Praxis Digital Proof by May Designs

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Welcome! We are thrilled to host you this week in New York, and we are incredibly grateful for your participation in this Discovery Session. We have been praying and diligently preparing for our time together, and we are excited to bring together this vibrant group to explore together what Christians should be building in the world. Although the days will be busy, we are hopeful you will find a unique rest in the community of believers gathering here. We hope our time will be a great opportunity to connect with new friends and serve as a source of inspiration, imagination, and exploration as you discern and design what is next in your own work. Blessings, The Praxis Team

SCHEDULE

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30 5 :0 0 P M 5 :4 5 7 :0 0 7 :3 0

Welcome Reception Courtyard Dinner First Floor Event Overview First Floor Idea Presentations First Floor

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31 8 :0 0 A M 8 :3 0 9 :3 0 11: 0 0 11: 3 0 12 : 3 0 P M 1:4 5 3:1 5 4 :1 5 5 :0 0 6 :00

Breakfast First Floor Prayer & Worship Cellar Idea Presentations First Floor Group Synthesis First Floor Reflection Break Various Lunch Roof Venture Creation Breakout Various One on One #1 Various One on One #2 Various Break Cultural Experience & Dinner Off-Site

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 8 :0 0 A M 8 :3 0 9 :3 0 10 : 3 0 11: 3 0 12 : 3 0 P M

Breakfast First Floor Lectio Divina Cellar Venture Creation Breakout Various Venture Creation Playback First Floor Participant Sharing and Prayer & Worship Cellar Lunch First Floor

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CORAM DEO ACCESS CODES MAIN BUILDING: #053117 FIRST FLOOR: 3343 SECOND FLOOR: 5600 THIRD FLOOR: 2290 SEVENTH FLOOR: 4975

Note: The entrance to the roof is found through the seventh floor and up the main staircase. The roof door has a deadbolt lock (in is locked, out is unlocked); pop the lock out before you enter the roof so you don’t get locked outside!

MAIN EVENT CONTACTS, SHOULD YOU NEED ANYTHING MARY ELIZABETH ELLETT:

706.513.1999 (cell) JORDAN TERRANOVA:

832.597.7827 (cell)

IMPORTANT VENUE LOCATIONS CORAM DEO:

409 West 45th Street, New York, 10036 THE DIMENNA CENTER FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC:

450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018 SICILY OSTERIA:

330 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

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PRAXIS CORE TEAM

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DAVE BLANCHARD CO-FOUNDER & CEO Dave Blanchard is the Co-Founder & CEO of Praxis, a venture-building ecosystem that works to advance redemptive entrepreneurship. Praxis has supported over 200 global ventures through their Business and Nonprofit Accelerators, while also organizing a broader community of founders, funders, and innovators working on the major issues of our time. Previously, Dave was a Principal Designer at IDEO and founded two companies in music and technology. He is a co-author of From Concept to Scale and a contributor to Praxis’s various publications on redemptive entrepreneurship. He has a BA from Babson College and an MBA and MEM from Northwestern, and he lives in New York City, where Praxis is headquartered.

VICTORIA CRAWLEY SENIOR LEAD, EVENTS Victoria Crawley finds great joy in designing experiences where individuals can gather, connect, and celebrate. She is thrilled to serve the Praxis community as Senior Lead of Events, driving hospitality, back end logistics, and event design for in-person programming. Victoria holds a BS in Marketing from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, where she was an active member of the Kelley Institute for Social Impact. She has produced events ranging in size from board meetings to multi-city national fundraising campaigns. You will often find her in the kitchen trying a new recipe, baking something sweet, or building a charcuterie board, typically with her two daughters in tow.

ANDY CROUCH PARTNER, THEOLOGY & CULTURE As Partner for Theology & Culture, Andy Crouch serves as a teacher, mentor, and framework builder for our team, fellows, and community. He is the author of The Life We’re Looking For (2022), The Tech-Wise Family (2017), Strong and Weak (2016), Playing God (2013) and Culture Making (2008). Andy was executive editor of Christianity Today from 2012 to 2016. His work and writing have been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Time—and, most importantly, he received a shout-out in Lecrae’s 2014 single “Non-Fiction.” Andy studied classics at Cornell University and received an M.Div. summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology. He lives in Swarthmore, PA.

