Jacen Greene is the Fiscal and Operations Manager for the National Policy Consensus Center at Portland State University. In previous roles at PSU, he co-founded and served as Assistant Director of the Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative, taught social entrepreneurship courses, and managed social innovation programs.
Jacen's books include The Rule of One: The Power of Social Intrapreneurship and Elevating Impact: Case Studies in Sustainable Business and Social Entrepreneurship. He has contributed chapters to four other books, published in Social Enterprise Journal and the Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, co-authored multiple award-winning case studies, and led research and writing on numerous reports. He has delivered workshops for Mercy Corps, the Fulbright Program, and AmeriCorps, and has presented at the Net Impact Conference, VentureWell OPEN, Campus Compact, CUMU Conference, Ashoka U Exchange, and Social Enterprise World Forum, among many others.
Jacen graduated Beta Gamma Sigma with an MBA in sustainability from Portland State University and magna cum laude with a B.A. in China Studies from Willamette University. He has worked or taught in Uganda, Tunisia, India, China, Cambodia, Honduras, and Nicaragua.