Greg Van Kirk is an Ashoka Lemelson Fellow and the co founder of The New Development Solutions Group. This includes Community Enterprise Solutions, Social Entrepreneur Corps and NDS Consulting. These are all ventures whose mission is to design and implement innovative responses to long-standing development challenges. His team is now focused on expanding the reach of their award winning “MicroConsignment Model” globally. Greg was recently chosen as an “Ashoka Globalizer” and as a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. He has served as an economic development consultant for organizations such as USAID, Chemonics, VisionSpring, Soros Foundation, Church World Service, IDB, Water For People and Fundacion Paraguaya. Greg also contributes time as “Social Entrepreneur in Residence” and has recently worked with Columbia Univerisity, Indiana University, University of San Diego and Arizona State University. He is as well the co founder of The Center for MicroConsignment at Miami University. Greg began working in rural small business development as a Guatemala Peace Corps volunteer in 2001. Greg worked in investment banking for five years before arriving in Guatemala. Two deals he led at UBS during this time won “Deal of the Year” honors from “Structured Finance International” magazine. Greg is a graduate of Miami University and currently lives with his family in New York City.