MARY ELIZABETH ELLETT CHIEF OF STAFF Mary Elizabeth Ellett is the Chief of Staff at Praxis. She completed her undergrad at Wheaton College, where her participation in a startup pitch competition introduced her to Praxis and the vision for redemptive entrepreneurship. Immediately following college, she was the Director of Donor Relations for a workforce development nonprofit in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago. She now lives in Queens with her husband and makes frequent trips into Manhattan to collaborate with the Praxis team at their HQ in Hell’s Kitchen or to worship at Emmanuel Anglican in the West Village.

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JONO ESHLEMAN ASSOCIATE Jono Eshleman is a relationally-motivated problem solver who loves to optimize process to build community. As an Associate, he supports Praxis’s program delivery by tackling event logistics and maintaining data systems. After graduating from Taylor University with a BA in Film & Media Production, Jono gained professional experience in the film, nonprofit, and hospitality industries. He was introduced to the Praxis community as a host team member for Academy 2022 and has been curious about redemptive entrepreneurship and operational excellence ever since.

DAVID EVANS CO-FOUNDER // LIFE DESIGN LAB Dave Evans joined the Stanford Design Program in 2007, where he co-founded the Stanford Life Design Lab that teaches the popular Designing Your Life courses. His passion is helping people apply design thinking to the wicked problem of designing their lives. Dave is actively pursuing that mission on three fronts: higher education, the marketplace, and the church. He holds his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford and his diploma in Contemplative Spirituality from San Francisco Theological Seminary. His NYT #1 bestseller, Designing Your Life, released in fall 2016. Dave has been a mentor with Praxis since 2014.

SAJAN GEORGE MANAGING PARTNER Sajan George, a turnaround specialist, business strategist and serial redemptive entrepreneur, spent two decades turning around companies with Andersen and Alvarez & Marsal. He then formed Matchbook Learning to turnaround failing schools, where students will experience formative internships with entrepreneurs who work from POLK Stables, a venture he founded to turnaround a broken workforce development system. Sajan co-founded a Praxis Guild for redemptive entrepreneurs to form Indianapolis founders and their ventures. These efforts—education, workforce development and entrepreneurship—capture his vision that human flourishing at scale is possible when we follow God’s creative purpose.

JON HART PARTNER, LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS Jon Hart loves working with builders and entrepreneurs to connect their heart and purpose. At Praxis, he works on programs to advance redemptive entrepreneurship through local ecosystems, including Redemptive Labs and Guilds. Previously, he spent seven years at a Fortune 100 Company, where he helped launch a new venture and revive another as part of a turnaround strategy. In addition to his work at Praxis, Jon is a founding board member of 100cameras, a nonprofit that empowers youth to create change in their communities through photography. He holds a BS from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and lives in New York City.

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SCOTT KAUFFMANN PARTNER, CONTENT Scott Kauffmann loves to help make truth beautiful, organizations healthy, and people whole. He oversees development of content about the ideas and practices of redemptive entrepreneurship, in addition to coaching Nonprofit and Business Accelerator Fellows. For 18 years, Scott worked in technology, change management, global program management, and innovation at Accenture. He then coached and consulted with nonprofit and business leaders, before serving as VP of Content and Strategy for Redeemer City to City, where he was Tim Keller’s lead editor and content architect. He lives with his family in Manhattan, where they attend Redeemer Presbyterian Church.

DAVE MURRAY CO-FOUNDER// JOYCORPS David Murray grew up in a Tennessee cabin and learned music and woodworking at a young age. He met his wife, Mel, at John Brown University, where their shared passion for changing the lives of people living in poverty began. Their direction became clear during a summer in a Ugandan orphanage where they realized the need for sustainable solutions. Today, the Murrays provide solutions like employment to empower their community and expand opportunities. David, as JoyCorps’ Expansion Director, seeks partnerships with organizations, ministries, and individuals interested in replicating this model worldwide.

