 Dr. Jay Gary joined the faculty of the School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship in 2003. He is an assistant professor who directs the Strategic Foresight program, which helps students from the MBA to doctoral level master the art of foresight in both business and community contexts. He also serves as the program director of the M.A. in Strategic Foresight and directs the Christian Futures network.
Before spent coming to Regent, Dr. Gary served more than two decades as a strategy consultant to non-profit, public, and private enterprises. In addition, throughout the '90s, he worked as a "millennial consultant" helping communities mark their passage into 21st century. In 1994, he penned the first inspiration book on how to mark Christ’s 2,000th jubilee in a meaningful way.
From 1986 to 1989, Dr. Gary served as a conference planner with the Lausanne movement, a network launched by Billy Graham. Before 1986, he worked as a pastor to college students, a mission educator and a magazine editor.
AWARDS
- Emerald Management Review's Citation of Excellence, selected as one of 50 best articles of 15,000 published in 2008 for Gary, J. (2008, September). The future according to Jesus: A Galilean model of
foresight. Futures, 40(7), 630-642.
- Religious Futurist of the Year, World Network of Religious Futurist, 1996
APPOINTMENTS
- Regional Editor, North America, Foresight journal, Emerald, Cambridge, UK.
- Member, Steering Committee, World 2100 Project.
- Member, Work group for U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff G-2-Intelligence, Winter 2009 Future of
Operational Environment Seminar, Portsmouth, VA., March 17-19.
- Editorial member, Journal of Strategic Leadership, October, 2008.
- Member, Review Committee, Special Issue on Professional Futures, May 2009, Journal of Futures
Studies, Tamkang University, Taiwan, September, 2008.
- Project Leader, Spiritual Capital Research Listserv, Regent Center for Entrepreneurship, September, 2008.
- Member, Advisory Board, Berkshire Encyclopedia of the 21st Century (forthcoming), August, 2008.
- Member, Advisory Board. Futures Education Project,
Houston, TX, July, 2008 .
- Member, Nature Planning Network, New Gloucester, ME, April, 2008.
Advisor, Lifeboat Foundation, surviving existential risks from genetic engineering,
nanotechnology, and robotics, April, 2008.
- Executive Committee, Alliance for Vulnerable Mission, Maseno,
Kenya, March, 2008.
- Advisor, Enfoque, Citywide Transformation, Mexico City, Campus Crusade for Christ
International, December 8, 2007.
- Board of Reference, WellSpirit Consulting Group, Inc., Lansing, IL, for Dr. Renee Hale, December 5, 2007.
- Council Member - Consultant, Gerson Lehrman Group, Policy & Economics Council, Fall 2007.
- Board Chairman, Global Service Associates, a 501-c-3 non-profit,
Louisville, CO, November 12, 2007.
- Member, Professional Development Committee, Association of Professional Futurists, March , 2007.
- Advisor, Enfoque, Citywide Transformation, Mexico City, Campus Crusade for Christ International, December 8, 2007.
- Member, Board of Reference, WellSpirit Consulting Group, Inc., Lansing, IL, December 5, 2007.
- Board Chairman, Global Service Associates, a 501-c-3 non-profit, Louisville, CO, November 12, 2007.
- Advisory Member, Alliance for Vulnerable Mission, Maseno, Kenya, February, 2007.
- Member, Professional Development Committee (2007, March), Association of Professional Futurists, March, 2007.
- Member, Springs 2000 Commission, 1999-2000; by the Mayor of Colorado Springs.
- Associate, Center for Millennial Studies, History department, Boston University, 1997- present.
- Member, Exploratory Team, The Journey of the Magi, Catlin Foundation, 1996-1997.
- Member, Founding Board, Caleb Project, 1982-1987.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Organizational Leadership, Regent University, 2004 - 2008
- M.A., Education, California State University, Los Angeles, 1983
- B.S., Industrial Mgt., Georgia Institute of Technology; 1976
CURRENT RESEARCH
- Strategic Leadership
- Corporate Foresight Systems
- Temporal Structuring
- Foresight Assessments for Individuals, Groups and Organizations
- Global Leadership Historical Jesus
- Post-industrial Missiology
- World Futures Debate
Applied expertise in employing futures methodology and anticipatory management in corporate, educational, non-profit and government contexts.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Founding Member: Association of Professional Futurists, 2002 – present
- Member: World Future Studies Federation, 2003 – present
- Member: Evangelical Missiological Society, 2005 – present
- Member: World Future Society, 1990 – present
- Member: Evangelical Theological Society, 2003 – 2009
- Member: American Academy of Religion, 2000 – 2009
- Member: Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals, 2008 – 2009
- Member: International Leadership Association, 2007-2008
- Member: Christian Business Faculty Association, 2006-2008
CONSULTANCIES
- Consultant to strategic lead team, trends analysis of youth culture 2020 (2007, Oct. 31). Teen Mania, Garden Valley, TX 75771, http://www.teenmania.com.
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