Jason Pankau (Brown '92, Football) on Sept. 27

Joins us this Thursday, September 27 in Andrews Dining Hall at 9:00pm to hear from Jason Pankau, Brown class of 1992 and Captain of the football team his senior year. He'll be sharing about his story and talking about how he's applied the "Audience of One" principle off the field.                                                                                                                                          He's the founder and current president of Life Spring Network, Jason brings a diverse background of athletics, finance, Christian studies, executive life coaching, and leadership to people and organizations with whom he works. He is a sought-after speaker, seminar leader, life coach, and consultant. He has experience in church planting, serving as the lead pastor in two church plants, and mentoring and consulting with church planters. In addition, he served on the staff of Stanwich Church in Greenwich, Connecticut for six years. During this time he developed the Omega Course and a life coaching ministry which in 2006 Stanwich Church commissioned him to share with the church at large.Jason is a partner at E Pluribus Partners, a leadership training and coaching firm. He speaks, teaches, coaches and writes about leadership and organizational culture.  Organizations Jason has spoken or taught at include General Dynamics, General Re, Johnson & Johnson, NASA, Northwestern University, Scotiabank and UBS. He is a guest lecturer at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business.Jason is the primary author of Beyond Self-Help: The True Path to Harnessing God’s Wisdom, Realizing Life’s Potential and Living the Abundant Life (Xulon Press) and co-author of Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity and Productivity (Thomas Nelson). He writes article for various publications and websites including the Leader to Leader Journal, Perdido and Crosswalk.com.Jason’s wife Jen is also a graduate of Brown University with the B.A. in Psychology, as well as Boston University with a Masters of Social Work. She is active in several ministries, especially those relating to youth and families. Jason and Jen  have four children.