JORDAN TERRANOVA LEAD, PROGRAMS Jordan Terranova loves working with communitybuilding innovators and the upcoming generation of entrepreneurs. She gets excited by deep conversations, new ideas, and crafting strategy. Jordan holds a BS in Business Administration, Management from Biola University and a Master’s Degree in Social Entrepreneurship from USC’s Marshall School of Business. Previously, she served as the Director of the Office of Innovation at Biola University, building entrepreneurship programs for undergraduate and graduate students. She lives in LA with her husband and can frequently be found at Disneyland.

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ALANA ACKERSON FORMER CO-FOUNDER Dr. Alana Ackerson is an early-stage entrepreneur, active investor, advisor and board director. As a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Alana’s expertise canvases U.S. Innovation Strategy, National Security and FinTech. Alan’s previous roles include founder of HQ, a cutting-edge security and investment platform, founder of Figure and Provenance, revolutionizing financial services and global asset transactions through blockchain, and CEO of the Thiel Foundation, fostering innovation. Alana is also a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and was recently on the Board of Opportunity International. Alana holds degrees from Stanford, Graduate Theological Union, and San Francisco Theological Seminary, with a focus on technology and faith.

MIA CHUNG-YEE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR // THE OCTET COLLABORATIVE Mia Chung is a celebrated pianist, scholar and educator of classical music repertoire. Internationally renown as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician, Mia has performed worldwide, recorded diverse classical works, and won awards including the Concert Artists Guild Competition. Mia’s impactful op-ed “No Child Left Without Music” emphasizes music’s cognitive and health benefits. She’s the founder of The Octet Collaborative, a non-profit that promotes human flourishing at MIT. With degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Juilliard, she served at Gordon College and Curtis Institute of Music. Married to John Yee, they have four children and live in Boston.

LEIGHTON CUSACK CO-FOUNDER // POOLTOGETHER Leighton Cusack lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Leighton was the Co-Founder of Kindrid, a company dedicated to increasing generosity through technology and served as their CEO from 2011-2016. Kindrid was acquired in 2017 and continues operating today. Leighton is a Deacon at Trinity Grace Church Williamsburg, a lecturer in business at the King’s College, and was an EIR in the 2019 Praxis Venture Lab exploring new economic structures before co-founding PoolTogether. Leighton is also interested in communal living, chess, and coffee.

TOM DARDEN CEO// CHEROKEE Tom is the CEO of Cherokee, an environmentally focused investment firm. Cherokee utilizes both private equity and internal venture capital to generate social, environmental, and economic returns. From 1981 to 1983, Tom was a consultant with Bain & Company in Boston. He serves on the Board of Governors of the Research Triangle Institute, as well as on the boards of Shaw University and the Environmental Defense Fund. Tom earned a Master’s in Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina, a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina, where he was a Morehead Scholar. He and his wife, Jody, have three grown children.

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DAVE HALL PARTNER // GRATEFUL INVESTMENTS Dave Hall is currently an investor and volunteer, focusing his energy on making a positive impact on people and our world. Dave invests in and advises early and seed stage companies, targeted funds and commercial real estate projects. Previously, Dave was one of the two original partners of Chatham Financial, and with other great people there, grew the business into the world’s largest independent financial risk advisory, services, and technology firm. Prior to Chatham, Dave held finance and treasury roles at DuPont. Dave received a finance degree, as a University Scholar, from Penn State. Dave loves being a husband and father to three amazing kids.

GREG LUTZE VSCO CO-FOUNDER, CHROMA, SELF & SENE ADVISOR // VSCO Greg Lutze is a mixed-race Asian American founder, advisor, and artist. Greg is the Co-Founder of VSCO, a platform for photographers, which has been named Apple’s “App of the Year,” and Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies in Social Media.” He is an advisor for audiovisual platform Chroma, generative furniture design company Self, “sizeless” clothing brand Sene, and venture capital firm Hidden.

