Wayne Elsey

Hi, I'm Wayne Elsey. I am passionate about helping nonprofit and for profit organizations grow through creative strategies.

Wayne Elsey's Bio:

Wayne Elsey's Experience:

• Founder at Funds2Orgs, Inc

  April 2013 - Present | Orlando, FL

  Funds2Orgs is a Social Enterprise that provides turnkey solutions to help raise funds, engage your volunteers, and create a sustainable, lasting impact. Shoe drives could be the missing link to your fundraising success.

• Founder at SocialGoodU

  August 2012 - Present | Orlando, Fl

  When I started my nonprofit Soles4Souls in 2005, I faced skeptics and critics nearly every step of the way. I wasn’t willing to sacrifice my mission and the change I wanted to make in the world with how someone else said I should run the organization. Many of the principles that I applied to Soles4Souls were new to the nonprofit sphere and really challenged a lot of traditional thinking. In the end, the only thing I really cared about was bringing shoes to the less fortunate and changing lives in the process. 21 million pairs of distributed shoes later, Soles4Souls reached the top 1% of all nonprofits. I hardly think I know it all. A big part of the success of Soles4Souls was me listening to and seeking out experts in the areas I was looking for. There are many key areas to a successful nonprofit just like a for-profit business and I wanted to learn from and work with the very best. When I mixed in the wisdom of others with the burning desire I had to make a difference, that was my recipe for success. I believe that SocialGoodU will lend that expertise to someone else looking to take their efforts to the next level. The personnel that we have assembled to contribute to SocialGoodU are some of the most accomplished names in the nonprofit world to date. I have always believed that “your network is your net worth” and I feel incredibly wealthy in that regard. Maybe you can’t make it to attend a seminar or speaking engagement of one of the experts featured on this site. That makes having an online home to learn from these leaders even more important. As your company grows and expands, your goal as a leader is to continue to learn and challenge yourself to grow as well. My goal with SocialGoodU is to become a breeding ground for the successful leaders of today and tomorrow by providing education, inspiration and direction. I know from experience that to truly succeed in your mission, it will take dedication and know-how from you as well as learning from the best in areas where your knowledge is lacking. I can’t wait to one day add you as an expert contributor to SocialGoodU and brag about the difference you have made in the world as well.

• Head Coach and CEO at Elsey Enterprises

  April 2012 - Present | Orlando, Florida

  Mission: Elsey Enterprises strives to help our clients become leaders in their industry through creative design, technology integration and strategic marketing solutions. Elsey Enterprises is a full service creative agency that handles a broad range of design and development services. We cover everything spanning from company identity and branding to custom application development to print and video media. We fuse marketing intelligence and creative problem-solving to produce the most creative, memorable, and effective communications possible for our clients. Elsey Enterprises is a strategic design agency with big project experience that fuses a passion for creative communication with clients who make a difference.

• Founder/CEO at Soles4Souls, Inc.

  2006 - 2012 | Old Hickory, Tennessee

  I Founded Soles4Souls after seeing a huge need for footwear around the world. There are estimated to be 300m children that are shoeless. That woke me up to make a difference.

• President at Kodak-Terra USA, Inc.

  2004 - 2006

  Developed and implemented the US roll out of a heritage brand based in Canada. This included marketing, product, operations and setting up the operation in Tennessee.

• CEO at FSI

  1999 - 2004

  Developed and implemented the overall marketing, operation, product and financial strategy to poise the company for growth after several tough, upstart years. We completely revamped the entire strategy to better position the company for the future.

• Exec VP Business Development at Weinbrenner Shoe Company

  1996 - 1998

  Managed and developed incremental opportunities to expand the companies profitability.

• Exec VP Business Development at EJ Footwear Group

  1994 - 1996

  Worked closely with CEO and Divisional Presidents to identify, develop and implement strategies to offer incremental revenue to the company.

• Regional VP at Stride Rite

  January 1984 - May 1993

  Developed and managed District, Store and sales associates throughout the region. I was noted to be the youngest RVP and delivered bottom line results that lead the organization.

Wayne Elsey's Education:

• Stafford High School

  1979 – 1983

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