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John Renesch: Credits & Titles of Various Sorts (past & present)

(Chronologically - from most recent first)

Author, The Great Growing Up: Being Responsible for Humanity’s Future

Team leader/volunteer, FourYears.Go initiative (international)

Inaugural/interim Chair and Board Member, Shaping Tomorrow’s Foresight Network (international)

Founding Secretariat and Fellow, Global Collaborators’ Alliance (international)

Author, Steven’s Choice (a business novel)

Advisor & Co-signer, The Neo Declaration of Earth Citizenship (international)

Advisory Board Member, World Business Peace Network (Germany)

Member, New Voice of Business (California)

Member, Shaping Tomorrow's Foresight Network (international)

Advisory Board Member, Acceleration Studies Foundation (international)

Advisory Board Member, Sustainable Futures Foundation (Switzerland)

Charter Member, Long Now Foundation (international)

Member, Heartland Circle VisionHolders (U.S.)

Member, Collective Wisdom Initiative (international)

Member of the practitioner faculty, Master in Arts in Organizational Leadership (MAOL) program at the Center for Leadership Studies (U.S.)

Member, California Academy of Sciences

Author, Getting to the Better Future: A Matter of Conscious Choosing

Editor/Publisher, John Renesch’s Mini-Keynote, formerly FutureShapers Monthly (Better Future News, Aha!)

Member, Institute of Noetic Sciences (international)

Chair/moderator, Foresight Network Positive Futures, Dream Tank phase (2009 - 2010)

Advisor, Change the World Corp. (UK) (2009)

Member/volunteer, San Francisco Beautiful (2007-2009)

Member, Leadership Council, The Presidio Dialogues, 2000-2008 (San Francisco)

Convener and Host, Howard Thurman Forum Series, 2006-2008 (San Francisco)

Member, Advisory Board, Presidio World College (San Francisco-based), 2003 - 2005 (now Presidio School of Management)

Co-founder & Host, The Presidio Dialogues, 2000-2004 (San Francisco)

Co-Creator, International Spirit at Work Awards, 2002 - 2008

Founding Chairman, Willis Harman Spirit at Work Awards Selection Committee, 2001-2003

Member, Board of Directors, Association for Spirit at Work (ASAW), 2001-2003 (international)

Columnist, Wisdom Networks, 1999-2001 (international)

Commentator, Wisdom Radio, 1999-2001  (international)

Advisory Board member, The Campaign for Positive Media, 1999-2002 (U.S.)

Co-signer, "The 21^st Century Agenda for Business," 1997 (international)

Trustee, The Club of Budapest Foundation (Hungary), 1997-2000

Editor & compiler, Leadership in a New Era

Editor & compiler, New Traditions in Business

Compiler, Working Together: Diversity as Opportunity (ed. Angeles Arrien)

Compiler, Intuition at Work: Pathways to Unlimited Possibilities (eds. Roger Frantz & Alex Pattakos)

Compiler, When the Canary Stops Singing (ed. Pat Barrentine)

Compiler, Community Building: Renewing Spirit & Learning in Business (ed. Kaz Gozdz)

Co-editor & compiler, Learning Organizations (w/Sarita Chawla)

Co-editor & compiler, The New Entrepreneurs (w/Michael Ray)

Co-editor & compiler, The New Bottom Line: Bringing Heart and Soul to Business (w/Bill Defoore)

Co-editor & compiler, Rediscovering the Soul of Business (w/Bill Defoore)

Member, World Future Society, 1992-2000 (international)

Advisory Board member, At Work newsletter, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1992-1999

Advisory Board member, World Future Society's World 2000 Project, 1995-1999 (international)

Editor-in-Chief, New Leaders Press, 1991-1997

Managing Director, World Business Academy, 1990-1992 (international)

Executive Editor, The New Leaders newsletter, 1990-1997 (international)

Creator, New Leaders Press business anthology series, 1990-1997 (San Francisco)

Managing Director, Sterling and Stone, Inc., 1990-1997 (San Francisco)

Founding Member, The City Club, San Francisco, 1986-1991

Founding Trustee, World Business Academy, 1989-1992

Recipient, Willis Harman Award, World Business Academy, 1990

Member, Board of Directors, Paradigm Investments Corporation, Inc., 1986-1990 (national)

President & CEO, Realty Repurchase, Inc., 1986-1989 (national)

NASD licensed securities principal, 1981-1987 (U.S.)

Member, National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), 1981-1987 (U.S.)

President, Highsmith Securities Corporation, 1981-1984 (U.S.)

Author, Setting Goals (1980)

Member, National Association of Realtors (NAR), 1979-1984 (U.S.)

Member, Real Estate Securities and Syndication Institute (RESSI), 1979-1985 (U.S.)

California State licensed real estate broker, 1978-1987

Managing Director, Highsmith Investments in Real Estate, Inc., 1977-1984 (California)

Creator, workshop leader, Focusing Goal Setting Seminars (1976-1979)

Co-founder, Production Department, est (1974-1975)

President, Renesch & Associates, Inc., 1968-1994 (San Francisco)

Member, Board of Directors, Presswork Publishing, Inc., 1968-1973 (U.S.)

Recipient, Man of the Year Award, Millbrae – San Bruno Jaycees, 1968

President & CEO, International Sport Cycle Expositions, Inc., 1966-1974 (San Francisco)

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