ALAN MARTY PARTNER EMERITUS // NEXT LEGACY Alan Marty is Partner Emeritus at Legacy Venture in Palo Alto, California. For the past 24 years, he has been a venture capitalist and has previously held executive and general manager positions at Applied Materials, Hewlett-Packard, and Agilent Technologies. He is the Founder and Chairman of Pillar Vision, an AI company. Outside of his business career, Alan was a White House Fellow, special assistant to Secretary of Defense, and an Associate Professor of physics. He has 42 issued patents in optical systems, computer vision and artificial intelligence. Alan received his B.S. in Materials Science from Iowa State University. At Stanford University, he received both an MBA from the Graduate School of Business and a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Education. He and his wife, Cindy, have two daughters, a son, and three grandchildren.

DEBRA MCCOY PARTNER // BAIN & COMPANY Debra McCoy is an investor with a focus on Sustainable and Impact Investing. She began her career at Bain & Company in San Francisco and Johannesburg, followed by Citigroup in New Delhi and New York. Debra has conducted project work in Dubai, Thailand, and Vietnam, and she served as a White House Fellow at the US Department of State. Debra received a BA, summa cum laude, from Howard University and MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was a Toigo Fellow. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In addition to serving on the Praxis Board of Directors, Debra is also a board member of the San Francisco Symphony.

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KATIE MCNERNEY FOUNDER & PARTNER // LEADERFIT Katie McNerney is an entrepreneur passionate about increasing social impact by helping mission-driven organizations recruit and develop leadership talent. Katie is the Founder and Partner of LeaderFit, an executive search firm serving nonprofits, foundations, and social enterprises. LeaderFit recently launched Purpose Path, a structured career coaching program that inspires and prepares professionals to pursue leadership roles at social impact organizations. As a 2017 Presidential Leadership Scholar, Katie is working to adapt Purpose Path’s curriculum to help veterans translate their skills to leadership roles across the social sector. Katie earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Katie lives in Washington, D.C.

MAEGAN MOORE HART CO-FOUNDER // CATALYZE Maegan has worked for most of her career on impact-focused urban development and placemaking projects. She recently completed her MBA at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School, specializing in social entrepreneurship and the development of non-profit and cultural institutions. Prior to Oxford, Maegan lived in Charlottesville, Virginia where she worked for the University of Virginia and helped launch Thriving Cities, a project seeking to rethink America’s civic infrastructure.

FLORIAN SCHUSTER CO-FOUNDER // BIT.BIO Florian is co-founder of bit.bio and an active biotech entrepreneur & investor. His experience spans the global corporate & investment banking world as well as the cell therapy world. He was the first executive appointee at Tessa Therapeutics, a clinical stage cell therapy company focused on solid tumor immunotherapy based in Singapore. As CFO and SVP Strategy & Partnerships, he oversaw the the company’s fundraising and wider corporate strategy, launching a broad pipeline of cell therapy trials - including one of the earliest solid-tumor T-cell therapy registration trials - and devising SE Asia’s premier cGMP manufacturing facility. Prior to this, Florian held several positions in leading global funds and investment banks. He studied physics in Austria & Switzerland, holds a M.S. from Stanford and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

DAN VOGEL CEO // FLOURISH FUND Dan Vogel is the founder and CEO of Flourish Fund, a philanthropic investment fund for social innovation. Dan has 20+ years of leadership experience working with private, public, and non-profit organizations to tackle complex social challenges. His background includes Executive Director of the Centre for Public Impact (CPI) in North America, Principal for Boston Consulting Group (BCG), White House policy advisor and speech writer, and has contributed to Rwanda’s economic development. Dan holds degrees from the University of Virginia and Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, focusing on Strategy and Social Entrepreneurship. He resides in Alexandria, VA with his wife and four daughters.

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SHAUN ZACHARIA FOUNDER // TBD Shaun Zacharia is a founder and advisor. Most recently, Shaun was the Co-Founder & President of TripleLift, a leading enterprise software company which he grew from startup to its sale. Upon transitioning to an advisory role at the beginning of 2022, Shaun has turned his attention towards building and investing in redemptive moonshots that alleviate oppression by increasing economic freedom. Shaun graduated summa cum laude from Georgia Tech in 2010 with a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and attended Harvard Business School before withdrawing from the MBA class of 2014 to co-found TripleLift.

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