Foreword by John C. Maxwell viiAcknowledgments xiChapter 1 Why Being a Citizen Statesperson Matters 1Chapter 2 What It Takes 19Chapter 3 Life Cycle of a Citizen Statesperson 37Chapter 4 A Citizen Statesperson's Environment 61Chapter 5 You Can Do It 77Chapter 6 Leveraging Established, Powerful Organizations to Create Positive Change 101Chapter 7 Change Starts with You 117Chapter 8 What Does It Take to Be a Citizen Statesperson? 141Chapter 9 Implementation 161Chapter 10 Who We Are 181Appendix: Additional Resources 207About the Authors 217Index 221
CARRIE RICH is the co-founder and CEO of The Global Good Fund, a global nonprofit organization that has helped create thousands of jobs in underserved communities around the world. She is also the founder of the Global Impact Fund, a venture capital fund that invests in socially impactful businesses. Carrie serves on the Board of Directors of Trinity Health and the Atlas Health Foundation. She is the recipient of The Daily Record's Most Admired CEO, the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, and POLITICO Women Who Rule award. Ms. Rich lives with her husband and three young children in Maryland where they enjoy spending time together as a family in the countryside.DEAN FEALK is an award-winning international attorney and civic leader and Northern California co-managing partner of a leading global law firm. Dean serves in leadership capacities to various civic organizations, including CEO business groups, NGOs and think tanks, and has advised and convened government leaders and politicians around the world on public policy issues. He is a co-founding member of the Halifax International Security Forum, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit. Passionate about service and public policy, Dean has advised three presidential campaigns on foreign policy and has represented the State of California in trade and investment missions around the world. Dean lives with his wife and two children in Piedmont, California.