Christopher Gergen

Christopher Gergen is CEO of Forward Impact, an organization that unleashes the impact potential of next generation entrepreneurs. This work includes launching community-based strategies to develop and scale high-impact entrepreneurs including Bull City Forward in Durham, Queen City Forward in Charlotte, Moore Forward in Moore County, Raleigh HQ, and Think House – an entrepreneurial living community in Raleigh. Christopher is co-author of the book Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives and co-authors a bi-weekly column on social innovation for the Raleigh News & Observer and the Charlotte Observer. Christopher was recently selected as a 2013 Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and serves on several local, state, and national boards including the NC Museum of Natural Science’s Citizen Science Council, Duke’s Nasher Art Museum, and the National Center on Entrepreneurship & Innovation.