Dr. Nicholas Pearce

A native of Chicago's South Side, Dr. Nicholas Pearce is one of the perennially top-rated professors at the Kellogg School of Management, founder & CEO of The Vocati Group, a global executive advisory firm, and assistant pastor of Chicago's 15,000-member Apostolic Church of God.

Nicholas is the author of "The Purpose Path" and has been featured in national publications including Bloomberg BusinessWeek, CNN, Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. From the marketplace to the classroom to the pulpit, Nicholas has inspired tens of thousands of lives across cultures and generations. A gifted communicator, his speaking and consulting clients include Facebook, Google, JPMorgan Chase, McDonald's, Morningstar, Nike, Teach for America, The Episcopal Church, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Olympic Committee, and Willow Creek.

Honored as one of Chicago's 40 Game Changers under 40, Nicholas serves as a trustee of the Field Foundation, Chicago Children's Museum, McCormick Theological Seminary, and The Seminary Co-Op Bookstores. He earned his Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Northwestern and his S.B. in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Learn more about Nicholas online at www.nicholaspearce.org and connect with him on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (@napphd).