Greg Wise
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Atlanta, GA USA
"Sometimes figuring out what you don’t want to do is just as important as figuring out what you do want to do"
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Greg's work combines: Non-Profit Organizations, Business, and Working with Others
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Comparative Social Change
Hampshire College
Graduate Degree
Nonprofit Management and Social Work
New York University
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
I started working with kids at a summer camp when I was in high school.
2.
I knew early on that I wanted to do mission-based work within the social justice sector.
3.
I went to Hampshire College and studied comparative social change: theory and practice, which essentially focuses on how to create change.
4.
During my junior and senior year of college, I worked with young people involved in the juvenile justice system—when I graduated, the same company hired me on full-time as a case manager.
5.
From there, I built my career in workforce development.
6.
For the past decade, I had been working at STRIVE, a workforce development organization, where I gained national experience.
7.
In April of 2022, I was recruited by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to serve in my current position as the managing director of national workforce readiness.
