Greg Nance CEO, Dyad.com

Greg Nance was only able to attend his dream schools, UChicago and Cambridge, with the help of scholarships. He's on a mission to pay it forward. Greg is the founder and CEO of Dyad.com, an online mentorship platform that's enabled students to earn over $27 million in university scholarships. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of Moneythink, a FinTech company honored by President Obama as a “Champion of Change” in 2012 for expanding college access. As a Harry S Truman Scholar at the University of Chicago, Greg authored the first white paper to use a geopolitical defensive realist framework to explain the East Asian naval arms race and how the U.S. must enlist democratic maritime allies to ensure peace.

Splitting time between Shanghai and Seattle, he's contributed insights on the Sino-American relationship with NBC News, China Global Television Network, and the Seattle Times. Greg's work has also been recognized by the World Economic Forum, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Harvard Business Review. Greg is a sponsored ultramarathon runner and has run 7 Marathons in 7 Days on 7 Continents. Delta Air Lines named him "12 Ambassador" to his hometown Seattle Seahawks and features his running in TV commercials. Visit his website to learn more.