Making an impact is one of the benefits of becoming a leader and a reason why Tier III of the LEAD Program focuses on leading for change. When there is a problem that needs to be fixed, leaders will find out-of-the-box ways to solve the issue.
Elon Junior and Leadership Fellow Jensen Roll thought outside the Bubble by bringing his
non-profit, Helping Other People Eat (H.O.P.E.), to local North 
Carolina businesses. Jensen told us, “As the president of H.O.P.E., I have been pushed to a new level of leadership where I not only have to lead my peers, but also professionals in the community that serve on the Board. This has given me a new understanding of how factors like age play into leadership.”
And with the help of the CFL, he was able to further his creativity and leadership skills by attending this year’s SOCAP Conference, the largest social impact investing conference in the world, in San Francisco.
At this conference Jensen was able to meet with Google, the Rockefeller Foundation and many other brilliant social entrepreneurs from around the world. This conference was not only an opportunity to learn, but also an exciting chance for Jensen to tell others about H.O.P.E.
Now, back at the Bubble, Jensen’s goal is to stay in touch with the people he met in San Francisco and to continue the discussion of scaling H.O.P.E.
