Greg Overholt
Executive Director | Students Offering Support
Toronto, Canada Area, ON, CANADA
Executive Director at Students Offering Support
Biography
Driven to develop sustainable organizations that exist to improve the state of social and environmental injustices in our local and global community.
For the last 9 years, I have been heavily involved in starting and leading the organization, Students Offering Support, dedicated to support the development of three types of students locally and globally to become global citizens. We empower student leaders in Universities across North America with our entrepreneurial model of local social change, helping their peers succeed academically before exams in review sessions. These session generate funds, investing in education development projects in rural Latin America.
Throughout the process of SOS's "360 degrees of volunteerism", our student leaders gain incredible real-world leadership experience, both on-campus and on two-week outreach trips helping to build the projects they worked to fund over the year on campus.
In addition to my work passion, I love spending quality time with my family and friends and can often been seen on the court, field, or ice pad playing squash, ultimate, or hockey.
Industry Expertise (3)
Non-Profit/Charitable
Fund-Raising
Education/Learning
Areas of Expertise (3)
Generation Y
Social Enterprise
Social Entrepreneurship
Accomplishments (1)
EY Social Entrepreneur of the Year - Ontario (professional)
2011-10-01
Won the special citation in Social Entrepreneurship in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Education (1)
Wilfrid Laurier University: Business Administration, Business & Computer Science 2008
Affiliations (2)
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- Students Offering Support
Links (1)
Event Appearances (2)
Keynote Address: Starting a Social Enterprise
APEX Conference Royal York Hotel
2014-01-18
TEDx Talk: How to Start a Social Enterprise
TEDxYouthToronto Ontario Science Center
2013-11-23
Sample Talks (1)
Story of Entrepreneurship
For a talk to provide inspiration to your delegates or team through some wonderful stories. I can speak to a variety of topics, connected to a host of key moments from the last 10 years in starting a social enterprise from my dorm room.
Availability
- Keynote
- Panelist
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