Griffithd

Dave is currently the Executive Director and Head Coach of Episcopal Community Services in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. ECS’s mission is to ask stake holders to Look Up and Challenge Poverty and to do so with courage, capacity, and will. The focus of ECS is to address the issues of Intergenerational Poverty through programs based on leading edge brain science that provide coaching and incentives to participants to achieve economic mobility. www.ecsphilly.org Dave also serves on the boards of The Modern Group, Ltd, Delaware Valley Floral Group, Mountain Laurel Spirits LLC, Hoober Inc., and Verus LLC. His nonprofit interests include serving on the boards of the Philadelphia World Affairs Council, The Economy League of Philadelphia, Friends of Foundation Academy in Trenton, Victory Farms, and The Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University. He is an advisor to the Caliper Corporation, IBM, and Journal of Social Innovation. He is the former President and CEO of The Modern Group Ltd and remains Chairman. Prior to Modern he was an executive with IBM and MCI. He is a former trustee and officer of The Westminster School in Simsbury Connecticut. He is past president of MHEDA, the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association, and a past or current member of ARA, NAW, and the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities. He is a nationally recognized speaker on the issues of Leadership, Governance, and Family Business. He is a guest lecturer at University of Pennsylvania, Temple, and Rutgers. He is the author of the blog Muddy Boots, www.wearmuddyboots.com and a guest columnist at the Philadelphia Business Journal. Dave is a strong advocate for the environment and for the issues of poverty in America. He most recently keynoted on Poverty, Race and Privilege at ECS’s forum on Justice and Opportunity and at Westminster. He believes that we are all called to service and that the most powerful voice for change needs to be our own. He and his wife of forty years Jacqui have two adult children. Dave is an avid fly fisherman and fly tier, and all things being equal would rather be on the waters of the Beaverkill.