHstudio.

Jason is an experienced non-profit executive, strategist, and social entrepreneur who has led the creation of several successful initiatives focused on harnessing the innovative capacity of the private sector for public good. As SPLC’s first President & CEO, Jason managed its launch and early development from 2012 through 2017. He continues to provide leadership to the Council in his current role as Board Chair.

Previously, as the first President & CEO of GreenBlue (2003-2010), he grew multi-stakeholder sustainability initiatives in a number of sectors, including the Sustainable Packaging Coalition for packaging and CleanGredients for chemical products. Since 2010, Jason’s consultancy, TRUTHstudio, has provided strategy, visualization, and facilitation support to organizations working in the public interest, including the the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the World Wildlife Fund, and the World Resources Institute, and numerous private foundations. Each engagement has focused on developing effective, long-term sustainability strategies that connect a specific action plan with larger objectives.

My Sessions

We are in a pivotal moment for addressing sustainability. How we can leverage procurement spend to address the deficiencies in our social and economic system that have been laid bare by the coronavirus crisis?  Today’s mainstage will feature two keynote speakers  — anchor purchasing advocate Ted Howard of the Democracy Collaborative and supplier diversity pioneer … read more >>

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